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MediaPortal Version: 0.2.2 stable
MediaPortal Skin: Bluetwo
Windows Version: XP SP2
CPU Type: AMD 64 3000+
HDD: Seagate 200 GB
Memory: 1 GB DDR
Motherboard: Gigabyte
Motherboard Chipset: nvidia nforce 430
Motherboard Bios:
Video Card: nvidia 6100 (mb integrated)
Video Card Driver: latest
Sound Card: integrated motherboard
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: Hauppauge HVR-1300
1. TV Card Type: Hybrid analog - DVB-T
1. TV Card Driver: latest
2. TV Card:
2. TV Card Type:
2. TV Card Driver:
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec:
MPEG2 Audio Codec:
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case:
Cooling:
Power Supply:
Remote: Hauppauge 45 buttons
TV:
TV - HTPC Connection:
Hi everybody,
I have a file server storing all media files (videos, music and photos). The server is linked to the media portal PC through a wireless G network (wireless router attached to the file server through regular 100 mbits ethernet cable) and shares the directories where the media files are stored with the standard Microsoft facilities (SMB based). Everything works out pretty fine (good enough performance) except photos directory browsing, which is extremely slow.
Obviously I have a huge photos collection organize by event, this means that I have more than 200 directories and some of them have more than 150 photos (for instance my wedding)
To understand where is the bottleneck I made some testing and changes:
1.- Checked the CPU load of the file server, where there are other services too like web and ftp servers (one user, that it's me). This test showed a high load (90%), that was reduced to 60% by using a dedicated no integrated network card
2.- Attach the media portal pc directly to the router with a cable to understand if the wifi could be the bottleneck. All right, this reduced the first directory browsing from more than one minute to 40 seconds (still dissapointing)
While making the tests notice two things:
1 - High network traffic maintained between the two computers (8 - 10 Mbits) for minutes: I don't know if the Media Portal PC is trying to refresh the thumbnails or what the hell is doing
2 - If I try to browse the directory listing using Firefox and the web server the performance is extremely high (the list appears almost instantly both using ftp or http protocols) and if I try to access the media files with media portal but through ftp, is much slower than with Firefox but double the access speed than with Microsoft shares
I started thinking that could be a performance issue due to the method (or component) used by Media Portal for directory browsing, but also maybe a misunderstanding on my side.
I am sure there would be many people out there using file servers to give access to their media files either wired or wireless. Is there any way to speed up the browsing?Any tips??
PD: I know that as a work arround I could reorganize the directories to try not to have more than 200 on the same level, but this will not solve the issue that there are directories with more than 150 photos
Thanks in advance
MediaPortal Skin: Bluetwo
Windows Version: XP SP2
CPU Type: AMD 64 3000+
HDD: Seagate 200 GB
Memory: 1 GB DDR
Motherboard: Gigabyte
Motherboard Chipset: nvidia nforce 430
Motherboard Bios:
Video Card: nvidia 6100 (mb integrated)
Video Card Driver: latest
Sound Card: integrated motherboard
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: Hauppauge HVR-1300
1. TV Card Type: Hybrid analog - DVB-T
1. TV Card Driver: latest
2. TV Card:
2. TV Card Type:
2. TV Card Driver:
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec:
MPEG2 Audio Codec:
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case:
Cooling:
Power Supply:
Remote: Hauppauge 45 buttons
TV:
TV - HTPC Connection:
Hi everybody,
I have a file server storing all media files (videos, music and photos). The server is linked to the media portal PC through a wireless G network (wireless router attached to the file server through regular 100 mbits ethernet cable) and shares the directories where the media files are stored with the standard Microsoft facilities (SMB based). Everything works out pretty fine (good enough performance) except photos directory browsing, which is extremely slow.
Obviously I have a huge photos collection organize by event, this means that I have more than 200 directories and some of them have more than 150 photos (for instance my wedding)
To understand where is the bottleneck I made some testing and changes:
1.- Checked the CPU load of the file server, where there are other services too like web and ftp servers (one user, that it's me). This test showed a high load (90%), that was reduced to 60% by using a dedicated no integrated network card
2.- Attach the media portal pc directly to the router with a cable to understand if the wifi could be the bottleneck. All right, this reduced the first directory browsing from more than one minute to 40 seconds (still dissapointing)
While making the tests notice two things:
1 - High network traffic maintained between the two computers (8 - 10 Mbits) for minutes: I don't know if the Media Portal PC is trying to refresh the thumbnails or what the hell is doing
2 - If I try to browse the directory listing using Firefox and the web server the performance is extremely high (the list appears almost instantly both using ftp or http protocols) and if I try to access the media files with media portal but through ftp, is much slower than with Firefox but double the access speed than with Microsoft shares
I started thinking that could be a performance issue due to the method (or component) used by Media Portal for directory browsing, but also maybe a misunderstanding on my side.
I am sure there would be many people out there using file servers to give access to their media files either wired or wireless. Is there any way to speed up the browsing?Any tips??
PD: I know that as a work arround I could reorganize the directories to try not to have more than 200 on the same level, but this will not solve the issue that there are directories with more than 150 photos
Thanks in advance