scope99 7 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Hi Guys, I have purchased a Skull Canyon NUC, HD Homerun and a new AV Receiver as I love this project so much (Emby Theater on windows 10 is awesome especially now that I have dropped windows 7 media center and can stream live tv anywhere with the homerun). So here is the problem: I want to leave Theater running all the time in full screen and have a logitech harmony remote wake and sleep the system. However every time the receiver is turned off then back on while the HTPC is running Theater is squeezed into the top left of the display. I then have to use a wireless keyboard to maximise the window. I have attached a screen shot. The Receiver is a new 2016 Yamaha RX-V381 (entry level 5.1). It replaces a 6 year old Denon AVR-1910 receiver that had the same problem. If you have any ideas on how to fix this, it would surely save my sanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the1legend 45 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 I can't offer a solution but I can tell you that my setup will do the same thing (so your not alone). My thought is that when the receiver turns off the PC drops to the default resolution which is 800x600, or something like that. When the receiver turns back on the PC detects a connection and goes back to 1900x1080 but ET does not redraw or detect the change in resolution. This never used to happen back in the VGA days, but with HDMI and the ability for these devices to talk to one another you get this behavior. Short of the Emby team resolving this, I would focus on finding a setting or program that will force your PC to not change the resolution when it looses a signal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 I use this, and it works perfectly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scope99 7 Posted October 25, 2016 Author Share Posted October 25, 2016 Thanks guys. I found a solution but it involved me leaving for another program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy 735 Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 I have this issue. Is there any response from the developers? It just started recently too. I downloaded from the website the latest Stable Windows Server and Theater just last night with no change. Where to find logs for Emby Theater? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 (edited) C:\Users\YOU\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Theater\logs But I think this is a hardware problem. The 19th HDMI pin, to be clear. That's why I posted that link. It's a perfect solution Edited October 27, 2016 by Doofus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy 735 Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 It would seem.. Five years plus and now there's HDMI / HDCP issues? Hoping for a better solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy 735 Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 There's no logs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy 735 Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Found them.. theater-63613107680.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14862 Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 It would seem.. Five years plus and now there's HDMI / HDCP issues? Hoping for a better solution. I have always had to be sure that the AVR is powered up when Windows starts up (or comes awake) - otherwise it will not detect the proper audio or video capabilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy 735 Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 I have always had to be sure that the AVR is powered up when Windows starts up (or comes awake) - otherwise it will not detect the proper audio or video capabilities. For many, many years I have had my HTPC stay on 24/7 and had the Denon AVR 889 then 2312ci shut off. I use a Harmony 900 remote to do this and for the start up sequence it has always worked having it power up the AVR then issue an Alt F4 command to the HTPC, then it loads WMC. I load ET by having it in position 1 on the task bar and a button on the LCD screen of the remote (that still says Media Browser, BTW) launch ET. It loads not full screen. This has just recently started to occur. If I grab the keyboard and click the icon on the task bar it loads the same way. I need to add that this is an intermittent issue, sometimes it does this but most of the time it loads full screen which makes it quite frustrating to the point that I've told everyone to use the Roku Blue Neon Night Emby App instead, which is not a very good solution. I posted logs, did something show up that indicates what is happening? TY 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathanio 35 Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 I have had this for years. The difference was that MCE would just be full screen at 800x600. A close and reopen would fix it. Or even an Alt-Tab. I need to remap the green button on my harmony to open Envy now as I get it occasionally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swynol 375 Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 i struggled with this for ages. changed registry entries but in the end pin 19 mod worked for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porkbone 38 Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 @ - Thank you for the link because I have had this problem for years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36886 Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Can you guys give this another test on 2.5.28? Thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 I don't think this has anything to do Emby. Any window I have open behaves the same way. It's because of the control