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I've been having some trouble for the past couple months where XBMC and Kodi on Win7 have minmized the window from full screen without warning. Audio continues to play and a click on the task bar will bring it back. No windows notifications pop up and I've tried to uninstall most extraneous programs. It usually happens between 30 to 120 minutes in. I've provided a snippet of the log of when it happens to see if there's any obvious fix. Happened at 16:01. Any help would be appreciated.

Full log: http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=294975
WIn7 64 bit SP1, Kodi 14 alpha 3, 8gb ram


15:51:40 T:3456 DEBUG: CPullupCorrection: detected pattern of length 1: 16683.33, frameduration: 16683.333333
15:51:41 T:1060 DEBUG: ------ Window Deinit (DialogSeekBar.xml) ------
15:51:42 T:1060 DEBUG: Keyboard: scancode: 0x4d, sym: 0x0113, unicode: 0x0000, modifier: 0x0
15:51:42 T:1060 DEBUG: CApplication::OnKey: right (0xf083) pressed, action is StepForward
15:51:42 T:2756 DEBUG: CDVDPlayer::SetCaching - caching state 3
15:51:42 T:2756 DEBUG: demuxer seek to: 1607358
15:51:42 T:2756 DEBUG: CDVDDemuxFFmpeg::SeekTime - seek ended up on time 1607389
15:51:42 T:2756 DEBUG: demuxer seek to: 1607358, success
15:51:42 T:1060 DEBUG: CAnnouncementManager - Announcement: OnSeek from xbmc
15:51:42 T:1060 DEBUG: GOT ANNOUNCEMENT, type: 1, from xbmc, message OnSeek
15:51:42 T:1060 DEBUG: ------ Window Init (DialogSeekBar.xml) ------
15:51:42 T:3456 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerVideo - CDVDMsg::GENERAL_SYNCHRONIZE
15:51:42 T:4016 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio - CDVDMsg::GENERAL_SYNCHRONIZE
15:51:42 T:3456 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerVideo - CDVDMsg::GENERAL_RESYNC(1607389000.000000, 1)
15:51:42 T:3456 INFO: CDVDPlayerVideo - Stillframe left, switching to normal playback
15:51:42 T:3456 DEBUG: DXVA - supports 'MPEG2 VLD'
15:51:42 T:3456 DEBUG: DXVA - supports 'MPEG2 IDCT'
15:51:42 T:3456 DEBUG: DXVA - supports 'H.264 VLD, no FGT'
15:51:42 T:3456 DEBUG: DXVA - supports 4245F676-2bbc-4166-a0bb-54e7b849c380
15:51:42 T:3456 DEBUG: DXVA - supports 6719B6FB-5cad-4acb-b00a-f3bfdec38727
15:51:42 T:3456 DEBUG: DXVA - supports 'VC-1 VLD'
15:51:42 T:3456 DEBUG: DXVA - supports CA15D19A-2b48-43d6-979e-7a6e9c802ff8
15:51:42 T:3456 DEBUG: DXVA - supports 7C74ADC6-e2ba-4ade-86de-30beabb40cc1
15:51:42 T:3456 DEBUG: DXVA - supports ED418A9F-010d-4eda-9ae3-9a65358d8d2e
15:51:42 T:3456 DEBUG: DXVA - trying 'H.264 VLD, no FGT'
15:51:42 T:3456 DEBUG: DXVA - source requires 5 references
15:51:42 T:3456 DEBUG: DXVA - config 0: bitstream type 2
15:51:42 T:4016 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio - CDVDMsg::GENERAL_RESYNC(1607392000.000000, 1)
15:51:42 T:3456 DEBUG: DXVA - config 1: bitstream type 2, encrypted
15:51:42 T:3456 DEBUG: DXVA - allocating 11 surfaces
15:51:42 T:2756 DEBUG: CDVDPlayer::HandleMessages - player started 1
15:51:42 T:2756 DEBUG: CDVDPlayer::HandleMessages - player started 2
15:51:42 T:2756 DEBUG: CDVDPlayer::SetCaching - caching state 0
15:51:42 T:4016 DEBUG: CDVDClock:iscontinuity - CDVDPlayerAudio::HandleSyncError1 - was:1607236604.911601, should be:1607273353.400168, error:36748.488567
15:51:44 T:4016 DEBUG: CDVDClock:iscontinuity - CDVDPlayerAudio::HandleSyncError2 - was:1609300808.026187, should be:1609289231.215194, error:-11576.810993
15:51:44 T:3456 DEBUG: CPullupCorrection: detected pattern of length 1: 16683.33, frameduration: 16683.333333
15:51:45 T:1060 DEBUG: ------ Window Deinit (DialogSeekBar.xml) ------
