DigitalFX 4.0

**JohnWPB** · 07-27-2008, 04:59 AM

Originally Posted by blk02si

Just for the record, everything, (and I mean EVERYTHING) was broken when I installed DFX4 to a non standard path. After I installed it to the default (c:/program files/Road Runner) everything worked great. It sucks that its hard coded to only run from the default directory, but when its there it runs good. I had many of the similar problems mentioned when I was trying to run it from C:/Devel/RR which is where I like to have my RR install.

I do not understand where the problem is here at all...... The installer is a standard skin, and has NO hard coded paths at all. All paths for anything in the skin use either $RRPATH$ or $SKINPATH$ that is called from the RR.exe. During testing with the installer, I installed the skin to k"\RRTemp\ and all worked as it should.

Originally Posted by utd09bry

im using HD Radio with DFX4.0 and it works like a charm.

my version of RR is the newest... and i haven't applied any of the patches (weather, mitch's version, etc.)

did you place all the files from mitch into the HD Radio folder and run the runme1st.bat file?

Mitch did a great job of fixing audio switching for what was being used (radio, MP3, Satellite ect). The problem is that it is build off of the 11/02/07 souce code, and this is before the dynamic sliders and a lot of other new RR features were added.

As far as getting HD radio to work, this is not a skin relates issue. I use the HD radio skin here, and it does work well with Mitch's cable, and the HD hardware. If it is not working, it is not because of a skin, but is because of incorrect ini settings, non-registered Dll's or something else.

It's kind of like blaming Microsoft because you open a Word document, and the fonts are the wrong size or are alligned incorrectly.

**brandensin** · 07-27-2008, 07:41 AM

great work John.. i am having the font issue.. i know this has been brought up before, just not sure if anyone found a solution for it.... I even installed 4 fonts explicitly, didn't do any good..

**Machinehead** · 07-27-2008, 09:10 AM

Originally Posted by cameronlazzari

Once again the skin kicks ***. I am having some issues. One is that when I try to go to hibernation on DFX 3 & 4 it freezes. It happens alot. Is it the CPU being overloaded

It could be a bunch of things not specifically related to RR. Your GPS receiver could be causing the problem, it could also be another piece of hardware causing the issue. If you're using Xport, it has a feature that will help with that issue.

**PontiacGA** · 07-27-2008, 09:11 AM

Originally Posted by kbreeden

Are you sure you're not confusing the search results screen with the playlist screen? The songs that show up on the screen when you do a search will not play like the songs in the playlist. You can only play one song at a time from that list and the buttons at the bottom don't work the way they do in a normal playlist. If you want to play all of the songs that appear in the search results, you need to go to manage playlists and load the playlist that says [searchresults].

Maybe the problem is I have no playlist that says [searchresults]?

With 3.0 and all the previous versions, you clicked on 'browser' which brought up a list of folders in the music directory. You click on the name of the group, then the album name which brought up a list of songs (Without the numbers and junk, like it does now in this version). Click on a song and it started to play. You could click on the next or prev track and it actually went there. THIS is what I want.

**kbreeden** · 07-27-2008, 09:20 AM

Originally Posted by PontiacGA

Maybe the problem is I have no playlist that says [searchresults]?

Do you have other saved playlists that you see when you go into manage playlists?

**kbreeden** · 07-27-2008, 09:22 AM

Hmm, I see a clock in post 1752, so apparently not everybody is having the no logo problem a couple of us have mentioned. Any thoughts?

**PontiacGA** · 07-27-2008, 09:54 AM

Originally Posted by kbreeden

Do you have other saved playlists that you see when you go into manage playlists?

No. I havent made any playlists.....it's blank.

kbreeden, I had the same issue. I uninstalled 4.0 and reinstalled. That worked for me.

**kbreeden** · 07-27-2008, 10:14 AM

Originally Posted by PontiacGA

No. I havent made any playlists.....it's blank.

Okay, you need to create a folder called playlists somewhere. Then in the music settings portion of RRconfig in Playlist Path point to the playlist folder you have just created. Then in the music settings portion of RRConfig make sure .m3u is included as an audio file type. And just for good measure you might want to go ahead and create a playlist to make sure things are working.

Originally Posted by PontiacGA

kbreeden, I had the same issue. I uninstalled 4.0 and reinstalled. That worked for me.

Thanks. I went ahead and reinstalled both Roadrunner and the skin and now it works fine. It was kind of weird because I had the same problem on both my desktop and carputer.

**kyjoe** · 07-27-2008, 10:21 AM

Having the no logo problem also.

And I have the voice enabled and it says more jibberish now then DFX3 did. Everytime I go to the main menu, it rattles off a bunch of nonsense. lol. A few of the other buttons when clicked, it will say wierd stuff. Everytime I click on an artist name in browser mode, it says "RM list action" three times !! The browser button says "RM Checklist" and the Clear Playlist button says" RM on song start,reset stars, RM rated O" lol Very weird !!

**barnyard** · 07-27-2008, 10:32 AM

To all the guys that are having the logo issue:
Are you by any chance using Mitch's version of RR? I was having the issue, and switching form Mitch's to the latest version of RR fixed it for me.

Also, John,
I run in 640x480. That doesn't seem to play nice with some of the new stuff, For instance, the color chooser won't pick colors along the top row. There are also visual side effects like certain menus not lining up right. I think these are executed by an external script?
Is there an easy solution, or do I need to run 800x600?