When Object Desktop 2009 is released, this is where the known issues will be posted. Please post your findings here as well. Thank you!
Notes and Known Issues: (all issues are being worked on at this time)
Theme Manager 3.0 (Published at 11am)
Deskscapes 2.5 (with XP support published at 1pm)
Bootskin Pro 1.0 (published at 6:30pm)
WindowBlinds 6.3 (published on 11/18/2008)
Go to Start menu and select run. type "dxdiag" in the run box and hit enter. When the DirectX Diagnostic tool opens go to the display tab and see if you have AGP Texture Acceleration enabled. If you do then you must have an AGP card. The chip type should also be displayed in that tab, my system has AGP listed there.
I think thats a mistake. The last I heard was Dec 2008.
I'd be interested in learning what driver issue is causing the problem. VLC can play desktop video on AGP cards and Milkdrop can play advanced procedural animation (Winamp music driven visualizations) on the desktop as well. And both have open source code available for programmer exploration.
Is it strictly an issue with High-Definition video via AGP? Just curious.
Either way, I'm looking forward to testing the new version.
Neither of them use hardware decoding of video.
How many of those also work with transparency over them and also blend icons against the live video?
Everything works fine here. Love the versatility of the new programs.
In Vista, for example, I am using Winamp/Milkdrop on the desktop right now on my third monitor (adapter 2) at the same time that DeskScapes is playing Photo Dream on my monitors 1 and 2 (adapter 1). I've tweaked the visualization to run on Pixel Shader 3 at 1680x1050, with all internal settings maximized, playing at 30 fps and reacting to the music playing in WinAmp, of course. Here is a screenshot.
As far as Icons go, XP wouldn't antialias/blend the edges over the milkdrop background.
In Vista the icons flash on monitor 3 when "show desktop icons" is turned on in the visualization plugin, but I'm not sure if that is an issue with my unique setup (which also has Fences running, though I've hidden the icons in the screenshot). They don't affect my monitor 1 & 2 (adapter 1) icons, etc. Windows, gadgets, programs, etc. all behave as expected.I haven't run XP in a while, but I do remember that VLC desktop wallpaper worked under XP. I'm pretty sure WindowBlinds transparency did work with it as well.
In Vista, VLC will turn off Aero acceleration in Vista to play in the background. However, I have been able to play multiple instances of HD video simultaneously on this machine. Though, if it's all software accelerated (as noted above) that might make sense.
I will try and boot into XP again later today and see if I can give you guys better answers on that front.
I hope you are right.
Have I ever led you down teh wrong path?
It's a bit hard to tell sometimes.... Zubish can get quite confusing at times.
Well, er....., ummm.. I guess not....lol. Thanx!
Vista is very different to XP when it comes to this kind of thing as it has the DWM so what happens on Vista isn't going to help here.
On XP video on the desktop is typically either an overlay (which tend to work on monitor 1 only) and will show black where transparency overlaps them, or they use the region mode on the desktop icons in which case the icons do not blend against it and this looks especially bad with the more modern 32 bit icons with alpha channels.
So any news as to when Bootskin will work for those who dont live in usa
It is thanksgiving in the US this week so I would say it would be next week at the earliest.
I too am having this issue - bootskin fails to apply...
Windows Vista Ultimate X64
I have some weirdness going on with the Theme Manager.Upon launch it only shows my MyColors themes and no suites from the old TM.If I go to my files and load a .suite or download a new one,TM then shows all my suites but no MyColors themes except for Quest.When I close TM and reopen it,it's back to MyColors again. I would like to have them all show when opening the program,Any suggestions?
EDIT:This issue has been tracked down to user error.
About needing a driver update, it's kind of bad news for me. With the system I have anyway, I use an All In Wonder 9600xt and I'm stuck with the past for a driver if I want decent tv. Cat 5.10 or 5.11 with matching wdm using analog sound before they changed everything to be inter-dependent with a digital sound only/tv on demand only drivers. Just thought I'd throw that out there.. unless the driver update could be a patch applied where in I could still use the previous driver?
Ran into a problem when trying to set up a new suite with TM3. When adding an IP (Download URL) I get this message:
"There has been an error loading the 'skins' icon packagePlease re-install the package and try again."
Then TM spits a dummy and crashes, with this errormessage:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: ThemeMgr.exe Application Version: 3.0.0.0 Application Timestamp: 492522c8 Fault Module Name: msvcrt.dll Fault Module Version: 7.0.6001.18000 Fault Module Timestamp: 4791a727 Exception Code: c0000005 Exception Offset: 00024e25 OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1 Locale ID: 1030 Additional Information 1: fd00 Additional Information 2: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160 Additional Information 3: fd00 Additional Information 4: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160
IP version: latest from Impulse OS: Vista Ultimate (32bit)
Theme manager bug report:
XP
Creating a suite.
Screensaver section. Download URL. No search.
IconPackager."there has been an error loading the 'download' icon Package. Please reinstall the package and try again" I doi not have teh IP installed at all. I get that message after applying any subsequent component.
Bootskin search not finding content (searched for Birthday)
DreamScapes search not finding content (searched for Birthday)
SoundPackager search not finding content (searched for Birthday)
Include RightClick
Include Rainlender
Include Xion
Requests:
Multiple DesktopX Objects (like the widget section).
Multiple docks (vertical, h0rizontal, zoomer, dock icons).
Multiple everything an the option to apply noe or the other of a given skin (like logons).
I went to apply the suite I just created (https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?skinid=610&libid=22)
I was unable to apply until I turned on the advanced config (perhaps because I didn't have all apps installed??) Then, when I was able to the advanced config had an odd couple of entries:
Name? Author? Size?
Also, right clicking on the suite and choosing Theme Info opens a window with no content.
Lastly . . the DX widgets weren't loaded
Theme Manager Question.
Is there a way to edit a suite using the GUI??
I got exactly the same thing with the birthday suite, things are definitely FUBAR with the last app releases. I cannot even apply the Winter Wonderland suite anymore as it complains that I need to activate it in MyColours, when it isnt even a MyColours suite.
Congrats to the testers of the recent apps, did you transfer over from Sony?
We will look into this today.
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