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<blockquote data-quote="1gkar" data-source="post: 998653" data-attributes="member: 53076">Hi,&nbsp;As the title implies, I am attempting to resolve a frustrating issue regarding media load times bewtween my multiseat HTPC &amp; the client one in my bedroom.&nbsp;The saga really bagan back at Christmas when I decided to upgrade to W7 for 3DBD playback. Certain issues (see <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/extremely-slow-media-load-time-across-network-between-different-oss.115649/" target="_blank">this</a> thread). To cut that particular section of the story short, I reverted back to XP, &amp; installed MP1.3.0final.&nbsp;The load times did not decrease. So I am now running MP1.2.3 (as it seemed the issues presented themselves after upgrading beyond 1.2.*) on my main HTPC, but MP1.3.0 on my client; similar load times prevail -between 15 seconds to 2 minutes, depending on whether mkv is XVid, DivX, or H264, or a TV recorded TS file (they seem to load fastest). I have also noticed minimal load times with subsequent files (of the same coding format), until I retire out of MP &amp; reload. In which case, I am back to the initial times.&nbsp;To emphasise: these times are ONLY relevant when loading from within MP. Zoomplayer loads quickly, in all file formats.&nbsp;I have just completed removing the router &amp; GB switch from my LAN to ensure there was not any issues with the hardware. Couldn't see how, with regards to the above paragraph. Same applies to cabling.&nbsp;I notice sqlserver has quite a high memory requirement (up to about 100mb RAM), but don't see how that could have any relevance. Question: can using different SQL servers cause any incompatibilities or delay in loading? I use SQL on the main rig, &amp; MySQL on the client machine. Why? From memory, I had issues trying to install MySQL on the main one when reinstalling MP one time, recently.&nbsp;My next target is to revert the client machine back to MP1.2.3 to ensure there is no issues between versions on my system.&nbsp;Beginning to get the picture of my annoyances. So, as initially stated, any assistance would be immensely appreciated as to why this could potentially be happening. Cheers.&nbsp;PS. I am not an IT geek ;-) so please keep any ideas dummied down to non-technical sentences.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="1gkar, post: 998653, member: 53076"] Hi, As the title implies, I am attempting to resolve a frustrating issue regarding media load times bewtween my multiseat HTPC & the client one in my bedroom. The saga really bagan back at Christmas when I decided to upgrade to W7 for 3DBD playback. Certain issues (see [URL='https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/extremely-slow-media-load-time-across-network-between-different-oss.115649/']this[/URL] thread). To cut that particular section of the story short, I reverted back to XP, & installed MP1.3.0final. The load times did not decrease. So I am now running MP1.2.3 (as it seemed the issues presented themselves after upgrading beyond 1.2.*) on my main HTPC, but MP1.3.0 on my client; similar load times prevail -between 15 seconds to 2 minutes, depending on whether mkv is XVid, DivX, or H264, or a TV recorded TS file (they seem to load fastest). I have also noticed minimal load times with subsequent files (of the same coding format), until I retire out of MP & reload. In which case, I am back to the initial times. To emphasise: these times are ONLY relevant when loading from within MP. Zoomplayer loads quickly, in all file formats. I have just completed removing the router & GB switch from my LAN to ensure there was not any issues with the hardware. Couldn't see how, with regards to the above paragraph. Same applies to cabling. I notice sqlserver has quite a high memory requirement (up to about 100mb RAM), but don't see how that could have any relevance. Question: can using different SQL servers cause any incompatibilities or delay in loading? I use SQL on the main rig, & MySQL on the client machine. Why? From memory, I had issues trying to install MySQL on the main one when reinstalling MP one time, recently. My next target is to revert the client machine back to MP1.2.3 to ensure there is no issues between versions on my system. Beginning to get the picture of my annoyances. So, as initially stated, any assistance would be immensely appreciated as to why this could potentially be happening. Cheers. PS. I am not an IT geek ;-) so please keep any ideas dummied down to non-technical sentences. [/QUOTE]

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