Solved Music won't resume until I touch screen - Page 2

HiJack · August 9th, 2008, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Scott

we had a user write a simple test app on a system behaving like this, and it gave him the same behaviour, had to touch the screen for his simple app to receive the resume event. So, aside from the other things you said were working on resume, I was wondering more about centrafuse type applications such as Windows Media Player. So, if you have WMP playing music, CF not loaded, then do a standby/resume, does WMP resume playing the music when coming out of standby?

I will go ahead and try that test. Now if it does start working.... were do we go from there?

HiJack · August 9th, 2008, 06:33 PM

Do I have to enable that feature fisrt? If no, then my WMP will not auto resume. How can I fix this issue then?

PS: I use hibernation.

HiJack · August 9th, 2008, 09:23 PM

Maybe you can make an option in settings that when you resume it will simulate a button press and start CF back up...... Dont know if that sounds doable?

Scott · August 10th, 2008, 02:02 AM

centrafuse doesnt know that the computer has come out of hibernation because windows hasnt told it so. If we knew when to simulate a button press, then we could just resume cf, see what i mean? It's a unknown to us and has been around for a long time, we have have narrowed it down to what the explanation is currently, much more than we knew about it 6 months back...

Scott · August 10th, 2008, 02:02 AM

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Originally Posted by HiJack

Do I have to enable that feature fisrt? If no, then my WMP will not auto resume. How can I fix this issue then?

PS: I use hibernation.

it should resume just like cf does... does moving the mouse cause it to resume?

HiJack · August 12th, 2008, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Scott

it should resume just like cf does... does moving the mouse cause it to resume?

no, it does nothing at all... i have to physically push play. I dont think my PC did this with SP3.... can i simply uninstall SP3 and maybe that will fix it?

osvikvi · August 13th, 2008, 05:09 AM

for the time being, I have a workaround...
Install a ball mouse, and place it where it has some legspace (small box or OEM car-hole) and make shure it's mounted unstable. As soon as the car moves so does the mouse, and the system resumes.

It doesn't work all the time for me, but at least 75% of the time.
- I will call this method the "osvikvi resume patch v.1.0" ..........LOL

Version 2.0 is also available but that requires an optical mouse that doesn't go in sleep mode and which is mounted fixed on a "bad surface" for optical mice. Causing the cursor to move constantly. I used to have a cheap optical mouse which used to move constantly even on a clean white surface....

dangerous · August 13th, 2008, 05:46 AM

As ive said before ive written a code in my Mk 1 Pc ie my Brain it goes 10 Start car 20 seat belt on 30 drive car and listen for any unusual noises 40 if 30= no unusual noises press play 40 just enjoy

osvikvi · August 13th, 2008, 06:13 AM

how much Ram are you running on that machine???? I mean shifting gear and pressing play at the same time is not locking up the Mk1????
LOL
It happened to me once, a virus was sitting next to me, and didn't stop talking untill I finally freed up some resources to open the door and kick her out....

HiJack · August 13th, 2008, 01:12 PM

Well my system is so picky about USB devices.... when i would move the mouse it would play then pause again.... so I disconnected my webcam and the issue went away. The Windows issue is just so annoying..... What i want to know has anyone tried wipping out their PC and starting a install from scratch? Did this fix this issue? I am starting to wonder if its something in a Windows update. I think I am going to reinstall everything and start over, but I will not update past what my Windows Disk has...... I will update to service pack 2 but thats it.... I am praying this will fix the issue, if not i will be very very pi$$ed off.