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More => Old Versions => Media Center 12 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: Osho on December 10, 2006, 11:51:49 am

Title: MC12 in a client for Library Server mode and startup
Post by: Osho on December 10, 2006, 11:51:49 am

Hi,

I use MC12 as a client that connects to MC12 running as a Library Server on another PC. Every time I start MC12 in client mode, it seems to take a while (about 10 seconds) to connect to the Server and get the LIbrary. The Library on the server PC almost never changes. So, I am wondering why does the client have to fetch it every time?? Wouldn't it be good if the client would inquire about the following attributes of the Library from the Server

• the time-stamp when Library was last modified
• size (in terms of bytes) of the Library
• Some kind of hash (MD5?) of the Library file

and decide if it needs to refetch the Library. If it doesn't need to refetch the Library, it could simply reuse the cached version of the Library.

This would decrease the start-up slow time significantly.

thanks,
Osho