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<blockquote data-quote="DiNASTY" data-source="post: 60559" data-attributes="member: 21617">Hello all,I discovered MP about a week ago and I'm having some issues (some common and some uncommon i think)&nbsp; The first is that none of the offered skins offer decent quality at high resolutions, namely 2560x1600.&nbsp; They appear stretched and off-centered... even the widescreen versions.&nbsp; I have some experience skinning so If this is indeed a current limitation, i might take a crack at a skin for us 30&quot; Dell/Apple users.&nbsp; Some other issues that I encountered were in the &quot;My Pictures&quot; screen.&nbsp; I have it setup to change pictures every 3 seconds in the slide show, and it takes about 8-12 seconds.&nbsp; Also, there is no way to advance to the next/previous picture while in the slide show.&nbsp; is that correct?&nbsp; Some other issues that I'm having are more common i think (from reading the forums a bit)Channel changing ~ 4-9 secondsRandom Freezing (Rare)MP setup loading timeSlow screen changesMy system:Dell XPS Gen 43.4Ghz P4 HT7900GT KO Hauppauge 150 w/ 43button RemoteWin XP HomeMP RC4Let me also say that I know exactly how hard it is to create an app like this.&nbsp; I have been int the Car-PC scene for a few years now and have worked on and skinned an open-source app called &quot;Road Runner&quot; which is very similar to a MC app in some respect.In that particular program, some of the issues above were solved by precashing the screens and the play-lists/directory lists during startup.&nbsp; This way the screens were already loaded into memory and changed almost instantaneously.&nbsp; I think overall MP is a great full-featured app, but with an XPS honestly i was expecting it to be equivalent (if not faster) than XBMC was on my $150 xbox.&nbsp;&nbsp; Sadly that's not the case.&nbsp; I was initially thrilled at the long list of features, but they just arent practical at 5-6 second delays ya know?&nbsp; Are any speed improvements planned?&nbsp; If so, I would definitely hold out for the next release.&nbsp; Thanks for reading, -DiNASTY&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="DiNASTY, post: 60559, member: 21617"] Hello all, I discovered MP about a week ago and I'm having some issues (some common and some uncommon i think) The first is that none of the offered skins offer decent quality at high resolutions, namely 2560x1600. They appear stretched and off-centered... even the widescreen versions. I have some experience skinning so If this is indeed a current limitation, i might take a crack at a skin for us 30" Dell/Apple users. Some other issues that I encountered were in the "My Pictures" screen. I have it setup to change pictures every 3 seconds in the slide show, and it takes about 8-12 seconds. Also, there is no way to advance to the next/previous picture while in the slide show. is that correct? Some other issues that I'm having are more common i think (from reading the forums a bit) Channel changing ~ 4-9 seconds Random Freezing (Rare) MP setup loading time Slow screen changes My system: Dell XPS Gen 4 3.4Ghz P4 HT 7900GT KO Hauppauge 150 w/ 43button Remote Win XP Home MP RC4 Let me also say that I know exactly how hard it is to create an app like this. I have been int the Car-PC scene for a few years now and have worked on and skinned an open-source app called "Road Runner" which is very similar to a MC app in some respect. In that particular program, some of the issues above were solved by precashing the screens and the play-lists/directory lists during startup. This way the screens were already loaded into memory and changed almost instantaneously. I think overall MP is a great full-featured app, but with an XPS honestly i was expecting it to be equivalent (if not faster) than XBMC was on my $150 xbox. Sadly that's not the case. I was initially thrilled at the long list of features, but they just arent practical at 5-6 second delays ya know? Are any speed improvements planned? If so, I would definitely hold out for the next release. Thanks for reading, -DiNASTY :D [/QUOTE]

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