Long startup time (1 Viewer)

[JBravo]

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Hi,

I'm running a multiseat configuration, the TV server also hosts all media. I'm using the WOL feature to startup the the TV server.

There is a delay in the startup time due to the fact that the MP client tries to load a default playlist, which contains music stored on the server, before waking the server. Since the media is not accessible there is a ~20s delay during startup.

2011-01-23 10:48:48.406250 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: Playlist: Loading default playlist default.m3u
..
2011-01-23 10:49:09.390625 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: Playlist: File \\192.168.1.10\Flac\Avantasia\Avantasia - The Wicked Symphony & Angel Of Babylon - 2010\Avantasia - The Wicked Symphony.flac no longer exists. Skipping item.
..
2011-01-23 10:49:10.171875 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: TVHome: WOL - Start the TV server

PS. I just moved all my media to a standalone NAS (running 24/7) and I noticed there was some improvements in startup time. So of course I had to find out why...

Regards
/jonas

 

[joystick]

AW: Long startup time

Just a quick guess:

If you have IPv6 aktivated, try deactivating it, i guess you have windowsfirewall and Defender aktivated, it seems that the combination of ipv6 and firewall is causing long startup times.

cheers

joystick

 

[JBravo]

Think you are missing my point here, the MP client is trying to access files on the TV server before waking the TV server.

 

[Seidelin]

Nice find JBravo. However, I am not sure if this is something we can fix.

 

[Jay_UK]

Hi there,

The only "quick" fix I can think of, is that you do not use the MePo WOL functionality, but you run an external WOL program when the client starts.

Ideally, the playlist load/check should be moved to another point.

J.

 

[jameson_uk]

Ideally, the playlist load/check should be moved to another point

Yep. I will look at moving where playlist is loaded to stop is slowing down startup.

I will also look at being a bit more clever about actually loading it so we don't take minutes trying to load a playlist if the media is stored on a share which is not available

http://mantis.team-mediaportal.com/view.php?id=3360