MediaPortal startup time (1 Viewer)

[Sebastiii]

it could be nice to set hostname ip in hosts files :
C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts
Ip of my server is 192.168.0.1 and hostname is server

Put inside hosts :
192.168.0.1 server

 

[Vasilich]

@Terra
can you set IP address instead of TVServer host name and test it?

 

[doveman]

RC is approx 18s for me in debug mode but there's still a 5s delay between these two events:

2013-02-07 16:31:22.842765 [Debug][(9)]: PS: Check whether the next event is almost due
2013-02-07 16:31:27.121010 [Debug][MPMain(1)]: GUIFont:texture disposing:0 debug

In normal mode with the plugins enabled, it takes approx 41s and the biggest problem seems to be this 24s delay between these two events:

2013-02-07 16:28:33.877039 [Debug][FileSystemManager Thread(6)]: FileLookUpCacheThread items : 891
2013-02-07 16:28:57.965416 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: Checking external players plugins compatibility

Logs attached. Don't worry about the errors at the end of the plugins.log, that was no doubt caused be me force-closing MP once it had finished loading to stop the log getting cluttered with further events and making it hard to see when it had finished loading.

 

[megahorst]

@doveman:
Have you activated the file existence cache?

I have mentioned delays when resuming from suspend that are based on this feature.
The delay that you have mentioned could be related to this too.

See my statement here:
Area51
You should try to disable this feature and check your logs for delays after wards.
WIKI: Disable file existence cache

 

[doveman]

@doveman:
Have you activated the file existence cache?

I have mentioned delays when resuming from suspend that are based on this feature.
The delay that you have mentioned could be related to this too.

Interesting, with that option disabled the debug-load goes down to 5s (from 18s) but the plugin-load is worse at 50s (up from 41s) with the biggest delays being:

2013-02-08 14:11:53.787898 [Info.][FilterChecker(5)]: FilterChecker: Version of installed quartz.dll: 6.6.7600.16385
2013-02-08 14:11:59.769241 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: [MPEI] Using language en

2013-02-08 14:12:04.293499 [Info.][(15)]: [MPEI] Next download of updates scheduled for 14/02/2013 12:18:59
2013-02-08 14:12:33.640178 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: Checking external players plugins compatibility

 

[tourettes]

2013-02-08 14:11:53.787898 [Info.][FilterChecker(5)]: FilterChecker: Version of installed quartz.dll: 6.6.7600.16385
2013-02-08 14:11:59.769241 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: [MPEI] Using language en

That is not a real delay, different thread is used for the filter checker (it looks just file details). Delay is something that is not logged - I would assume MPEI makes some network access.

2013-02-08 14:12:04.293499 [Info.][(15)]: [MPEI] Next download of updates scheduled for 14/02/2013 12:18:59
2013-02-08 14:12:33.640178 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: Checking external players plugins compatibility

Again this might be some MPEI related delay.

 

[doveman]

I disabled the Extensions plugin and it still took 37s with this big gap:

2013-02-08 15:10:46.757973 [Info.][FilterChecker(5)]: FilterChecker: Version of installed quartz.dll: 6.6.7600.16385
2013-02-08 15:11:14.766575 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: Checking external players plugins compatibility

 

[Terra]

@Terra
can you set IP address instead of TVServer host name and test it?

I did that and now the delay is gone!!
Quite strange that this is connected with the issue, I can ping my TV-Server without any problems instanty with the hostname.
Startup is quite fast now

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2013-02-09 18:01:41.807896 [Debug][MPMain(1)]: TVHome.LoadSettings(): Preferred Audio Languages: deu;ger;eng;
2013-02-09 18:01:41.810897 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: Prefered language 1 is deu
2013-02-09 18:01:41.810897 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: Prefered language 2 is ger
2013-02-09 18:01:41.810897 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: Prefered language 3 is eng
2013-02-09 18:01:41.815897 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: TVHome V1.2.300.0:ctor
2013-02-09 18:01:41.816897 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: TvNotify: start
2013-02-09 18:01:41.830898 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: newsearch ctor
2013-02-09 18:01:41.830898 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: newsearch init
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[DragonQ]

I've found that with the relevant MSE exclusions, using UNC paths, and using IP addresses instead of host names, MediaPortal starts TV and changes channels just as fast on my clients as on the main HTPC. Which is great news for my future plan of moving the TV-Server to my home server.

 

[x4mer]

@Terra
can you set IP address instead of TVServer host name and test it?

I did that and now the delay is gone!!
Quite strange that this is connected with the issue, I can ping my TV-Server without any problems instanty with the hostname.
Startup is quite fast now

Yep. Never had to do this with 1.2.3 though, only since moving to 1.3B. In the past I've always used hostname, and never had that large delay.