MediaPortal Version: 0.2.1.0
Windows Version: Windows XP SP2
CPU Type: Intel Celeron 2.4GHz
HDD:
Memory: 256MB
Motherboard:
Motherboard Chipset:
Motherboard Bios:
Video Card:
Video Card Driver:
Sound Card: RealTek AC'97
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: LeadTek WinFast DVT2000H
1. TV Card Type:
1. TV Card Driver:
2. TV Card:
2. TV Card Type:
2. TV Card Driver:
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec:
MPEG2 Audio Codec:
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case: D1.com.au
Cooling:
Power Supply:
Remote: Coolcommand
TV:
TV - HTPC Connection:
I've been using MediaPortal with WinLIRC for a while now, and it's working great. I have a remote control I'm controlling with WinLIRC. When there is no media playing, I can use the remote perfectly, almost every time. However when I play back audio, movies or whatever, the remote almost completely stops responding. It takes about 20 button presses to get the command recognised. Thinking it was a fault with my remote, I changed remote. Still to no avail. Thinking it was a problem with MediaPortal's handling of WinLIRC's commands, I made my own external program that takes WinLIRC commands and simply imitates key presses. That had moderate success, but response was still shocking. Then it occurred to me, Maybe MediaPortal is taking up so much of the system's resources, and cuts into WinLIRC's processing time, and causes commands to be lost? This seems like a logical answer..
So how would one get around this? Process priority would do the trick, but would cause stuttering playback if something such as network activity were to peak, or Windows does something to cause a relatively high CPU usage..
So any suggestions? Anyone else had this issue? Looking forward to a reply..
-G
Windows Version: Windows XP SP2
CPU Type: Intel Celeron 2.4GHz
HDD:
Memory: 256MB
Motherboard:
Motherboard Chipset:
Motherboard Bios:
Video Card:
Video Card Driver:
Sound Card: RealTek AC'97
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: LeadTek WinFast DVT2000H
1. TV Card Type:
1. TV Card Driver:
2. TV Card:
2. TV Card Type:
2. TV Card Driver:
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec:
MPEG2 Audio Codec:
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case: D1.com.au
Cooling:
Power Supply:
Remote: Coolcommand
TV:
TV - HTPC Connection:
I've been using MediaPortal with WinLIRC for a while now, and it's working great. I have a remote control I'm controlling with WinLIRC. When there is no media playing, I can use the remote perfectly, almost every time. However when I play back audio, movies or whatever, the remote almost completely stops responding. It takes about 20 button presses to get the command recognised. Thinking it was a fault with my remote, I changed remote. Still to no avail. Thinking it was a problem with MediaPortal's handling of WinLIRC's commands, I made my own external program that takes WinLIRC commands and simply imitates key presses. That had moderate success, but response was still shocking. Then it occurred to me, Maybe MediaPortal is taking up so much of the system's resources, and cuts into WinLIRC's processing time, and causes commands to be lost? This seems like a logical answer..
So how would one get around this? Process priority would do the trick, but would cause stuttering playback if something such as network activity were to peak, or Windows does something to cause a relatively high CPU usage..
So any suggestions? Anyone else had this issue? Looking forward to a reply..
-G