[rldev]

Not sure this is the right place. I have been testing xbmc as a front end to WMC live and recorded tv. It works extremely well for the most part. One of the nags is that it takes a long time for the epg guide and pvr initialization to finish. Would a centralized mysql database speed this up?
My windows media center is running on a different machine on a gige network.

[negge]

I don't think using a centralized database will make it any faster, unless your client is a Raspberry Pi? Post a debug log in case there's anything fishy going on during the initialization process.

[rldev]

How long does this process typically take? I know it depends on the size of the guide, network speed and computer speed.

[negge]

For me it takes about 2-3 seconds.

[rldev]

Wow. That would not be an issue. I am running this on old hardware right now. Looking to build new htpc. Trying to decide on cpu platform.

[opdenkamp]

the speed also depends (a lot) on the add-on and backend

using a centralised db will even make things a bit slower. you can disable storing the epg data in a db if you like, but it won't speed up the initial import much (storing the data happens in the background). it's useful for slow cpu/disk platforms, to reduce the load after the import.

with tvheadend, the import speed is acceptable even on a slow rpi, and you shouldn't be (re)starting XBMC much anyway