Lots of Videos = Slow Response (1 Viewer)

[robstah]

MediaPortal Version: 0.2.3.0 Stable
Windows Version: Windows XP/Windows 2003
CPU Type: Intel Core2Quad Q6600
Video Card: Nvidia 7300GT PCI-E

Hey guys. I have recently switched over to MediaPortal from MythTV. All I can say is that the interface is much better than MythTV and since we are in Windows, I can finally get my Hauppauge HVR-1800 working as well. Anyway, I am experiencing some lag when going into the networked Movies directory under My Videos. There is close to 300-350 videos in this one folder. I also have a TV Shows directory (Each show is seperated by Season directories) , which is blazing fast compared to the Movies directory. I have all this on a fileserver going through a 100MBit connection between the two boxes. Is there anyway of speeding this up? I know MythTV used a database to "index" all the files and needs updated when the files change. I am guessing that MediaPortal does not do this. Is there anyway around this? Thanks!

 

[Furetto]

You could use the My Videos database, especially if your collection does not change too often. To start off, have a quick look at the Wiki concerning Videos. Scroll down to the "Scan" section.

I can tell you how I did it. There is a new setting in the Movies section "every movie has it's own directory", which I marked and which I used in my Movie Folder. Then I used the automated scan function mentioned above.

Whenever I have a new movie, I go into My Movies - shares view, go to the new movie and hit F3 = IMDB lookup. The movie then gets added to your database. Going through the menu, you can then select Title View which is based on the database.

 

[robstah]

Wow. Just switching to Title view after scanning cuts out the delay. Thanks!