pin in the HDMI. Using the little widget that I linked to, resolves the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessClevage 173 Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 For many, many years I have had my HTPC stay on 24/7 and had the Denon AVR 889 then 2312ci shut off. I use a Harmony 900 remote to do this and for the start up sequence it has always worked having it power up the AVR then issue an Alt F4 command to the HTPC, then it loads WMC. I load ET by having it in position 1 on the task bar and a button on the LCD screen of the remote (that still says Media Browser, BTW) launch ET. It loads not full screen. This has just recently started to occur. If I grab the keyboard and click the icon on the task bar it loads the same way. I need to add that this is an intermittent issue, sometimes it does this but most of the time it loads full screen which makes it quite frustrating to the point that I've told everyone to use the Roku Blue Neon Night Emby App instead, which is not a very good solution. I posted logs, did something show up that indicates what is happening? TY I have the same experience since the latest update never occurred before with ET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swynol 375 Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 i find it happens more often on ATI cards. Rarely happens with my Nvidia setup. Since doing Pin19 mod on my ATI setup i havent seen this issue. The Dongle thing that Doofus linked to just blocks Pin19 so same thing as taping over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pir8radio 1289 Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 I was actually coming to report the same thing... My PC stays on at all times, but the receiver shuts off... basically like just yanking the hdmi cable from the monitor.... I Can do the pin 19 thing i guess.... But is there any way that emby theater can constantly check if it is full screen or not, if not invoke some kind of full screen command... After i wake things up and see the window shrunk down in the upper left corner, a simple click of the maximize button on the top right of the window snaps it back full screen... So i would think it could be done in ET so I don't have to mess with my cables... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 I was actually coming to report the same thing... My PC stays on at all times, but the receiver shuts off... basically like just yanking the hdmi cable from the monitor.... I Can do the pin 19 thing i guess.... But is there any way that emby theater can constantly check if it is full screen or not, if not invoke some kind of full screen command... After i wake things up and see the window shrunk down in the upper left corner, a simple click of the maximize button on the top right of the window snaps it back full screen... So i would think it could be done in ET so I don't have to mess with my cables... It's a hardware issue. If you connect the computer directly to the tv, it won't happen (at least not in my case). I did a lot of searching for a solution for this. From what I gather, when the receiver shuts off, the control connection is broken, and windows has to reconnect when you turn the receiver back on. The only way to counteract it is to disable the control connection (the 19th pin). That's why I bought that widget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36886 Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 @@Swynol @@porkbone @@scope99 @@pir8radio @@the1legend @@Nathanio @@PrincessClevage The next release of Emby Theater will feature improved performance, hardware acceleration, and better multi-monitor support. If you'd like to try it out ahead of time you can do so here: https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/46763-theater-mpv-test/page-1 Enjoy. @@porkbone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pir8radio 1289 Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 @@Swynol @@porkbone @@scope99 @@pir8radio @@the1legend @@Nathanio @@PrincessClevage The next release of Emby Theater will feature improved performance, hardware acceleration, and better multi-monitor support. If you'd like to try it out ahead of time you can do so here: https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/46763-theater-mpv-test/page-1 Enjoy. @@porkbone Well that's pretty impressive..... My first test playing a 4k 10bit video only consumed 48% total of my i3 cpu. The same video with hardware acceleration set to none, cant even be watched, the video lags so much, consuming 99% cpu. I like it so far! Ill post if there are any issues!! Great move & Great work!! Test video info: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36886 Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Thanks for the feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessClevage 173 Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 (edited) @@Swynol @@porkbone @@scope99 @@pir8radio @@the1legend @@Nathanio @@PrincessClevage The next release of Emby Theater will feature improved performance, hardware acceleration, and better multi-monitor support. If you'd like to try it out ahead of time you can do so here: https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/46763-theater-mpv-test/page-1 Enjoy. @@porkbone Already made the switch to the test version, it seems to hold full screen state fine when resuming from low power state (s3) where previous version did not and just a few minor issues with remote (stop button does not work and have to use the "back" function to stop media playing) and other reporting a few minor flaws Edited May 1, 2017 by PrincessClevage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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