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• fubnuts DXVA 2.0 Video Decoding [Typo] //dxva2api.h in MicrosoftR WindowsR Software Development Kit for RC1

  // compressed buffer types. enum { DXVA2_PictureParametersBufferType = 0, DXVA2_MacroBlockControlBufferType = 1, DXVA2_ResidualDifferenceBufferType = 2, DXVA2_DeblockingControlBufferType = 3, DXVA2_InverseQuantizationMatrixBufferType = 4, DXVA2_SliceControlBufferType = 5, DXVA2_BitStreamDateBufferType = 6, DXVA2_MotionVectorBuffer = 7, DXVA2_FilmGrainBuffer = 8 }; I assume there is a typo in the names, the following is probably a better match DXVA2_MotionVectorBuffer Type = 7, DXVA2_FilmGrainBuffer Type ...Show All

• jellofissi 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 If you're going to compress as a cab, you can still name the gadget "foo.gadget" directly. In fact naming a .cab as a .zip is a little sneaky and could lead to other problems. As for zipping as ZIP ...Show All

• Lee Brimelow window onBlur event firing while window is still focused

  Is it by design that window.onBlur fires if an element within the window gains focus after the window has focus A System.Gadget.attachEvent method would be a good idea, if that's the case. Andy Most of the system wide events fire that way. onmouseout is another that suffers the same problem. ...Show All

• KjellSJ Question about W052000001 warning

  Hi All I have following XMU: <par> <cue begin="//button[state:pointer() and $Pointer != @id]" dur="1f"> <event name="GotFocus" /> </cue> <cue begin="//button[state:pointer() = false() and @id = $Pointer]" dur="1f"> <event name="LostFocus" /> </cue> </par> And following JS: function SetXPaths() { document.setXPathVariable("Focus", elementWithFocus.toString()); document.setXPathVariable("Pointer", elementWithPointer.toString()); } This is a part of "http://blogs.msdn.com/ptorr/archive/2006/07/06/658680.aspx" sample I use HDDVDValidator 6.0.5285.0 for verify code. But after that ...Show All

• Dan Imbrogno Automation

  I have a gadget that calls a .net library that is registered as a COM object. It works fine when UAC is turned on but it fails when UAC is turned off. This seems the opposite what I would have expected. I marked the dll as Safe for Scripting but that didn't make any difference. Any Ideas How does it fail Does it get killed by DEP, fail to run or result in a security error. Have you tried running it from an HTA, instead of a Gadget, to check there's no error ...Show All

• helseruwu What's gimage.addImageObject for?

  I know gbackground.addImageObject, but what is gimage.addImageObject for I tried it, but seems no effect (though no error). You're right, and I was mistaken. addImageObject and removeObjects exist only on <g:background>. I thought both addImageObject and removeObjects were supported for gImage, but let me double-check when I get back to work tomorrow and I'll post here with the answer. There's a lot of errors in the MSDN documentation, such as missing Gadget events for visibility, and errors on System.Shell.chooseFile, System.Shell.knownFolder and System.Shell.knownFolderPath. Someone at MS needs to kick whoever maintains the MSDN documentation into action, ...Show All

• BonnieB audio/x-wav with attenuation

  Hi, Does attenuation work in HDiSim I've tried the following code: < object type =" audio/x-wav " src =" file:///dvddisc/ADV_OBJ/ding.wav "> < param name =" AttenuateL " value =" 100% "/> < param name =" AttenuateR " value =" 100% "/> </ object > Attenuation of 100% means silence, right Even if we do not set params like this: < object type =" audio/x-wav " src =" file:///dvddisc/ADV_OBJ/ding.wav "/> Specification tells us in 7.8.1-1 that default attenuation is also 100% i.e. silence again, right But HDiSim plays ding anyway. What's wrong Thanks in advance ...Show All

• kenlefeb How to jump to a new title and a specific chapter in that title?

