Minimum Spec for 1.1.0? (1 Viewer)

[onetoomany]

Client
MediaPortal Version: 1.1.0 RC1
MediaPortal Skin: Bluewide
Windows Version: 7
CPU Type: Athlon 64 X2 3800 2Ghz
HDD: 300Gb
Memory: 3Gb
Motherboard: Abit AV8
Video Card: Asus Nvidia GeForce 7600 AGP
Video Card Driver: Nvidia 7600 2.8.290.13
Sound Card: Onboard Realtek AC'97
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: n/a - using TV server
MPEG2 Video Codec:
MPEG2 Audio Codec:
h.264 Video Codec: CoreAVC
HTPC Case: Accent
Cooling: Fan
Power Supply:
Remote: iMon
TV: ?
TV - HTPC Connection: DVI
Network: 1Gb lan
Windows performance score of 4.5

Server
MediaPortal Version: 1.1.0 RC1 (with freesat tweak)
Windows Version: Windows 2008 SBS
CPU Type: Intel Xeon 3040 1.86GHz
HDD: 2Tb storage, with a 1Gb compact flash timeshifting drive
Memory: 6Gb
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Freesat
Satelite card 1: Technisat Skystar HD2 PCI
Satelite card 2: Technisat Skystar HD2 PCI
Satelite card driver: 1.3
Network: 1Gb lan

I've got performance issues with my set up, and not sure what I need to improve. I had thought that my system would eat SD for breakfast, and just about cope with HD. However, it struggles with SD. Summary as follows:
1) recorded TV just about watchable, but fast forward etc... doesn't work.
2) Searching the guide is impossible. My computer goes to sleep before I get results (might have something to do with 500+ channels to search, but even then is very very slow!)
3) Might as well forget HD TV
4) Live TV stutters and is unwatchable

I don't want to upgrade everything if I can get away with a targetted approach! Is there a minimum spec for both Server and Client that I can compare my system with?

(a single core sempron processor was absolutely fine for ealier versions of Media Portal, and my current machine has 4x the juice)


Richard

 

[Peter2]

Hi onetoomany, I would say that your hardware should be more then ok for this.
I don't have any experience of running 1.1 on client + server side - my main system has 1.0.2 and recently I'm doing some tests with an extra client, a 1.1RC1 on an Athlon II X2 240, 2GB Ram, W7-64 and this runs fine.
Could it be that you have another issue?

Maybe check cpu/memory/network usage of both machines before and during playback.
Is this the first MP release that you are using?
Are you running other software that might hold back ie anti-virus, firewall, powersaving utility? If yes, disable this.
Did you try with VLC to play one of the files on the server over the network?

This is what comes to my mind, if not tried yet already, do so and maybe someone else has other suggestions.