DX Hooking causes lights to flash erratically when it detects movement.

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Enable DX Hooking
2. Use either the mood lighting or Screen Grabbing mode.
3. Move a window around, or play a video, create movement.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
The color is smooth and accurate

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Prismatik 5.9.6 on Windows 7 x64 Home Premium

Please provide any additional information below.
Doesnt happen all the time, and certainly doesnt happen when there is no 
movement on the screen. The more movement, the more white flickering.

Side note: When using DX Hooking with Screen Grabbing, if no movement is 
detected for 5 seconds the lights go off. DX Hooking is the only way I can get 
fullscreen XBMC to work.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by brett.wh...@gmail.com on 17 May 2013 at 10:46

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I would try this, Turn DX hooking back off, in XBMC turn on Fake fullscreen 
(fullscreen in window)

That's how I do it and works.

My lights still shut off though like you mentioned..wondering if i turned DX 
hooking on by mistake.

Original comment by Newyears...@gmail.com on 17 May 2013 at 10:40

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So turning DX hooking off and XBMC in Fullscreen Window does work, and that is 
how I did it when I was using Adalights processing code. But that is not ideal 
in my setup so that's why I switched to Prismatik.

Screensaver comes on over the top of XBMC and it makes Alt-Tab harder.

Maybe im picky, but I would like to help make DX hooking reliable for everyone.

Original comment by brett.wh...@gmail.com on 17 May 2013 at 10:54

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Original comment by tim.hell...@gmail.com on 29 May 2013 at 12:03

• Changed state: Accepted

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Brett I agree, I don't likethe fullscreen window either..as you said alt 
tabbing is funky.  So I agree will be nice when all that works smooth.  Will be 
nice when Aero works smooth too.

And for me will be nice if my lights will stop shutting off randomly lol :)

Good luck hope they solve this issue!

Original comment by Fulfille...@gmail.com on 29 May 2013 at 4:09

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For a little bit more clarification: the issue will generally occur if I have 
had prismatik running for a long time or switch between modes a lot. Since my 
machine runs 24/7 I can come back the next day, tell Prismatik to turn my 
lights on with a hotkey and they will be flashing. The same has happened when 
using a hotkey to switch between colour and screen grab or vice versa, but this 
is less often, and may just be coincidental.

My workaround it to turn off DX hooking, close prismatik, open it again, and 
reenable DX hooking.

Thanks for accepting the bug. :-) 

Original comment by brett.wh...@gmail.com on 29 May 2013 at 8:55

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I have DX hooking issues also.  When in DX hooking mode if I sit still for 
about 2 seconds with no screen changes..they all shut off to white...soon as I 
move or change image they come back.

Original comment by Newyears...@gmail.com on 31 May 2013 at 4:09

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I can confirm the same thing (turning off after 2 seconds) happens in my setup, 
I turned animation on in XBMC to prevent this happening which works.

I'm using Adalight FYI.

Original comment by brett.wh...@gmail.com on 31 May 2013 at 4:30

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Yeah Im get the lights turning off if no motion in Xbmc, also whenever profile 
changes  or I start XBMC the lights are the right colour but they flicker 
really fast. Alt+Tabbing in and out of the program solves the problem but 
annoying to do all the time.

Good to see the bug has been Accepted :)

Original comment by persson....@gmail.com on 14 Feb 2014 at 9:55

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I am having the same prolem, flashing lights whenever i start and stop a video 
in XBMC. DX hooking on, true fullscreen on, latest pismatik software. Fixed by 
turning full screen to windowed then back again OR alt-tabbing (as said above) 

Original comment by gar...@gmail.com on 21 Mar 2014 at 10:09