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<blockquote data-quote="speedorhaste" data-source="post: 50211" data-attributes="member: 19424">Area: Media Portal ProgramMediaPortal Version: 0.2.0.0 RC4$CVS-25.04.2006-10:17:18,31 &nbsp;(2006-04-25)MediaPortal Skin: MCEWindows Version: Windows XP (SP2).NET CLR Version: 2.0.50727DirectX Version: 4.09.00.0904 (9.0c)Audio Codec: MPEG/AC3/DTS/LPCM Audio DecoderVideo Codec: CyberLink DTV Video DecoderCPU Type: AMD Athlon 64 3200+Memory: 511 MBMotherboard: A8V Deluxe (ASUSTeK Computer Inc.)TV Card Model: DNTVLive LP TS Capture DVB-TTV Card Type: DVBTV Card Driver: 2.0.0.3Video Card Model: Nvidia Geforce4 MX 420 (64 MB)Video Card Driver: 8.4.2.1Video Card Resolution: 1280x1024Video Render Type: VMR9Audio Card Model: Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA (R) Audio ControllerAudio Card Driver: 5.10.0.5530Synopsis:: I am very new to MediaPortal, but having read the dearth of problems people have with MCE, it looks like a highly worthy alternative.&nbsp; So,&nbsp; apologies for the potentially stupid question - which is - what should I expect in terms of speed of channel change and stabiliy of the RC4 release.&nbsp;&nbsp; I ask because:Channel change typically takes around 10 secondsSometines the channel being selected does not display with a no signal detected message.&nbsp; Subsequent attempts then pick it up ok.I have often been forced to close MP down because of it freezing.&nbsp; This normally&nbsp; happens when the CPU usage hits the ton and does not recover.&nbsp; Perhaps my old video card is not up to the taskUsing DNTV Live directly in Windows runs fine - 1 second channel chnages and no crashes.&nbsp; I appreciate this is a community developed application and looks and feels great, but just wanted to benchmark reasonable performance expectations.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="speedorhaste, post: 50211, member: 19424"] [b]Area[/b]: Media Portal Program [b]MediaPortal Version[/b]: 0.2.0.0 RC4$CVS-25.04.2006-10:17:18,31 (2006-04-25) [b]MediaPortal Skin[/b]: MCE [b]Windows Version[/b]: Windows XP (SP2) [b].NET CLR Version[/b]: 2.0.50727 [b]DirectX Version[/b]: 4.09.00.0904 (9.0c) [b]Audio Codec[/b]: MPEG/AC3/DTS/LPCM Audio Decoder [b]Video Codec[/b]: CyberLink DTV Video Decoder [b]CPU Type[/b]: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ [b]Memory[/b]: 511 MB [b]Motherboard[/b]: A8V Deluxe (ASUSTeK Computer Inc.) [b]TV Card Model[/b]: DNTVLive LP TS Capture DVB-T [b]TV Card Type[/b]: DVB [b]TV Card Driver[/b]: 2.0.0.3 [b]Video Card Model[/b]: Nvidia Geforce4 MX 420 (64 MB) [b]Video Card Driver[/b]: 8.4.2.1 [b]Video Card Resolution[/b]: 1280x1024 [b]Video Render Type[/b]: VMR9 [b]Audio Card Model[/b]: Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA (R) Audio Controller [b]Audio Card Driver[/b]: 5.10.0.5530 [b]Synopsis:[/b]: I am very new to MediaPortal, but having read the dearth of problems people have with MCE, it looks like a highly worthy alternative. So, apologies for the potentially stupid question - which is - what should I expect in terms of speed of channel change and stabiliy of the RC4 release. I ask because: Channel change typically takes around 10 seconds Sometines the channel being selected does not display with a no signal detected message. Subsequent attempts then pick it up ok. I have often been forced to close MP down because of it freezing. This normally happens when the CPU usage hits the ton and does not recover. Perhaps my old video card is not up to the task Using DNTV Live directly in Windows runs fine - 1 second channel chnages and no crashes. I appreciate this is a community developed application and looks and feels great, but just wanted to benchmark reasonable performance expectations. [/QUOTE]

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