plugin startup times (1 Viewer)

[Gixxer]

hi, i would like to ask if some of you could test the starting times of moving pictures. i have noticed that my setup takes much longer to load since adding 3rd party plugins.

in my case i have tvseries and moving pictures...

2009-06-05 22:13:32.021989 [Info.][MPMain]: Load plugins from : C:\Program Files (x86)\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\Plugins\windows\MovingPictures.dll
2009-06-05 22:13:32.033989 [Info.][MPMain]: File Version : 0.7.3.623
2009-06-05 22:13:33.175055 [Info.][FilterChecker]: FilterChecker: Found TsReader.ax from 05/05/2009 located at C:\Program Files (x86)\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\TsReader.ax
2009-06-05 22:13:35.277175 [Info.][FilterChecker]: FilterChecker: Found DVBsub2.ax from 05/05/2009 located at C:\Program Files (x86)\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\DVBSub2.ax
2009-06-05 22:13:39.381410 [Info.][FilterChecker]: FilterChecker: Found quartz.dll from 22/04/2009 located at C:\Windows\SysWOW64\quartz.dll
2009-06-05 22:13:39.388410 [Info.][FilterChecker]: FilterChecker: Version of installed quartz.dll: 6.6.7100.0
2009-06-05 22:15:31.225807 [Info.][MPMain]: Load plugins from : C:\Program Files (x86)\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\Plugins\windows\MP-TVSeries.dll
2009-06-05 22:15:31.232807 [Info.][MPMain]: File Version : 2.2.3389.0
2009-06-05 22:16:10.663062 [Info.][MPMain]: Load plugins from : C:\Program Files (x86)\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\Plugins\windows\MPBlastZonePlugin.dll

Just this two plugins increase my startup time by 2 minutes (moving pictures) and 45 secs (tvseries)

do you setups take so long?

 

[fforde]

For large collections on a network drive startup time can be a little bit slow sometimes. It's basically verifying your collection and figuring out whats online, whats not, what files have been deleted, what artwork is missing, stuff like that. If you have your movies on a network drive this process can take some time. Also it spends a little bit of time verifying the integrity of the database.

In the future we may see what we can do to run some of these steps in the background.

 

[Gixxer]

For large collections on a network drive startup time can be a little bit slow sometimes. It's basically verifying your collection and figuring out whats online, whats not, what files have been deleted, what artwork is missing, stuff like that. If you have your movies on a network drive this process can take some time. Also it spends a little bit of time verifying the integrity of the database.

In the future we may see what we can do to run some of these steps in the background.

thanks fforde, so 2 minutes is ok?

just thought of a suggestion, maybe instead of blocking mp from continue starting, just do the basic checks, and then do the rest in the background.

if user tries to access moving pictures before the "long checkings" have ended, just display a popup saying to wait.

it would make things much better as not always u boot to use moving pictures.

and i hope u keep it in mind.

btw, with the new noise filter line we discussed in irc, parsing of my collection is working so much better !!!

 

[fforde]

2 minutes seems like a long time, but like I said if you have a large collection of movies on a network drive, this startup time could seem plausible. And yeah, I'd like to move some of this stuff into background processing, but we have to take things one step at a time.

 

[Gixxer]

wow, interesting and funny thing i just tested....

on my other client setup the startup of mediaportal is of 50seconds including all plugins (tvseries, mving pictures, onlinevideos)


2009-06-05 23:30:40.062500 [Info.][MPMain]: Load plugins from : C:\Archivos de programa\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\Plugins\windows\MovingPictures.dll
2009-06-05 23:30:40.109375 [Info.][MPMain]: File Version : 0.7.3.623
2009-06-05 23:30:49.125000 [Info.][FilterChecker]: FilterChecker: Found quartz.dll from 20/12/2008 located at C:\WINDOWS\system32\quartz.dll
2009-06-05 23:30:49.140625 [Info.][FilterChecker]: FilterChecker: Version of installed quartz.dll: 6.5.2600.5731
2009-06-05 23:30:56.328125 [Info.][MPMain]: Load plugins from : C:\Archivos de programa\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\Plugins\windows\MP-TVSeries.dll
2009-06-05 23:30:56.343750 [Info.][MPMain]: File Version : 2.2.3389.0
2009-06-05 23:30:57.437500 [Info.][MPMain]: Load plugins from : C:\Archivos de programa\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\Plugins\windows\OnlineVideos.dll

so i guess its not only a network issue but the client setup.

setup1) intel 2,4gb dual core, 4gb, 1gb network, windows 7 64bits (working laptop) ==> +-3minutes
setup2) amd 1,4gb single core, 256mb, 100mb network, windows xp pro (only mp) ==> 50 seconds

same plugins, same setup.

so i guess its not only a moving pictures problem

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Not a good advert for Win7 then

 

[Gixxer]

Not a good advert for Win7 then

haha indeed.

although i want to think that its not only win7 fault. i will try it in vista laptop but its also a working laptop, not dedicated htpc.

we will see....

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

haha indeed.

Must get out more, every time I see the word "indeed", reminds me of Teal'c, just a Stargate fan

 

[Gixxer]

haha indeed.

Must get out more, every time I see the word "indeed", reminds me of Teal'c, just a Stargate fan

then i shouldnt say where i got it from...

 

[craige1]

Its the filiter checker causing the delays....