Startup/Resume Settings

Overview

The Startup/Resume Settings page contains the settings related to MediaPortal startup or resume previously available on the General page.

Some of these options can also be set from within the MediaPortal interface, in the Settings > General section.

Startup/Resume Settings page

• Start MediaPortal in fullscreen mode (Default: on)
  With this option you can configure MediaPortal to start in full-screen mode. If unselected MediaPortal will start in a window.
• Use alternate fullscreen Splashscreen (Default: on)
  With this option set, when in fullscreen mode, the splash screen on startup of MediaPortal will also cover the full screen instead of a small box in the middle of the desktop. NOTE:- This setting only takes effect when MediaPortal starts in fullscreen mode.
• Keep MediaPortal always on top (Default: off)
  Note that not only does this keep MediaPortal on top of other windows, it also prevents other windows from getting (keyboard) focus. With this setting on, you cannot control any other application until you've closed MediaPortal.
• Hide taskbar in fullscreen mode (Default: off)
  This will make sure you will not see the Windows taskbar when using MediaPortal in fullscreen mode.
• Autostart MediaPortal on Windows startup (Default: off)
  Automatically start MediaPortal when Windows starts.
• Minimize to tray on start up (Default: off)
  When starting MediaPortal, instead of showing the application, this hides it in the system tray. Useful if you have scheduled recordings with the classic inbuilt TV-Engine that requires MediaPortal to be running, or when you want to be able to quickly start MediaPortal.
• Minimize to tray on GUI exit (Default: off)
  When clicking the 'X' icon, MediaPortal will not close but will be minimized to the system tray. MediaPortal can be closed by choosing Exit from the File menu or Exit from the tray icon context menu. Enable this if you use the classic inbuilt TV-Engine.
• Turn off monitor when blanking screen (Default: off) Turns off the monitor when MediaPortal is idle for more than 1 minute. Is only effective when a supported monitor/TV can handle the signals via the cable connection. This is an ideal setting if you are energy wise.
• Turn monitor/tv on when resuming from standby (Default: on)
  Some videocards and or monitors/televisions will not initiate when the PC wakes from resume. So the computer will resume but the screen stays on standby. Enable this if your TV or monitor will not wake up from standby.
• Allow S3 standby although wake up devices are present (Default: on)
  Allow the computer to enter S3 standby mode even though USB devices are set to wake up the computer. (Normally, only S2 standby mode will be achieved with USB wake-up devices.)
• Restart MediaPortal on resume (Default: off)
  This will prevent stuttering playback with nVidia video cards.
• Show last active module when starting/resuming from standby (Default: off)
  MediaPortal will automatically show the last module, or screen, that was in use prior to the computer going into standby mode or exited.
• Use screenselector to choose on which screen MP should start (Default: off) When enabled, the screen chosen in the drop down box below will be the screen that MediaPortal will start on by default. Enable this if you use multiple outputs on your video card and would like MediaPortal to start on the secondary screen. You must also specify which screen you want to use (see below).

• Start screen
  If Use screenselector to choose on which screen MP should start is enabled, this allows you to select the screen you want MediaPortal to start on from the dropdown box.
• Wait Settings (autodetected
• Delay Settings
  • Delay Startup - select a value to delay startup of MediaPortal then select if you wish the setting to apply to:
    • MediaPortal startup
    • MediaPortal resume 

Changes in the latest release

The following table shows the changes that affect the user interface in the latest version of MediaPortal (final or test release), either within MediaPortal or in the Configuration tool(s). Select the links to view details of the changes. These changes are incorporated into this wiki page once the final stable version is released.

You may sort the table by any of the columns. Note: the Date column displays the date the UI Rellated Change wiki page was created.

 

Change	Date	Release
General Settings Restructure	2011/11/05	beta
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