Hi everyone. This is my second attempt on getting MediaPortal running. I first tried on MS Virtual PC 2007 to test drive before going live. It never gets past the DirectX screen. __EVER__.
Today I assembled a small PC, with 1Ghz CPU, 512MB RAM, 160GB HDD, and a 52X standard CD-ROM. More then enough power for a simple HTPC under normal circumstances. I installed a fresh Windows XP with SP2 built into the install CD. Installed the hardware drivers. Everything was working perfectly at that point, and the computer was very responsive.
I then installed Windows Media Player 11, followed by .Net 1.1 and 2.0.
I then installed MediaPortal. First error. Computer doesn't have an internet connection. The intention is a standalone PC. Hit forums here and found the solution. Installed the package-mediaportal.exe. System does not have a TV card. Why oh why does the installer insist you need an internet connection, when the installation is there? Calling home?
Once the installation completed, I did a restart, then started the software. Second error. Again, solution found in the forums, however in German, no English version. KB951698 was needed to resolve the error about VMR9 Handler being outdated.
After installing KB951698 and restarting, I gave MediaPortal another run. Almost 15 minutes to load. Why? The defeats the purpose of using it, stripped XP, boot time roughly 20 seconds, but to watch a video I'll have to wait for MediaPortal to start (hello MS MediaPlayer full screen, 5 sec, 2 sec later its playing the video). Next I tried navigating. Wow. I think a Pentium 166 running Windows XP would be faster. Click, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait...... Menu point highlighted, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait..... Menu point selected, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait..... I think you get the idea here. Over 5 minutes to get from the main screen into the Setting screen.
Hit Ctrl-Alt-Del, and guess what? MediaPortal.exe is using 1.3GB of RAM. No wonder its so slow. Windows is falling over its self trying to manage the swap file for MediaPortal.exe. On the other hand, only 6% CPU usage. Why does it need that much RAM?
There has to be a better way. I'd like to get this up and running, but honestly, with performance issues like this, its impossible to use.
Can anyone point out how to improve the performance of the software? This is a fresh Windows XP Pro install, with only the necessary hardware drivers, MediaPortal and the items it required to get running. The system its self runs like a dream. Only, and I mean ONLY MediaPortal is sloooow.
Thanks for your time (and hopefully a solution, as it would appear I'm not the only one having this issue).
Today I assembled a small PC, with 1Ghz CPU, 512MB RAM, 160GB HDD, and a 52X standard CD-ROM. More then enough power for a simple HTPC under normal circumstances. I installed a fresh Windows XP with SP2 built into the install CD. Installed the hardware drivers. Everything was working perfectly at that point, and the computer was very responsive.
I then installed Windows Media Player 11, followed by .Net 1.1 and 2.0.
I then installed MediaPortal. First error. Computer doesn't have an internet connection. The intention is a standalone PC. Hit forums here and found the solution. Installed the package-mediaportal.exe. System does not have a TV card. Why oh why does the installer insist you need an internet connection, when the installation is there? Calling home?
Once the installation completed, I did a restart, then started the software. Second error. Again, solution found in the forums, however in German, no English version. KB951698 was needed to resolve the error about VMR9 Handler being outdated.
After installing KB951698 and restarting, I gave MediaPortal another run. Almost 15 minutes to load. Why? The defeats the purpose of using it, stripped XP, boot time roughly 20 seconds, but to watch a video I'll have to wait for MediaPortal to start (hello MS MediaPlayer full screen, 5 sec, 2 sec later its playing the video). Next I tried navigating. Wow. I think a Pentium 166 running Windows XP would be faster. Click, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait...... Menu point highlighted, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait..... Menu point selected, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait..... I think you get the idea here. Over 5 minutes to get from the main screen into the Setting screen.
Hit Ctrl-Alt-Del, and guess what? MediaPortal.exe is using 1.3GB of RAM. No wonder its so slow. Windows is falling over its self trying to manage the swap file for MediaPortal.exe. On the other hand, only 6% CPU usage. Why does it need that much RAM?
There has to be a better way. I'd like to get this up and running, but honestly, with performance issues like this, its impossible to use.
Can anyone point out how to improve the performance of the software? This is a fresh Windows XP Pro install, with only the necessary hardware drivers, MediaPortal and the items it required to get running. The system its self runs like a dream. Only, and I mean ONLY MediaPortal is sloooow.
Thanks for your time (and hopefully a solution, as it would appear I'm not the only one having this issue).