Hi Nik,
I'm afraid I need quite some more info than you already so nicely provided. I'll try to get it out from you
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And today managed to get full error message
while before there was only 'OK' confirmation dialog saying "Something is wrong at remote command".
After clicking first message there was another: "Proper initialization FAILED, so further errors will occur"
Here you say that the latter message followed the former. I don't think this can be correct;
If it were for me, this latter message can happen at the first install - not later. Btw, that this exactly may proove the issue is another thing, but as long as I say that this can't happen, I'll leave it (please) for you to proove the proper sequence of happenings.
If it were so that this "further problems *will* occur" (I think the *'s are in the real message as well), this *will* be your problem. Please consider this seriously.
What happens why you get this message is another thing. But let's first sort out the proper sequence.
Not able to change volume up or down @ unattended >>> wallpaper not changing/showing correct dB level.
For me this is an easy one; your system just doesn't respond to parallel stuff needed, hence will be too busy with the playback itself. It is that simple, although it seems the most hard to guide anyone through the process of getting it right. It might be your luck that it happens to *you*, because the other occasions with the same problem seem unable to help
me out in sorting this out. Sounds strange, but I can only (and still maybe) help out when it is clear (and believed) for the subject involved (you) that the culprit will be on your side. Ok, this for (hopefully) later. But to keep in mind : I am not saying at all that I won't be able to solve whatever it is what's happing to you. But I have to know the "what is". It will not be easy ...
with full HDD format to avoid any 'old configuration file'.
FYI : not even a low level format is enough for this. I forgot what you'd needs to *really* get rid of it all. Sorry.
(if important at all !)
- You really must tell me what the screenshot is about. Ok, about a remote command (volume undoubtedly). But you are not playing anything there. That this by itself goes wrong, ok, to solve. But is there importance in the context of your problems (I don't say there won't, but please eloborate then).
Notice : Like I learned from another situation, this would be related to that volume slider buttons having that green colour. Is that always so for this "XX install", or is it a temporary thing somehow ? Also, looking at your screen, more seems to be wrong. It can well be related to that error message I talked about before ...
- What Priority Settings do you use ? Procesor Core Scheme ?
confirmation dialog saying "Something is wrong at remote command".
FYI (rather important) : All this tells is that the previous command is still pending. So, you issued another before, got tyred of waiting and tried again. The message now tells you that something is wrong - and it is. So, the knowledge of this is important for you to possibly tackle the problem, but this message by itself is just normal.
It started with z5-2 now same with z6.
Also important : This will not be true. Think merely like : this started at a new XX install, but with even higher chances that it started after freshly installing the OS. For me this is a proven fact, and for you just important info in the leage "ok, so what can I have done differently from before". Also notice that I am not sure this is an explicit thing, meaning that during an install things may happen differently from another time without you being involved. This too seems prooven to me (just from reports of people !). Otoh, please don't think that you can solve it by just trying a couple of times; this would be non-sense.
At unattended, screen remains black, no coverart/wallpaper during first track. When player jumps to second and further tracks wallpaper is generated ok.
As I said/implied earlier in this topic - I recognize this. Must be a W7 Vanilla quirk (which I recall from long ago). It looks rather similar as the Volume failing, but is not. It sure is an indication though that the volume will
may if the Wallpaper fails. And FIY again : the sowing of the Wallpaper is a very (CPU) heavy internal Windows process. It may need more time than it ever gets. This is why the questions about the prio's are important. Don't start trying other settings; rather just tell me what your settings are regarding this.
There is one other thing which may be important, and this is the folder structure you use; this can be setup so (wrongly) that around all of your albums are scanned to find the Coverart properly; you won't notice this other than that the wrong track data may appear on the back cover of the Wallpaper (this needs the showing of the back.jpg to be shut off, and showing the mirror back to be on). Now things get tricky (or more easy for analysis), because the ChangeWP program involved here, may hold up the changing of the volume (I just made up this one for the first time). To this regard you may let Taskmanager running, and see whether ChangeWP is there all the time when waiting for the volume to change (or even for the first Wallpaper to show up).
When this is the case (ChangeWp is there) we'll see further about how to solve things.
Ok. Far too long story, and as usual I am 100% confident that when you sit down for it, you are the best in remembering sequences of things. Others may not recognize this strange expression (or even strange posting), but Nik will and know I'm right.
