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• kamuixkotori Protected Content (PMP) and tee node

  Is it possible to play a protected media file in a topology using the tee node. I modified the ProtectedPlayback sample and I get MF_E_TOPO_UNSUPPORTED error after setting the topology. Thanks! I'm going to assume you're talking about video streams here. If I'm right about that, then what's preventing this from working actually has nothing to do with the PMP; it has to do with the requirements of the EVR. I addressed this a couple months ago on this forum. I'll paste what I said below, but here's the whole thread: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=749493&SiteID=1 P.S. Because of the way the MF pipeline works, whenever you have a sink that's D3D-aware (like the EVR ...Show All

• Jabber Gadget for spaces only ?

  We're writing a gadget with setprefererce, the behaviour of the gadget on spaces is good,but on live.com it doesn't work. The gadget isn't even intended for live.com because it has no usefull function over there. I thought I saw once a gadget that gives a message 'not intended for live.com' when you press add to live.com does anybody know how to deal with this issue Ergo what kind of code should be added, I suppose in the *.js Thanks in advance. You can put specific code in to display a message that it's not intended for live.com using the p_args.onDashboard = true. What that is true.. then display the sorry page that it's not intended for live.com Thanks for the fast ...Show All

• mhawb Permissions in appdata\local\microsoft\windows sidebar

  my gadget calls a bat file which in turn calls an exe. i get permission denied and the bat will not run when my gadget it located in 'C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets'. It however works perfectly when my gadget is placed in 'program files\windows sidebar\gadgets' directory. My account has full permissions to the folder in appdata and i can run the bat file manually, but the gadget will not allow it to run. I assume this is by design, but is there any way to bypass this Or a way to change the default path my gadget installs to (program files, instead of appdata) Thanks Sidebar runs in protected mode, so you're probably causing UAC to fire when it tries to r ...Show All

• TRTwiggy about Web.Network.createRequest(~~)

  hi. i have a question about Web.Network.createRequest() first of all .. my code..below.. ============================================================= var M_ObjHeaders = new Array(); M_ObjHeaders["Application-Key"] = "humbroll"; var request = Web.Network.createRequest(Web.Network.Type.XML, m_url, {proxy:"generic"}, callBack, M_ObjHeaders); alert("test12-0"); request.execute(); alert("test12-1"); ============================================================= test12-0 is popup. but test12-1 not. i want to setting my header information in XMLHttpRequest with Web.Network.createRequest() method.  my code is just follow API.. what's wrong im very nervous about your answer. please help me.gentleman. good luck. ps : sorry about my fool english ...Show All

• Arkanoid Download and unzip a file from a Gadget ?

  Hi, My gadget needs to download (via HTTP) a zip file and unzip it. This file contains information so local search can be done on client side. In Dashboard/Yahoo we have curl and unzip unix utilities to easily achieve that with some simple system call. How can you do that with Microsoft Gadgets Thanks in advance, Tom : I don't think I can develop an app myself, I probably don't have the talent for that yet. I was simply hoping that Gadgets could offer more power to the developers. Jonathan : No unfortunately, it's not FTP but HTTP. So I'll surely have to package some Freeware/GNU applications inside the gadget itself for now... Thanks for you help! I don't think MS' ...Show All

• YA say hello A major Bug in Sonic Premastering...IMPORTANT READ

  Just got a grasp on what is happening when I premaster... In Standard Content I take my advanced content and hvdvd_ts folders and burn them but I just realized it is making my hvdvd_ts subdirectories dissapear! I have hvdvd_ts\background\pevob01.map and when I burn through Standard content all that shows up on my disc is the root of the hvdvd_ts folder. So any subdirectories in hvdvd_ts are gone! Major issue. It should burn my project as it is and not be removing folders! Have a look at figure 3.3.2-1 in the spec. Sub-directories are not allowed in HVDVD_TS. This applies to category 2 discs (adv. content) too... Standard content doesn't support subdirectories for video content AFAIK. It is like le ...Show All

• srinivasintouch media player 11...no play?

  hello all, problems, problems!, wpm11 that installed with vista rc1 will not play anything!, i have checked my soundcard (works with all my other apps), but nothing seems to want to play!. after selecting a file to play it go's cold on me...video is jittering and has no audio....what to do . vista seems to work ok with all my other apps, ive looked around for solutions, but here i am with the rest of the guinea pigs!. any help would be great, thanks... What error message you saw What files are you trying to play Are they standard wmv/wma files or other format Or you can't hear any audio but the video is normal I have the same problem. No wmv video w ...Show All

• Tallman xpath

  1) Where this xpath variable set by document.setXPathVariable() API will actually store Is it will reside in DOM Tree or in XPath processor 2) Whether Additional XPath functions (spec 7.5.2.4.2) like ns:name(), class(), GPRM(), SPRM() will work only in document (from markup) or for any other user document(from parse() or parseString()) Is this a question for how to write a player It doesn't matter where you store the XPath variables, as long as they are accessible both via script and markup. I am pretty sure the additional features only work for the markup document, not random XML documents. ...Show All

