Very Poor performance from new HTPC Build (1 Viewer)

[Uncle Woja]

MediaPortal Version: 1.1.0 Beta 1
MediaPortal Skin: Bleazle
Windows Version: Windows 7 64 Bit
CPU Type: Athlon X2 240 2.8Ghz
HDD: WD 808.8gb
Memory: 4gb DDR2 800
Motherboard: 785G based
Video Card: Onboard - Radeon 4200
Video Card Driver: ATI Catalyst V9.9
Sound Card: Onboard
Sound Card AC3: Onboard
Sound Card Driver: ATI Catalyst V9.9
1. TV Card: None
1. TV Card Type: None
1. TV Card Driver: None
2. TV Card: None
2. TV Card Type: None
2. TV Card Driver: None
3. TV Card: None
3. TV Card Type: None
3. TV Card Driver: None
4. TV Card: None
4. TV Card Type: None
4. TV Card Driver: None
MPEG2 Video Codec: CCCP
MPEG2 Audio Codec: CCCP
h.264 Video Codec: CCCP
Satelite/CableTV Provider: None
HTPC Case: Antec Minuet 350
Cooling: Stock
Power Supply: Antec 350W
Remote: Happuage MCE Remote
TV: Sony Bravia 46" Full HD
TV - HTPC Connection: HDMI V1.3a


I have a bit of egg on my face after building a new HTPC for my mum. This is the most powerful HTPC that I've built and yet it's the most unresponsive of my 3 hardware upgrades, and 3 other friends' HTPCs despite being significantly more powerful than any of them.

I'm running TV Series and Moving Pictures. No TV. Main problem is an extremely long time to load start playing videos, up to 4 mins in some cases, and the same with DVDs.

Everything works like a treat though Windows Media Player, so I know it's not hardware related. The only thing different software wise on this HTPC vs all the others I've installed MP on is that it's running the latest version. My friends are running either V1.0.0.0 or V1.1 Alpha and I'm running V1.0.0.0. No-one else has the problems that I'm having with 1.1 B1 so I'm guessing it's something in that, but what?

I'm going to try going back to 1.1 Alpha and see if that has any benefit but in the mean time, some advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[tourettes]

Please post logs, those should show where the long delay happens.

 

[Gixxer]

do you have a very big media collection? maybe thats the difference between yours and your friends.

Moving pictures and tvseries are known to take quite long in this cases. happens to me also.

logs could definately help

 

[Uncle Woja]

I'm going to try and get logs in the next few days. As for library size, mine's the biggest of anyone's and most of my library is streamed off a 10/100 network.

The HTPC in question has everything on the local HDD.