DVD menus don't work properly

[PhillJones]

I've found that DVD menus don't work properly. Usually, the root menut is responsive but if I go into say, chapter selection or setup, the menus don't work, as in they're not responsive to key presses either through the remote or directly via the keyboard.

I don't think there's anything unusual about my setup that would cause this. I'm using v5 btw, if that's a factor.

Cheers,
Phill

[camus]

I seem to remember having this problem with certain discs with v5, I have not seen it in v6.

[GTwannabe]

I'm still waiting for Sage to fix the "no DVD menu selector in Vista" bug in 6.1 Honestly... it's incredibly basic functionality that used to work. How does Sage keep rushing these releases out the door without testing them?

Every time I report a major yet easily fixed bug to Sage, I get the same "Yeah, it's a known issue, but we're working on it... really." email. Stop fiddling with extraneous crap like GoogleVideo/YouTube and either fix the known issues or send me a workaround!

[camus]

Why are you using Vista? (serious question)

[GTwannabe]

Originally Posted by camus

Why are you using Vista? (serious question)

1. XP standby/resume was unreliable. Vista works properly every time.

2. After resuming from Standby, all video would stutter horribly. Only a system restart would result in watchable video. Vista doesn't have this problem.

3. XP needed (very buggy) FSE mode to play HD content semi-smoothly. Vista plays all HD content silky-smooth without those annoying hiccups and micro-stutters.

[hmca]

(1. XP standby/resume was unreliable. Vista works properly every time.)

Actually so does XPSP2, I have never had a problem. It is a matter of components and software working together. And sometimes it is hard to determine which is causing the problem.

(2. After resuming from Standby, all video would stutter horribly. Only a system restart would result in watchable video. Vista doesn't have this problem.)

This is a driver problem I think. It is not being reinitialized after standby. Why does Vista reinitialize and XP does not? Different drivers maybe for Vista?
I stay with XPSP2 because I have it working and I want a "Toaster". Want it to work first time every time. Not interested in fighting with a new OS after all the tinkering to make a working Sage HTPC. Just want to watch "the telly" without tinkering anymore.
Not that I don't like tinkering: Designed my own PC case, external power supply conversion, dual HD's laying upsidedown on a sheet of aluminum fins to cool both, etc

[PhillJones]

Oi! No thread hijacking. Say's the man who never hijacks threads ever, oh no

So is this just one of those bugs that never got fixed in v5? It affects every DVD I've tried, which is admittedly not many. Seems odd that such a fundamentally basic feature would be as borked as this? Surely it's a configuration problem or something.

[jdamore]

FYI- The marker may apear to be not moving but it is. Count your movement and it should work. Not very ideal.
I used to have this problem with an older system but when I built a new one it went away.


Phill-
Just out curiousity, what videocard/drivers are you using? (edit - NM, its in your sig)

Does it only happen in VMR9?

[cpa-ny]

I had the same problem with another pvr software i use. It happen to be the video decoder i was using. I switch to cyberlink which solved my problem.

[camus]

Originally Posted by jdamore

FYI- The marker may apear to be not moving but it is. Count your movement and it should work. Not very ideal.
I used to have this problem with an older system but when I built a new one it went away.


Phill-
Just out curiousity, what videocard/drivers are you using? (edit - NM, its in your sig)

Does it only happen in VMR9?

For me it only seemed to happen on a few discs and, IIRC, with VMR9.

And yes, it would move like you said, I just couldn't see it.

[PhillJones]

I'll check it in overlay and see if the counting the movement thing works.

Unfortunately, I've never been able to get overlay to work for me in sage. It's a shame because I'd be happy with overlay.

[bhyman1]

I'm having this issue as well under Vista.

I've tried different codecs, toggling VMR, FSE, etc, etc.

Everything works perfectly in every other DVD player software I've used.

[bialio]

Sage is aware of the bug in Vista - it might be fixed in the 6.2 release (although this is still broken in the latest 6.2beta by all accounts).

I get the impression from when I filed a request for support on this issue that the issue in Vista is different from what some people see in XP. Personally I've only seen this in Vista - Sage running on XP has always worked for me.