  I have a main menu with background loop...that is title 1...I want to jump to title 2 (feaure) and play chapter 3 from it when I press a button from my main menu title1... So could I do this from script I have tried but everytime it loads the new title (feature) it plays from start. HEAVY CODE FOLLOWS!!! MAIN MENU TITLE--> <Title id="Main" titleNumber="1" displayName="Main Title" titleDuration="00:00:15:00" onEnd="Main"> <PrimaryAudioVideoClip titleTimeBegin="00:00:00:00" src="file:///dvddisc/HVDVD_TS/background/PEVOB1.MAP" titleTimeEnd="00:00:16:00" onEnd="Loop" dataSource="Disc"> <Video track="1"/& ...Show All

• Richard Berg MSFT 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     Hi John, If you create content with a 3rd party codec in ASF contanier, to play this content in MF pipeline, you will n ...Show All

• Charlie Calvert MSFT Gadget Piracy

  Vista hasnt been out for long but we are already seeing a big issue relating to gadgets which is piracy. I have already seen probably 5 examples of people taking someone elses gadget, making a few changes and re-releasing it. I have been developing widgets/gadgets for Mac OS X and Yahoo Widget Engine for 2 years now and i dont think i can even think of 5 similar cases in that time. As far as im concerned unless a gadget specifically states that you may modify and re-release it then those people are breaking copyrights. Just because you can view the source of a gadget that does not mean it should be considered open source in a typical sense. I've released more then 25 widgets/gadgets over the past 2 years and ive never had a proble ...Show All

• Akshay S Bhatnagar how to use the different controller events for animation ?

  Hi, Can anyone please tell how to use different controllers events to animate some image move using different controllers please give examples using controller Apis. Thanks in advance.. Basically you would register an event handler for controller_key_down and based on the value of the key property, use the animated property api to move the object around. You can also do it through markup if you like, but it would be a lot more complicated. ...Show All

• Ofir Epstein Posting forms to websites.

  hi, I'm making a booking gadget and need to post a form to an external website is this possible any idea when this bug will be fixed Yepp, it's for real .. but I still consider it a hack. A standard POST should work. Anyway, my login gadget works, using https and post, so I'm happy for now. Hello, I've tried something similar, with a FORM tag, and the action to an external site - with POST variables. The page opens correctly (as expected) - but the POST variables aren't being sent. Any tips/tricks for how to do so ! Thank you for your answer. Useing GET isn't an option since this i ...Show All

• ron nash Group Policy behavior: Turn Off User Installed Windows Sidebar Gadgets

  Hi, I've been looking at the group policy settings in Windows Vista for the Windows Sidebar. According to information I've found the policy "Turn Off User Installed Windows Sidebar gadgets" should behave like this: Turn Off User Installed Windows Sidebar Gadgets This policy provides administrators with the ability to block all gadgets not placed into the Shared Gadgets or Gadgets folders (in the Sidebar’s Program Files folder), both of which can only be modified by a user in the administrator group. Gadgets in the user’s directory will not display in the Gadget Gallery dialog or otherwise be allowed to run. If I copy gadgets to either c:\program files\windows sidebar\gadgets or c:\program files\windows sidebar\shared ...Show All

• Andreas Asterlund MFT help

  I'm trying to create an MFT for Windows Media Player 11, based on the GrayScale sample in the SDK. The problem is in the ProcessOutput method. I'm unable to "Lock" the input buffer; it works fine on the output buffer. hr = pIn->QueryInterface(IID_IMF2DBuffer, (void**)&pIn2D); if (SUCCEEDED(hr)) { ::OutputDebugString("input buffer: 2D\n"); hr = pIn2D->Lock2D(&pSrc, &lSrcStride); } else if (hr == E_NOINTERFACE) { hr = pIn->Lock(&pSrc, 0, 0); lSrcStride = lStrideIfContiguous; //assert (cb == m_cbImageSize); } The first QI returns E_NOINTERFACE and the attempt to call Lock on pIn results in E_NOTIMPL. If I check the size of the input buffer, it's zero -- is this normal ...Show All

• hammar MIDI message

  Is there any plan in MF for MIDI messages as a supported Media type Thanks No, MIDI is not natively supported by MF in Windows Vista. However, it should be possible for you to add support for it if that's what you want to do; you'd have to write your own MF components to handle it (see the documentation for Media Sources, Media Foundation Transforms, and Media Sinks). ...Show All