15:59:48 T:4016 DEBUG: CDVDClock:iscontinuity - CDVDPlayerAudio::HandleSyncError2 - was:2093185322.530373, should be:2093195331.266717, error:10008.736344
16:01:00 T:1060 DEBUG: CWinEventsWin32::WndProcWindow is inactive
16:01:01 T:3456 WARNING: CRenderManager::WaitForBuffer - timeout waiting for buffer
16:01:03 T:1060 WARNING: Previous line repeats 110 times.
16:01:03 T:1060 DEBUG: CJoystick::Initialize : No Joystick found
16:01:03 T:1060 DEBUG: CWinEventsWin32::WndProcWindow is inactive
16:01:03 T:3456 WARNING: CRenderManager::WaitForBuffer - timeout waiting for buffer
16:01:09 T:1060 WARNING: Previous line repeats 371 times.
16:01:09 T:1060 DEBUG: CJoystick::Initialize : No Joystick found
16:01:09 T:1060 DEBUG: CWinEventsWin32::WndProcWindow is inactive
16:01:09 T:3456 WARNING: CRenderManager::WaitForBuffer - timeout waiting for buffer
16:01:09 T:1060 WARNING: Previous line repeats 5 times.
16:01:09 T:1060 DEBUG: CJoystick::Initialize : No Joystick found
16:01:09 T:1060 DEBUG: CWinEventsWin32::WndProcWindow is inactive
16:01:09 T:1060 DEBUG: CWinEventsWin32::WndProc: window move event
16:01:09 T:1060 DEBUG: CWinEventsWin32::WndProc: window resize event
16:01:09 T:3456 WARNING: CRenderManager::WaitForBuffer - timeout waiting for buffer
16:01:09 T:1060 WARNING: Previous line repeats 5 times.
16:01:09 T:1060 DEBUG: CJoystick::Initialize : No Joystick found
16:01:09 T:1060 DEBUG: CWinEventsWin32::WndProcWindow is active
16:01:09 T:3456 WARNING: CRenderManager::WaitForBuffer - timeout waiting for buffer
16:01:09 T:1060 WARNING: Previous line repeats 1 times.
16:01:09 T:1060 DEBUG: ------ Window Init (VideoOSD.xml) ------
16:01:09 T:1060 INFO: Loading skin file: VideoOSD.xml, load type: KEEP_IN_MEMORY
16:01:09 T:3456 WARNING: CRenderManager::WaitForBuffer - timeout waiting for buffer
16:01:09 T:1060 WARNING: Previous line repeats 4 times.
16:01:09 T:1060 DEBUG: ------ Window Init (DialogSeekBar.xml) ------
16:01:10 T:1060 DEBUG: Keyboard: scancode: 0x39, sym: 0x0020, unicode: 0x0020, modifier: 0x0
16:01:10 T:1060 DEBUG: CApplication::OnKey: space (0xf020) pressed, action is Pause
16:01:10 T:1060 DEBUG: CAnnouncementManager - Announcement: OnPause from xbmc
16:01:10 T:1060 DEBUG: GOT ANNOUNCEMENT, type: 1, from xbmc, message OnPause

Try disabling automatic installation of windows updates - that was a (the?) culprit on my machine.

Thanks, I'll try that.

I disabled auto-update, let a movie run, and it still minimized, any other thoughts?

Try replacing the explorer shell with event ghost:

http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=How...s_a_shell)

I think you can do the same with a program called xbmclauncher.

Thanks for the suggestions, but I just ended up deleting XBMC and the appdata folder, a fresh install of the nightly Kodi build seems to have done the trick, something must have just stopped playing nice along the way.

I have Helix and this exact problem... My computer has a monitor and a TV attached... and it minimizes on a regular basis without warning....

If I open the control panel it does the same thing. Movies, Phoenix add on etc...

(2015-04-18, 22:21)sobconners Wrote: [ -> ]I have Helix and this exact problem... My computer has a monitor and a TV attached... and it minimizes on a regular basis without warning....

If I open the control panel it does the same thing. Movies, Phoenix add on etc...

Probably best to not mention banned piracy addons in your first thread post. (re-forum rules)

Have a look at thread post #12 link: http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=221390 to see what is causing the issue.

Also: XBMCLauncher / Launcher4Kodi