SageMC_6_3_8b_11

[Julianus]

I tried this latest version. I love how the background now will change as you select the directory.

However it is slow. Is there any way to delay loading the background until I stop on a selection?

I have 1080p HD backgrounds, I guess they take time.

Thanks

[Brent]

What is the file size of your background photos?
What is the specs of your viewing PC? Or is it an extender?


I ask because it isn't slow for me in any way.

[Julianus]

The file size ranges between 200k to 300k (from http://www.thetvdb.com/).

I have a HTPC with CPU Intel Dual Core 2.4Ghz, 2GB RAM with a GeForce 8600GTS (512MB) GPU.

The output is 1080p on a Sharp 46" TV.

I can't complain about performance, the system can play 1080p files without any slowdown.

[LehighBri]

It's slightly slow for me as well on my server's client (nothing should be slow given my specs, core i7, etc).

Maybe a future enhancement would be to have a setting which would "pre-load" fanart into memory for super fast loading?

[MeInMaui]

The fanart feature has to do a lot of searching through your media import folders and then your central media background folder. This is likely the source of any slowdowns.

[benjamintm]

Originally Posted by MeInMaui

The fanart feature has to do a lot of searching through your media import folders and then your central media background folder. This is likely the source of any slowdowns.

I assume that you are only looking for specific titles and not cycling through every single fanart image. In other words, in perl, looking for "The Big Bang Theory" should be a regex search with glob. Not sure how studio does it, but if you can specify the exact file name w/o searching through all files you could speed up loading dramatically.

Ben

[MeInMaui]

It does search for the exact file name. But it has to search over a number of directories, some of which may be network shares.

[bcjenkins]

Mike,

Would you say then for the best performance it should be a single directory for each type?

B

[MeInMaui]

Originally Posted by bcjenkins

Mike,

Would you say then for the best performance it should be a single directory for each type?

B

Actually, the best performance would be to have your fanart in the first place it looks, which is the import folder. I think I'll add an option to disable searching of import folders for those who choose to keep their fanart in the central folder. That should help.

Aloha,
Mike

[Julianus]

Most of my Fanart is residing in the import directory.
Here is how it looks:

e:/MyMovies/Leverage/
background.jpg
Leverage.S01E01.The Nigerian Job.avi
Leverage.S01E02.The Homecoming Job.avi
e:/MyMovies/The Mentalist/
background.jpg
The.Mentalist.S01E01.Pilot.avi

I really don't think it is because of searching in too many places.