Windowed mode only way to keep XBMC from losing focus?

**jhsrennie** · 2011-12-10 11:27

meridius Wrote:is this fixed in xbmc 11 ?

No, this isn't an XBMC problem. If you want the fastest graphics performance it's up to you to not run apps that steal the focus. If you can't/won't do this then run in fullscreen window mode. In most cases this works perfectly well.

JR

StinDaWg · 2011-12-11 06:11

I run xbmc in full screen (true full screen) and xbmc never looses focus. I did have it in "use a full screen window rather than a true full screen" which caused xbmc to occasionally lose focus, but now it works perfect. I don't understand the problem, why can't you use true full screen?

tintin123 · 2012-08-17 23:48

I've an Acer R3700 running Win 7 X64 and never had this problem until I did a factory restore, then XBMC started to minimise once or twice per film. My suspicion is updater checking programs. I have Google and Adobe updaters running. I looked into task scheduler and although they are scheduled to start every day at a certain time they are then scheduled to repeat every hour!. I've edited these to run once only in the early hours of the morning. I'll let you know if this cures things.

sickyd · 2012-09-23 08:08

tintin123, have you been able to solve this? I also experience random minimizing when in true fullscreen, or if I switch to windowed fullscreen, the taskbar will appear in front of the XBMC window and I have to click to get it back in focus.

tintin123 · 2012-09-23 12:07

Nope the issue is not resolved. The annoying thing is that out of the box my Revo 3700 Win 7 64 with Eden worked absolutely fine. I then got a virus of some sort which I had trouble removing so did a factory restore. After that I've had this problem. Loses focus a couple of times during a movie on average. Loaded a codec pack and Shark007 and with Lav filter I can get smooth playback at 1080 in Windows Media Player and WMC, but lipsync is all over the place and almost impossible to get right, whereas XBMC is fine and you can adjust per movie if necessary. Tried Openelec for XBMC but my TV is not recognised correctly and my native screen resolution is not available (editing xconf files is an option but it shouldn't be that hard). I seem to be frustrated which ever way I try and go.

baijuxavior · 2012-09-23 12:43

You should read http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=136798

tintin123 · 2012-09-23 18:32

Read all that. I run my box 24/7. Windows update runs once a week in the early hours, so only one restart a week. I have my screen saver set to blank which turns off graphics and lets my plasma tv go to sleep. It's now become my main PC and server. Media Player streams to other boxes. This is not a dedicated XBMC machine which (unless I'm missing something), I believe the above thread is more aimed at. I just load xbmc to watch a movie or tv catchup then exit again.

StartCodon · 2012-09-23 21:29

Ah, but you could use it. You don't have to make XBMCLauncher replace explorer.exe, or even launch on startup, but you could have your shortcut to XBMC point to XBMCLauncher instead of XBMC itself. That way, you'd have a guaranteed focused XBMC session (in theory), and then just close XBMCLauncher from the systray when you're done (there may even be a way to automate that via AHK, I don't know). Worth a shot.

tintin123 · 2012-09-23 22:21

Thanks. Will give it a go.

sickyd · 2012-09-24 06:20

Amazing, perfect helper program. How is that not the first result when you search for "focus" on the forums?

jhsrennie Team-XBMC Developer Posts: 7,237 Joined: Nov 2008 Reputation: 117 Location: Chester, UK	2011-12-10 11:27 Post: #41 meridius Wrote:is this fixed in xbmc 11 ? No, this isn't an XBMC problem. If you want the fastest graphics performance it's up to you to not run apps that steal the focus. If you can't/won't do this then run in fullscreen window mode. In most cases this works perfectly well. JR
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StinDaWg Fan Posts: 328 Joined: Jul 2011 Reputation: 1	2011-12-11 06:11 Post: #42 I run xbmc in full screen (true full screen) and xbmc never looses focus. I did have it in "use a full screen window rather than a true full screen" which caused xbmc to occasionally lose focus, but now it works perfect. I don't understand the problem, why can't you use true full screen?
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sickyd Junior Member Posts: 13 Joined: Mar 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-09-23 08:08 Post: #44 tintin123, have you been able to solve this? I also experience random minimizing when in true fullscreen, or if I switch to windowed fullscreen, the taskbar will appear in front of the XBMC window and I have to click to get it back in focus.
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baijuxavior Posting Freak Posts: 883 Joined: Jan 2012 Reputation: 22 Location: India	2012-09-23 12:43 Post: #46 You should read http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=136798 Denon 1612 \| Magnat Interior 5001 \| AMD A6 3500, ASUS F1A75-M, LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray, Antec Fusion Remote Silver HTPC \| Sony 40HX750
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tintin123 Junior Member Posts: 9 Joined: Jun 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-09-23 22:21 Post: #49 Thanks. Will give it a go.
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sickyd Junior Member Posts: 13 Joined: Mar 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-09-24 06:20 Post: #50 Amazing, perfect helper program. How is that not the first result when you search for "focus" on the forums?
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