Slow Opening of Video Files over LAN (1 Viewer)

[malachii]

Absolutely agree with you. I came from an xbmc world as well and don't have this as an issue with anything else.

Well at the bottom of it there's something wrong with the code somehwere, because a directory listing of a network drive with let's say 500 items takes way much longer than in for example Windows explorer.

Even tried it with XBMC for Windows and the listings there are instant. It has been like this for as long as I can remember. Don't really know if it's being ignored or what (has been reported several times).

TV-Server Version:
MediaPortal Version: RC1 Revision:19158
MediaPortal Skin: Default
Windows Version: Xp SP3
CPU Type: AMD Phenom 9600 Quad Core
HDD: Seagte 400GB
Memory: G.Skill PC2-6400 2 GB
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H
Video Card: ATI 3200 HD
Video Card Driver: As of May 20
Sound Card: Realtek HD Audio
Sound Card AC3: SPDIF out
Sound Card Driver: As of May 20th
1. TV Card: NA
1. TV Card Type: NA
1. TV Card Driver: NA
2. TV Card: NA
2. TV Card Type: NA
2. TV Card Driver: NA
3. TV Card: NA
3. TV Card Type: NA
3. TV Card Driver: NA
4. TV Card: NA
4. TV Card Type: NA
4. TV Card Driver: NA
MPEG2 Video Codec: FFDShow
MPEG2 Audio Codec: FFDShow
h.264 Video Codec: CoreAVC
Satelite/CableTV Provider: NA
HTPC Case: Generic
Cooling: 1 cpu, 2 system fans
Power Supply: Generic
Remote: ATI (X10)
TV: Magnavox 50 DLP
TV - HTPC Connection: HDMI

 

[jimmynail]

used a script move to all files own folders same name and it worked! 3 to 4 secs! nice one mal!

 

[danielparker]

Hi,

Where can I get this script?

Thanks
Daniel

 

[jimmynail]

here it is listed below - - i ended up reloading everything into my movie db i dont know if its possible to edit the existing one to include the new DIR path.

Copy and paste following code into notepad and save it with any name having .cmd extension.
You need to set path (FilesPath variable) to the folder where all movies exist.

@ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion
SET FilesPath=C:\My Movies
IF NOT EXIST !FilesPath! ECHO Invalid Path "!FilesPath!" &EXIT /B 0
FOR /F "delims=" %%f IN ('DIR /A-D /B /ON "!FilesPath!"') DO (
@ECHO Processing: %%f
SET FolderName=
SET FolderName=!FilesPath!\%%~nf
IF NOT EXIST "!FolderName!" MD "!FolderName!"
IF EXIST "!FilesPath!\%%f" MOVE /Y "!FilesPath!\%%f" "!FolderName!")

EXIT /B 0

test it on a small existing folder first make sure you dont screw your collection!