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More => Old Versions => Media Center 17 => Topic started by: iamimdoc on January 20, 2012, 11:52:26 am
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I am using MC 17 on a fanless PC referred to as C.A.P.S. Version 1 described on the Computer Audiophile web site.
The device has 2 GB memory, 32 bit CPU, solid state drive, WIN7 professional. I believe it is single core. Nothing else "running" (ie no IE, word processing, etc, etc) on the device except VNC server and Splashtop server. I use these to aces the headless CAPS device. No virus protection, no using the internet. I have NAS drives but all is hooked up WIRED CAT 5. No movies.
I often have lockups, actually more slowdowns, when using MC 17 - Windows box pops up saying "do I want to wait or shut down the program." Waiting 10-30" usually "gets me back" - rarely do I have to totally bail out.
Is there anything I can do to enhance performance or is the PC just too much of an underperformer in 2012 for this much software?
Other music player software, MediaMonkey 3 and 4, has no issues
I want the benefit of better sound but am finding the UI challenge to be a high wall to climb.
Thanks
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This isn't normal.
What are you doing in the program when you get the hang? Anything in particular?
Try turning on logging (Help > Logging). If you get it to hang a few times, send the log to logs at jriver dot com. I'd like to see what's happening.
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Will collect info but generally "I am doing stuf", ie changing to another directory, starting a search, etc.
things are OK (I think) when MC is "just playing" a playlist
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Is the delay occuring because your system is accessing its NAS storage/drives? Sometimes I get a similar delay while my drive is spinning up.
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Thanks for the logs.
I think the slowdown is because there are things in the program (files, configuration, or something) pointing to a computer that's off.
This is a big problem with Windows -- browsing a UNC path for a machine that's not available can stall out for up to a minute.
For example, here's a sample from your log:
0008843: 7844: Podcast: CPodcast::RemoveConfig: Start
0008843: 7844: Podcast: CPodcast::RemoveConfig: Resetting member variables
0010171: 8128: Handheld: CWMDMThread::Thread: Enumerating devices
0025234: 7844: General: CFileSystemManager::GetDriveExists: Error using connection '\\STUDYCOMPUTER\My Photos': 53
0025234: 7844: General: CFileSystemManager::GetDriveExists: Drive does not exist (drive: \\STUDYCOMPUTER\My Photos, filename: \\STUDYCOMPUTER\My Photos\)
This shows a 16 second lock while we check for \\STUDYCOMPUTER\My Photos.
Do the delays go away if you turn all the computers on, or if you switch Options > File Location to point to local paths?
Thanks.
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This shows a 16 second lock while we check for \\STUDYCOMPUTER\My Photos.
I know little/nothing about programming, so sorry if this is a stupid question, but would it be possible to not "lock" MC because of this, but maybe instead, finish waiting in the background while MC continues it's thing?
I get long pauses often also, usually while the drives in my server spin up, and it is a bit frustrating to have to wait 15 or 30 seconds to just click on a view to see something while MC is "hung" for an unknown reason (even though I suspect the cause).
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I got a private message with regards to this. Let's keep the discussion public.
What did you learn after trying to turn all the computers on, like I suggested above? If this helps, we can work from there.
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I am also slow to respond.
The pc was looking for pictures on a drive that does not exist. That caused a lot of problems. Fixed that as I remember by pointing to a drive that does exist.
Music is now on USB drives hooked to another machine on network accessible to all users on network. No frequent long slowdowns ( as before) but I still get an occasional wait or shutdown. Tolerable. I tried it with a smaller library and this also helped a lot. Thus I think large library is main issue
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... I think large library is main issue
That isn't likely, but how large is it?