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• Warren LaFrance Gadget for my site...

  I would like a gadget for my personal site that would be able to pull dynamic content from a message board and list the 'hot topic' or top 5 topics in a seperate little window when you click the gadget. I click it...the window opens...and the selected content is displayed... Thanks, Chris Are you asking for help creating the gadget or are you asking for someone to do it for you Does your forum output in RSS format If it does, it's probably easy. If not, it's probably a pain. Andy I would love a little help in producing a gadget for the site. Just very simple. I have a calendar of events and topics that are being posted too regularly. I would like something that was like 'recent topics' or 'recent ev ...Show All

• reachrishikh How to see Orcas install was properly done ?

  Hi, I'm upgrading my audio player to the Vista environment; Installed all there is to install, but to my belief all didn't change compared to XP VS2005 SP1. Can someone please tell how to judge I'm in the Orcas dev environment Preferrably by means of a VB.NET intellisense example. If there are non-obvious assemblies to refer to etc., of course I like to know ... For now I'm only into addressing sound devices in Exclusive Mode (VB.NET) ... Thanks a lot, Peter This is not really the right forum for Visual Studio issues. You probably want this forum: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx ForumID=26&SiteID=1 ------------------------------------------------------- ...Show All

• mr4100 Gadget works fine until i reboot my pc then have to install gadget again for it to work

  This is my 1st gadget , i need help because every time i reboot my pc the gadget will stop uploading content from the net .. but the graphic parts will still display . if i reinstall the gadget from the + gadget button it will work again until i re-start my pc . this is my xml file < xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" > <gadget> <name>NRL 2007 Draw</name> <namespace>Paul Buttz</namespace> <version>1.0</version> <author name="Paul Buttz"> <info url=" http://www.paulbuttz.com " /> <logo src="images/nrl.png"/> </author> <copyright>Paulbuttz.com 2006</copyright> <description> ...Show All

• bkrcove Tools and Resources for Authors

  I'm a professional web developer interested in iHD/DVD authoring. At this point it is pretty difficult to get going due to lack of tools and resources and documentation. I am proficient in xml and javascript, but this is a slightly different bird for sure. What I am trying to figure out is - are the lack of resources a symptom of being early to the process, or is it a symptom of the content authoring industry (proprietary thinking) Just to make it clear -- you can just take any WMV file and rename it to .MAP and stick it in the HVDVD_TS folde and iHDSim will happily play it (although of course you can't ship a real disc with a WMV file :) ) I wonder whether you have checked a sample available on http://www.dvdforum.org/HDDVDV ...Show All

• IamHuM Playing ASF files with third part content using WMP 11 / Vista

  Hello, I have generated some .ASF files containing a MPEG-4 video stream. I'm able to play these files with WMP 11 on Windows XP using a DMO without any problems. But when I try to play these files on Vista, WMP shows an error indicating that not decoder is available. (But I still can play them on graphedit using the DMO, so the DMO is registered) The question is: Is it required to convert the DMO to a MFT for being able to play ASF with third part content in WMP Or is just a bug in Vista Many thanks and regards ! /John Fredman     I'm sorry I don't know why your DMO does not work. However, maybe it is some relief for you that it is not required to port ...Show All

• ThEpRoPhEcY373 Audio

  Where on these forums could i post a sound related problem i need answering i need to know because im new to these forums thank you Which SDK or product are you having a sound related problem with If you are using Media Foundation this is the right forum. For older products, use the corresponding newsgroup under http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/community.aspx -Sumedh ...Show All

• tokie menu key

  Hello, How can I hide a div when the menu key is pressed thanks. Thanks but I'ts still not reacting in ihdsim when I press CTRL+M, the guide has a list with VK_PLAY, VK_MENU etc, but when I use that the sim gives an error an exits. To work around the weird usb keyboard issues that ihdsim has, use the Media Center Remote with the IR dongle plugged into USB. if (evt.key == 0xCE) { // your code to hide the div evt.stopPropagation(); evt.preventDefault(); } Does it work if you add the code above Where can I find this guide you referred to Cheers, Gunnar LevelX - there's actually are really stupid *quirk* wi ...Show All

• Bryan7 XML Parser Performance..

  Does anyone have any relationship data between XML Parsing (using the built in spec Parser) and specific CES devices We are looking for data based on the parsing and handling the parsed xml stream, such as dynamically creating menus, pop up messages, dynamic playlist navigation, game engine datasets etc. Our SAX implementation and DOM implementations are multi-format compatible but we are looking to verify performance at this time before giving up on the built in spec parser. Any one doing this kind of dynamic work already and willing to share their experiences Thanks, Denny B. Thanks Drum All Day that is very good to know… -Denny B HI Peter,  This is very good to know as well.  I ...Show All

• Amit Zinner Multiplexing??

