powercinema launches while mp running

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gumdigger

429 posts

Ultimate Geek

#26406 22-Sep-2008 07:03

hi
noticed few times when i am running MediaPortal, there is something that triggers PowerCinema to launch. whenever i quit out of MP i see PowerCinema is running behind it. but i have no idea what triggers it.

amphibem

138 posts

Master Geek

#166145 22-Sep-2008 07:44

gumdigger: hi
noticed few times when i am running MediaPortal, there is something that triggers PowerCinema to launch. whenever i quit out of MP i see PowerCinema is running behind it. but i have no idea what triggers it.

What remote do you have? By default the MCE remotes (and this probably goes for the Hauppauge ones too) will launch the respective screen in PowerCinema when any of the Recorded TV, Guide, Live TV and DVD Menu buttons are pressed. I never found a solution other than un-installing PowerCinema, however since you probably need the codec I would say there are probably two options:

- find the required .ax file that provides the H.264 codec and register it manually, without installing PowerCinema (may not be possible)
- find the services/regkey/whatever that turns off PowerCinema monitoring the remote, Google should help

Good luck

gumdigger

429 posts

Ultimate Geek

#166350 22-Sep-2008 19:02

Yes i have MCE remote. i only use powercinema for drivers as they are the only ones who do HW acceleration on Nvidia 9600GT.

kiwijunglist

2981 posts

Uber Geek

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#166712 24-Sep-2008 12:20

maybe powercinema has a process that is running. If you kill that in startup then it may stop the autoloading. Start -> Run -> "services.msc" or "msconfig"

The other options is to go and delete/rename everything in the powercinema directory except for the codec.dll file. you would have to hunt to see where the codec lives, im not sure if it lives in the powercinema directory or the system32 directory.

HTPC / Home automation (home assistant) enthusiast.