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Theater View/EXPLORER performance issues [Solved]
afss_br:
Hello, as I mentioned in another thread, now with MC31 I have finally abandoned Kodi with Madvr113 as my main playback software, moving JRiver to that first position instead, all thanks to JRVR outstanding new performance with dynamic tone mapping.
I have all my movies backed up to an external portable hard drive, and I constantly adding and removing movies from this USB drive. What I miss the most from Kodi is a simple file navigation option, which only shows video files (instead of displaying everything within the directory, including subtitle (i.e. SRT) files for instance.
Maybe I just need to configure things properly, so I would greatly appreciate your inputs on what I see as main challenges with JRiver's EXPLORER option, within Theater view:
A) I experience slowness every time I click on my hard drive letter – Usually it takes arounds 10 seconds to open the hard drive for browsing, as If EXPLORER is trying to identify things – I just wanted a simple (and quick) file browse as I had with Kodi – are there any settings that can speed it up?
B) Displaying only certain file types (i.e. movies). With Kodi, I entered via the movie option and browsed only through my video files – with JRiver EXPLORER I need to navigate between video files, subtitle files, and any other files that may accidentally be on the same directory.
C) MKV actual file name versus MKV File Title. When you browse MKV files on standard Windows explorer you always get to see the actual file name (which is also what Kodi displays). Sometimes on MKV files there is an optional parameter called File Title, and within JRiver EXPLORER, this File Title appears to override the display the actual file name, whenever it is present. I can send some sample files for evaluation if needed.
Thanks in advance for your insights – I hope there are parameters that can change what I am experiencing, in order to have plain quick/seamless file browsing within Theater View/Explorer, as this is the last thing I miss from Kodi. My goal is to keep JRiver as my final video playback hup, so that I can totally turn the page on Kodi/MadVR 113 !
bogdanbz:
I want just a simple file explorer option usable from Theater View as well.
The slowness you experience is due to the fact that MC is opening each file in the background in order to read the file metadata, as it lists the file title and duration in its Theater View Explorer plugin instead of just the file name. It's also looking for artwork to display in the background. Neither of these Theater View Explorer plugin behaviors can be disabled.
You'll also discover that you can't see the files inside BluRay and DVD folders in the Theater View Explorer plugin.
afss_br:
--- Quote from: bogdanbz on June 06, 2023, 01:53:13 pm ---I want just a simple file explorer option usable from Theater View as well, unfortunately the request is falling on deaf ears for years now.
The slowness you experience is due to the fact that MC is opening each file in the background in order to read the file metadata, as it lists the file title and duration in its Theater View Explorer plugin instead of just the file name. It's also looking for artwork to display in the background. Neither of these Theater View Explorer plugin behaviors can be disabled.
You'll also discover soon that you can't see the files inside BluRay and DVD folders in the Theater View Explorer plugin either.
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Thank you very much for your reply - From my perspective there would be a simple solution if JRiver would kindly listen to our feedback, which is a checkbox for disabling this metadata file inspection, providing plain and simple file browsing - I am going to try an integration of MC31 with Kodi as a front end, as unfortunately currently, it seems to be the only way to speed things up.
JimH:
Under any Explorer view in Theater View, you should be able to "toggle list view" to get views that have just names. It's under More.
afss_br:
--- Quote from: JimH on June 06, 2023, 02:14:24 pm ---Under any Explorer view in Theater View, you should be able to "toggle list view" to get views that have just names. It's under More.
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Much appreciated - will give it a try later on today.
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