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[DavidBer]

I put together a box and for fun put SageTV on it. It is meh. I had looked at media portal eons ago. I decided to put in on this box as well. This is running Vista Business 64, 2gigs of Ram, some ~2.5ghz AMD CPU. Sage runs very smooth and fine. Media portal takes forever to load. Then the menu movement is obscenely slow. Any ideas where to look?

Thanks.

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Graphics, MP is DX9 orientated, same as a game, so there are minimal specs ie DX9 card with at least 128mb of memory (preferably 256).

 

[etheesdad]

I think you'll find MP a big improvement over sage TV, but you will probably need to look at yr graphics card to run it. See:

>>Hardware Requirements<<

 

[DavidBer]

I wish that was the issue - this motherboard has a built in HD3000 card.

BIOSTAR

and here is DXdiag output -

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System Information
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Time of this report: 6/23/2009, 01:30:50
Machine name: TV-PC
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Business (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.longhorn_rtm.080118-1840)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: BIOSTAR Group
System Model: A760G M2+
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 7750 Dual-Core Processor (2 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Memory: 1790MB RAM
Page File: 1284MB used, 2554MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 6.00.6001.18000 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: AMD 760G
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: AMD 760G (0x9616)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9616&SUBSYS_00001002&REV_00
Display Memory: 893 MB
Dedicated Memory: 253 MB
Shared Memory: 639 MB
Current Mode: 1152 x 864 (32 bit) (30Hz)
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Driver Name: atidxx32,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atiumdva,atiumd64.dll,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll
Driver Version: 7.15.0010.0154 (English)
DDI Version: 10
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 10/28/2008 19:09:23, 2243584 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp:
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-D556-11CF-DF71-0A20A1C2CA35}
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x9616
SubSys ID: 0x00001002
Revision ID: 0x0000
Revision ID: 0x0000
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C
Deinterlace Caps: {6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY
{6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY
{552C0DAD-CCBC-420B-83C8-74943CF9F1A6}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled




The way it is running is if something is hung. What happens is when I push a button on the remote (i.e. volume) it could be 2-4 seconds before it to take effect. This does not happen with SageTV, this does not happen with XBMC, this does not happen with any other app. Is there a way to check to see if there are any hung processes?

 

[etheesdad]

-- I ran it on a pentium 4 2.4 ghz with 1gig of ram and an fx5500 and it was great. Your machine should have the goods to easily run it.

Is sage still running on the machine?

Have you had a look at changing the process priority of MP to see if that speeds it up?

Whats the allocation of memory to GPU in the framebuffer (BIOS)?

 

[DavidBer]

Is sage still installed? Yes. Is it running at the same time? Nah.

I have installed XBMC on the box as well and like I said it moves fine. It just seems that Media Portal runs very slow.

I will try priority raising and look at the framebuffer issue. However, honestly, if it can run DX10, this should not be an issue