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<blockquote data-quote="joz" data-source="post: 601894" data-attributes="member: 70244"><p><strong>Re: HTPCInfo plugin for MediaPortal v1.0.1</strong></p><p></p><p>Hi Micropolis,</p><p></p><p>First of all <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> again for this release! You are a busy guy, maintining all these nice MP additions <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>For a while now I am unable to use HTPCInfo on my main HTPC/Webserver (see my system specs for the system that this problem occurs in). Why you ask? Cause of frame rate drops in MP GUI. I fiddled with the priority settings (update time, threat prio etc) but that did not help me. I noticed the framedrops (going from normal 50 to ~40fps) are directly related to the refresh timeout of htpcinfo. If I set it to 1 second, the frame drops will occur every one second, if to 5s it will happen every 5s and so on.</p><p>This is with background mode disabled as well (although I disabled bg mode it still seems to do stuff, because of the framedrops) and directly from first startup of MP. Also noticable when playing video (although I have checked the appropriate boxes for no updating while playing).</p><p></p><p>just on a side note this problem is only a problem on the PC refered too.</p><p>If I run a (almost) identical setup on an intel E8400 (@ 3.7GHz), P35 chipset, 4GB of RAM @ ~1000MHz, then there's no issue at all</p><p></p><p>Besides all that, I still have this error you find below logged. This has been there for a while now and it seems more likely to be caused by a bug inside windows (that's my feeling, in combination with standby or some other specifics), so then there's nothing for you to do about.</p><p></p><p>[collapse]</p><p>2010-04-04 14:14:25.238600 [ERROR][MPMain(1)]: HTPC Info: Frequency Performance Counter Initialization Error. (Error Code: System.InvalidOperationException: Category does not exist.</p><p> at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounterLib.CounterExists(String machine, String category, String counter)</p><p> at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter.Initialize()</p><p> at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter..ctor(String categoryName, String counterName, String instanceName, Boolean readOnly)</p><p> at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter..ctor(String categoryName, String counterName, String instanceName)</p><p> at HTPCInfoPlugin.HTPCInfo.InitPerformanceCounters(), Category does not exist.)</p><p>[/collapse]</p><p>Hope you can do something about it if you find time. My hunch is that this might be related to certain system specifics, as chipset drivers (that's my biggest hunch).</p><p>I changed motherboards a while back and switched from an AMD chipset (which sucked big time in different ways) to an NVidia one. </p><p>That is a while back (not sure which HTPCInfo version I was using back then) and since then other stuff has been changed in this system as well (no tv card anymore, was casuing sporadic 15 minute or greater boot times as well as other headaches). Used to work great though on this baby. Oh right even swapped CPUs from E4850 to X4 605E</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joz, post: 601894, member: 70244"] [b]Re: HTPCInfo plugin for MediaPortal v1.0.1[/b] Hi Micropolis, First of all :thx: again for this release! You are a busy guy, maintining all these nice MP additions ;) For a while now I am unable to use HTPCInfo on my main HTPC/Webserver (see my system specs for the system that this problem occurs in). Why you ask? Cause of frame rate drops in MP GUI. I fiddled with the priority settings (update time, threat prio etc) but that did not help me. I noticed the framedrops (going from normal 50 to ~40fps) are directly related to the refresh timeout of htpcinfo. If I set it to 1 second, the frame drops will occur every one second, if to 5s it will happen every 5s and so on. This is with background mode disabled as well (although I disabled bg mode it still seems to do stuff, because of the framedrops) and directly from first startup of MP. Also noticable when playing video (although I have checked the appropriate boxes for no updating while playing). just on a side note this problem is only a problem on the PC refered too. If I run a (almost) identical setup on an intel E8400 (@ 3.7GHz), P35 chipset, 4GB of RAM @ ~1000MHz, then there's no issue at all Besides all that, I still have this error you find below logged. This has been there for a while now and it seems more likely to be caused by a bug inside windows (that's my feeling, in combination with standby or some other specifics), so then there's nothing for you to do about. [collapse] 2010-04-04 14:14:25.238600 [ERROR][MPMain(1)]: HTPC Info: Frequency Performance Counter Initialization Error. (Error Code: System.InvalidOperationException: Category does not exist. at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounterLib.CounterExists(String machine, String category, String counter) at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter.Initialize() at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter..ctor(String categoryName, String counterName, String instanceName, Boolean readOnly) at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter..ctor(String categoryName, String counterName, String instanceName) at HTPCInfoPlugin.HTPCInfo.InitPerformanceCounters(), Category does not exist.) [/collapse] Hope you can do something about it if you find time. My hunch is that this might be related to certain system specifics, as chipset drivers (that's my biggest hunch). I changed motherboards a while back and switched from an AMD chipset (which sucked big time in different ways) to an NVidia one. That is a while back (not sure which HTPCInfo version I was using back then) and since then other stuff has been changed in this system as well (no tv card anymore, was casuing sporadic 15 minute or greater boot times as well as other headaches). Used to work great though on this baby. Oh right even swapped CPUs from E4850 to X4 605E [/QUOTE]
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