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I have seen in recent builds that MC takes about 5 seconds to start playing an audio selection from a 'cold' state. By that I mean that MC is loaded but not playing.

In MC 10 there was a noticable delay, but not this long.

Also, I notice that MC 11.0.9x is using between 13% and 25%. I use an app that averages resource use over a 30 second period, MC is shown to use 14% CPU "long term".

I am not using any plugins except for the DirectX host. Disabling that does not help with either the start playing or CPU usage.

I also notice that there is an 'ActiveMovie Window' listed as a process under Media Core. I do not play movies, in fact there are none in the MC library.

If you want more info, I'm happy to provide it.


Media Center Registered 11.0.92 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 11\

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