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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 1237189" data-attributes="member: 82144"><p>[USER=159517]@Chris Melville[/USER] </p><p>Nothing is impossible, but certain aspects of the architectural design do make it difficult. Frankly, I don't see things ever changing due to both the difficulty and a lack of perceived benefit. To you 8 seconds is significant; with the greatest respect, to me 8 seconds is irrelevant.</p><p></p><p>I should also say: there will always be a delay due to processing. What's in question is the magnitude of the delay. MediaPortal is only the last link in a chain from tuner hardware -> tuner driver -> low-level OS -> MS BDA framework -> DirectShow -> MediaPortal. There's almost certainly going to be bufferring at each link in the chain, so who's to say how much of the delay MediaPortal is actually responsible for.</p><p></p><p>If it <em>really</em> bothers you, from the perspective of reducing the delay introduced by MediaPortal, my advice would be to investigate how you might increase the performance of the storage subsystem that you use for time-shifting. My expectation would be: the faster the storage, the smaller the delay.</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">using a NAS for time-shifting is likely to be <em>much</em> slower than any other option<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">a "green" or 5400 rpm HDD is likely to be slower than a 7200 rpm HDD</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">an SSD will be faster than an HDD (...though using an SSD for time-shifting will have an impact how quickly the "lifetime" of the SSD is used)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">a RAM drive will be faster than an SSD</li> </ul><p>Further, I recommend you check that you've configured security software appropriately. Having security software attempt to monitor or scan the time-shift files/folder will <em>significantly </em>impact on [at least] channel change speeds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 1237189, member: 82144"] [USER=159517]@Chris Melville[/USER] Nothing is impossible, but certain aspects of the architectural design do make it difficult. Frankly, I don't see things ever changing due to both the difficulty and a lack of perceived benefit. To you 8 seconds is significant; with the greatest respect, to me 8 seconds is irrelevant. I should also say: there will always be a delay due to processing. What's in question is the magnitude of the delay. MediaPortal is only the last link in a chain from tuner hardware -> tuner driver -> low-level OS -> MS BDA framework -> DirectShow -> MediaPortal. There's almost certainly going to be bufferring at each link in the chain, so who's to say how much of the delay MediaPortal is actually responsible for. If it [I]really[/I] bothers you, from the perspective of reducing the delay introduced by MediaPortal, my advice would be to investigate how you might increase the performance of the storage subsystem that you use for time-shifting. My expectation would be: the faster the storage, the smaller the delay. [LIST] [*]using a NAS for time-shifting is likely to be [I]much[/I] slower than any other option [*]a "green" or 5400 rpm HDD is likely to be slower than a 7200 rpm HDD [*]an SSD will be faster than an HDD (...though using an SSD for time-shifting will have an impact how quickly the "lifetime" of the SSD is used) [*]a RAM drive will be faster than an SSD [/LIST] Further, I recommend you check that you've configured security software appropriately. Having security software attempt to monitor or scan the time-shift files/folder will [I]significantly [/I]impact on [at least] channel change speeds. [/QUOTE]
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