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<blockquote data-quote="bert_r" data-source="post: 422106" data-attributes="member: 90426">For those still interested in v1 of this plugin:NEW RELEASE 0.3.8:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">CHANGE: Improved hashing speed</li>
</ul>I have implemented a C dll which handles the ed2k hashing mainly in assembly. Depending on your disk's speed and the PC's performance the hashing speed should improve quite a lot. On my old P4 machine hashing times decreases 20-30%, on my newer HTPC (AMD athlon 4850e processor) the time decreases 45-55%.Note that this method is developed for x86-based machines, <s>64-bit machines will probably not work</s> although slamdance reports that it seems to work on 64-bit machines too. If there are problems with the new hashing method you can delete the dll, the plugin will then fall back to the old (slow) hashing method.Note that you have to put the ed2k.dll in the MadiaPortal directory (with MediaPortal.exe). I haven't figured out yet how I can get it to load a dll on a relative path...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bert_r, post: 422106, member: 90426"] For those still interested in v1 of this plugin: NEW RELEASE 0.3.8: [LIST] [*]CHANGE: Improved hashing speed [/LIST] I have implemented a C dll which handles the ed2k hashing mainly in assembly. Depending on your disk's speed and the PC's performance the hashing speed should improve quite a lot. On my old P4 machine hashing times decreases 20-30%, on my newer HTPC (AMD athlon 4850e processor) the time decreases 45-55%. Note that this method is developed for x86-based machines, [S]64-bit machines will probably not work[/S] although slamdance reports that it seems to work on 64-bit machines too. If there are problems with the new hashing method you can delete the dll, the plugin will then fall back to the old (slow) hashing method. Note that you have to put the ed2k.dll in the MadiaPortal directory (with MediaPortal.exe). I haven't figured out yet how I can get it to load a dll on a relative path... [/QUOTE]

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