  Hi Folks I've been a Scenarist author for sometime and now want to jump into HD-DVD authoring. Was wondering where to find a third party multiplexing tools once the programming is done Thanks - I'm sure this is the first of many posts here! Eric Peter Torr - MSFT wrote: Workflow is something we are still working on; there are a handful of tools like Sonic's multiplexer but no broadly-available, easily-affordable components for smaller studios just yet. Hopefully there will be more offerings in this market soon. I hope so too. Workflow is something we are still working on; there are a handful of tools like Sonic's multiplexer but no broadly-available, easily-affordable components for smaller studios ju ...Show All

• Aabra can't "build" a valid gadget file!!! UGH!

  I have created a zip file. I have all the proper files in it. I rename it to x.gadget and the icon changed to a sidebar gadget icon. I double-click it and it prompts to install the gadget. I hit "Install" It pops up an error message saying this is not a valid gadget file. In the directory it puts a folder with my gadgets name with ".~0019" appended to the end of the foldername. The number increments with each attempt. MyfolderName.gadget.~0019 What is going on Well, Microsoft rejected it again. They said they couldn't unzip my "zip" file that was actually a cab. They will not accept a cab file even though it is a valid file. You  MUST upload a zip file. ...Show All

• doener OT: Suggestions about gallery.live.com

  Several things stand out about this site, now that people are starting to use it. So, here's some suggestions: Implement some sort of language filtering. Although I have nothing against the use of non-English and think it's actually commendable than MS allowing it, I would rather filter out Gadgets that are of no use to me. Alternatively allow multiple languages in the Gadget description, or some form of language translation. Improve Gadget images. It would be great if you could attach screenshots, as well as the 100x100 icon. Do something about Gadget spam. "Vamos Strip Player" springs to mind, I'd hate to think how many times it's posted. Remove the 1000 character limit on the description field, and allow it to be rich text ...Show All

• Opfer how to debug(trace breakpoint) the Decoder MFT?

  I have a MPEG source parse, now I try to write a MPEG Decoder MFT according with MFT_grayscale. when I run , there are errors. I want to trace the Decoder MFT code, but I can't know how to do it How can I konw which Decoder MFT connected in topology I think you're asking how to find out whether your decoder is even getting picked up in the topology. You can set a breakpoint in your MFT's DllMain to find out if the DLL is even getting loaded; that should give you a hint. If you don't see your MFT getting picked up, then most likely there's a problem in how you registered the MFT (MFTRegister). The MFT_Grayscale example shows how to register an effect MFT; since you're writing a decoder MFT, you ...Show All

• FlyinBrian Can someone test my gadget please?

  I posted my gadget a couple weeks ago and it has gotten a good number of downloads (~1500 atm) but mostly negative response. I suspect the problem is that I developed and tested this gadget on Vista RTM, but the Gallery only lets you choose "RC1" as the newest compatibility level (stupid ). I have not had any problems loading into the Sidebar on any RTM machine. What would really help me is to get a few people try to load it up and make sure it is working properly under a variety of environments (RC1, RC2, Beta, RTM, whatever), so I can figure out what the issue is that people are having. You won't be able to test the full functionality of the gadget because it requires you to have a particular type of webcam to stream video. ...Show All

• Rigz MFT_MESSAGE_SET_D3D_MANAGER

  Hi, all: How can I get MFT_MESSAGE_SET_D3D_MANAGER from ProcessMessage in a MFT And where to assign MF_TOPONODE_D3DAWARE and MF_SA_D3D_AWARE attributes BTW, is it possible a MediaSource to get the D3DManager interface Thanks Fei-tian Hello, where does the MF_SA_D3D_AWARE attribute set TopologyNode Stream Activiate MFT Thanks. MJ Here's how that works: When you're using the MF Media Session's topology-loading functionality (i.e. IMFMediaSession::SetTopology without the NORESOLUTION flag), the support for this D3D negotiation is limited to the case where the decoder is D3D-aware and is directly upstream of the D3D-aware sink (i.e. the Enhanced Video Renderer (EVR)). In this case, the decoder MFT has ...Show All

• Noremac filecache

  Can anyone tell me something about the filecache I haven't found any detailed example code regarding the filecache. So in what cases do I have to preload files Especially how is this preloading done Do I have to enter something in the manifest or playlist My recommendation is to keep the ACA file and reference it as a resource in the playlist (ApplicationResource for instance). Also, reference it as a resource in your manifest to prevent the application from executing until the resource is loaded in the file cache. Once you do this, you should be able to use the URI to the file within the ACA w/o doing any FileIO copy magic. So have you specified that the file should be copied into the filecache ...Show All