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<blockquote data-quote="Beechus" data-source="post: 231417" data-attributes="member: 66275">Hey all,I built my first HTPC last week, as you may or may not have read in my HTPC build thread. My intention is to use MediaPortal. It has some brilliant features, and some of the plugins are far superior to what other packages offer (e.g. TV-Series)However, i have one major gripe with the software, which i'd like express here, and get some answers.All of my media is stored on another machine, so is accessed via SMB shares. Other HTPC software has no problems with this....Media portal however, is VERY slow whenever it comes to loading files. e.g. If i click Videos, it takes a good 15-20 seconds to load 30 movies, then a varying amount of time to start playing the file i want to. It gets so frustrating at times that i just plug in a mouse and bypass media portal all together!This is a real shame, because apart from the very slow loading times, media portal rocks!Can anyone help me with this problem?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Beechus, post: 231417, member: 66275"] Hey all, I built my first HTPC last week, as you may or may not have read in my HTPC build thread. My intention is to use MediaPortal. It has some brilliant features, and some of the plugins are far superior to what other packages offer (e.g. TV-Series) However, i have one major gripe with the software, which i'd like express here, and get some answers. All of my media is stored on another machine, so is accessed via SMB shares. Other HTPC software has no problems with this.... Media portal however, is VERY slow whenever it comes to loading files. e.g. If i click Videos, it takes a good 15-20 seconds to load 30 movies, then a varying amount of time to start playing the file i want to. It gets so frustrating at times that i just plug in a mouse and bypass media portal all together! This is a real shame, because apart from the very slow loading times, media portal rocks! Can anyone help me with this problem? [/QUOTE]

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