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Title: Crashes, slow. (9 was better :( )
Post by: StasCOM on May 15, 2004, 04:25:39 am

I have 10.0.127 and I'm very diappointed. It works a lot slower than 9th did. It crashes if you change something in options and click OK. Actually it does not crash but starts lagging. It's like you point on "minimize" or "close" button and they start flashing in 3-4 seconds, when it's supposed to be instantaniously. :( If click play I might have to wait for 1-2 minutes to hear anything. All that happens when other programs work fine. The only cure is to close through rigth clicking on an icon in SysTray and choosing "Exit".

Title: Re:Crashes, slow. (9 was better :( )
Post by: sapnho on May 15, 2004, 05:27:43 am

I have yet to see a single crash with V10.

Title: Re:Crashes, slow. (9 was better :( )
Post by: JimH on May 15, 2004, 06:58:54 am

What are you playing?  Where is it stored?

What other software is running?  Try simplifying to see if you can find what may be causing it.

Any third party plugins installed?  Uninstall them.

The program itself should be significantly faster and more stable than V9.

Please copy your system info from MC Help and paste it here.

Title: Re:Crashes, slow. (9 was better :( )
Post by: KingSparta on May 15, 2004, 08:29:59 am

I don't see this problem.

Title: Re:Crashes, slow. (9 was better :( )
Post by: StasCOM on May 16, 2004, 12:06:25 am

Here is SysInfo:
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Media Center 10.0.127 -- C:\Progs\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 2, v.2096 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 1798 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 522 MB, Free - 224 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2096 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp_sp2_rc1.040311-2315) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2900.2096 (xpsp_sp2_rc1.040311-2315) / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2900.2096 (xpsp_sp2_rc1.040311-2315) / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping /   Drive D:   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:8
  Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: Yes  Soundfile:   C:\WINDOWS\Media\tada.wav

Burning /  Drive D: HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8481B    Addr: 1:0:0  Speed:12  MaxSpeed:48  BurnProof:Yes
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
  Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I'm also running eDonkey, FlashGet, Dr. Web, MouseWare amd Outpost.

Most of the codecs are from kLite MediaPack. I cannot believe it's supposed to work faster than 9th version. It's just so unreal from what I've seen. :(

Title: Re:Crashes, slow. (9 was better :( )
Post by: Sauzee on May 16, 2004, 03:24:05 am

Try uninstalling /reinstalling.

When did you last use 9?  Could it be down to a fresher install of Windows at that time?

At the very worst you won't notice a difference in speed/stability in v10.  It certainly shouldn't be worse than 9

Title: Re:Crashes, slow. (9 was better :( )
Post by: StasCOM on May 16, 2004, 04:06:49 am

I used 9 about a month ago. Than I reinstalled the whole system. Installed Service Pack 2 RC1. And I got MC 10.0.127 about a week ago. Everything works well just as it did before "format c:" :) Well, except for some keygens, cracks and apparently MC.  :'(
I'm downloading 10.0.137 right now. Hope it's better.

Title: Re:Crashes, slow. (9 was better :( )
Post by: escaflo on May 16, 2004, 04:07:34 am

I certainly did see an improvement in speed between MC 9.1 and 10.0 which was one of the main reason why I paid for the upgrade. The speed was increase was very significant in my case.

And I also haven't encountered a single crash yet.

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Media Center Registered 10.0.137 -- E:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 2, v.2096 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 2637 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1048 MB, Free - 450 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2096 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp_sp2_rc1.040311-2315) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2900.2096 (xpsp_sp2_rc1.040311-2315) / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2900.2096 (xpsp_sp2_rc1.040311-2315) / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping /   Drive G:   Mode:ModeSecure  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Drive H:   Mode:ModeSecure  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Drive J:   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive H: HP       DVD Writer 400c    Addr: 2:1:0  Speed:24  MaxSpeed:24  BurnProof:Yes
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
  Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None

Title: Re:Crashes, slow. (9 was better :( )
Post by: JimH on May 16, 2004, 07:26:49 am

Using MC with a crack will cause "problems".