• Boulderdude Getting a VC-1 file ready for advanced content authoring

  Hi all, I just started to author advanced hddvd content but i vailed in getting a valid video content to test my first project. is it possible to multiplex a VC-1 file with the Sonic authoring system for standard HD content in a way that i can use it for my first advanced content project I tried to import the vc-1 file into sonic, generated a simple autostart HDDVD, multiplexed it and used the HVDVD_TS folder for my advanced content project but it didn't work. The Nero Showtime softwareplayer diplayed the menu correctly but didn't play the video. I also tried to burn a dvd rom and inserted it into my Thosiba HD_DVD player but it just displayed the disc error 0x4095C501. Can anybody help me thx mikeret ...Show All

• project123 My struggling gadget production.

  I am a bit of a novice w/ programming and the whole gadget concept. I am trying to create a gadget that allows me to Lock my Workstation, Shut Down or Restart the computer w/ just the click of a button. I figured it would be a simple gadget, HA! i was wrong. At first I figured i would find out what shuts down a computer... ExitWindowsEx(POWEROFF), located in user32.dll, will do it. So then I said cool maybe i can point it to that function. Well, now i dont even know if it does work cuz my gadget wont ever appear in the add list. I even dropped it into the "Program Files" fold and when i click the + button on the Sidebar the Icon shows up briefly then disappears. None of this gadget creating thing is making sense. I have tried to ...Show All

• the-rpd How to develop iHD aplication using VS2005?

  Please explain in detail or site link to develop, debug ( adding schemas etc) and play (in iHDSim) iHD application using VS2005. Unfortunately VS doesn't have a built-in project type for HD DVD. I just use it as an editor. Thanks Peter. Nice thanks Peter! Any chance they can add it as part of an add-on or with an update, if for nothing else just to organize the project files Also are there any plance for this being part of then version of VS due out in 2008 You can start with my 4-part tutorial starting with http://blogs.msdn.com/ptorr/archive/2006/05/19/602391.aspx You can download the schemas from the following URLs and place them in "C:\Program Files\Microsoft ...Show All

• Landon Parks Playing sounds from markup

  How would one go about playing sounds in markup Specifically, I want to trigger audio from a focused state without passing an event to script. I understand that I can create a wav object, but how is the object sent to Player.audio.effect in markup Thanks! no i mean that if the sound duration is 1 second but you move from one button to another too fast no sound is played... you understand what i have to write on the playlist And in the manifest i put it like if it was an image Sorry if the answer is too obvious... You can find answer in the thread: "Correct Time Code" at the end by Jeff Williams. It looks like a bug in HDi simulator as it can play an effect sound witho ...Show All

• Anders Pettersson Looking for Example of Sliding Control Panel

  I'm trying to get a working sample where the control panel (panel of menu buttons) slides up and down from the bottom at any time (on selection). Similar to what was shown in the demo at the CES. I'm trying to use some java script from the popular AJAX style libraries (like Scriptaculous), but so far have had no luck getting it to work. Does anyone have a sample of this type of behavior to share Thanks. I see that your example is driven all from the XML. In my development, the animation has been driven from the JScript. Is there any advantage or disadvantage of doing one or the other From an authoring perspective, it depends on what you are most comfortable with. Both get the job done. Fro ...Show All

• C#noob UserOps again...

  Has anyone successfully prevented default handlers for e.g. skip next, pause, etc My programming doesn't seem to keep the default handlers from being called: var VK_SKIP_NEXT = 0xC7, VK_SKIP_PREV = 0xC8; function handleEvent(evt) { switch (evt.key) { case VK_SKIP_NEXT, VK_SKIP_PREV: stop Event (evt); } } function stopEvent(evt) { evt.stopPropagation(); evt.preventDefault(); } application.addEventListener("controller_key_up", stopEvent, false); application.addEventListener("controller_key_down", handleEvent, false); You are using the comma operator, which basically evaluates all the expressions and returns the right-most expression. So you are only catchi ...Show All

• Pramod Suggestions for Windows Sidebar

  I thought that seeing how we had a Suggestions for Live Gallery post, we might as well list what we actually want to see with Gadgets, too. Post your suggestions here. With the recent problems I've been having, I'd like to start it off with: An easier way to install ActiveX controls that accompany gadgets. A great way to implement this would by to have a System.Gadget.addControl(string filelocation, boolean required). When the gadget is run, a notification pops up saying "This gadget requires the following activex, would you like to install Blah blah risk blah, etc etc". Allow a "lock flyout open" option. Flyouts are useful for displaying information, but if you want to copy something into notepad, for instance, when y ...Show All