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<blockquote data-quote="htpcman" data-source="post: 8697" data-attributes="member: 10386">Hi,I would still like to join in asking for speed optimization. I have said this before but I would like to make my poit(s) again:&nbsp;A htpc is supposed to be installed in the living room and run for many hours each day which means:1)&nbsp; Low Noise in order to be able to enjoy the audio from the HT system 2) Low Power consumption (Maybe not such a high requirement in the US but here in Europe energy is ridiculously expensive)Both requirements can only be achieved by using Box with low GHz.I have a Celeron 1300 which runs very quiet but I have experienced the high CPU load when MP just has the focus and sitting there doing nothing. Even on my P4 2.8 GHz system with also a Radeon 9600 MP sometimes stops scrolling the text in the music view when I scroll through the Albums while playing a song. The general feeling is that the CPU is barely keeping up with the tasks assigned to it.Just for comparison the same PC only runs at 30~40% CPU load when playing a High definition video file outside MP.This is the second reason why I would like to ask for speed optimization. Guys teh age of High definition is coming soon and those files need the CPU for decoding if we want to use MP to play HDef it has to become faster.I think in terms of functionality MP is great it just lacks speed and in Some functions like FF and REW in DVD playback; stability Please developers take this as constructive critisizm I know you have spent endless hours programming this nice App. But please don't limit the number of users by being too restrictive in the area of hardware requirements.For the next Beta 0.2 These two things Stability and Speed are my two favorites.cheershtpcman</blockquote>

[QUOTE="htpcman, post: 8697, member: 10386"] Hi, I would still like to join in asking for speed optimization. I have said this before but I would like to make my poit(s) again: A htpc is supposed to be installed in the living room and run for many hours each day which means: 1) Low Noise in order to be able to enjoy the audio from the HT system 2) Low Power consumption (Maybe not such a high requirement in the US but here in Europe energy is ridiculously expensive) Both requirements can only be achieved by using Box with low GHz. I have a Celeron 1300 which runs very quiet but I have experienced the high CPU load when MP just has the focus and sitting there doing nothing. Even on my P4 2.8 GHz system with also a Radeon 9600 MP sometimes stops scrolling the text in the music view when I scroll through the Albums while playing a song. The general feeling is that the CPU is barely keeping up with the tasks assigned to it. Just for comparison the same PC only runs at 30~40% CPU load when playing a High definition video file outside MP. This is the second reason why I would like to ask for speed optimization. Guys teh age of High definition is coming soon and those files need the CPU for decoding if we want to use MP to play HDef it has to become faster. I think in terms of functionality MP is great it just lacks speed and in Some functions like FF and REW in DVD playback; stability Please developers take this as constructive critisizm I know you have spent endless hours programming this nice App. But please don't limit the number of users by being too restrictive in the area of hardware requirements. For the next Beta 0.2 These two things Stability and Speed are my two favorites. cheers htpcman [/QUOTE]

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