2011-03-24, 11:11
I've scoured the forums for months, and I haven't been able to find a single thing to help me. I could really use some help, and I'm kinda at my last straw, which is why I'm posting now.
I have (2) XBMC machines:
-Zotac dual core ION2 machine, 2GB ram, 64GB SSD
-Lenovo single core ION machine, 2GB ram, 5400RPM drive
-DDS fanart is enabled on both. I've already gone through the library to generate backgrounds.
-Power settings are set to max as far as I'm aware
-No hibernate/sleep at all....
Both machines are streaming via Moca (coax ethernet). I've tested streaming directly from the box, and have the same issue:
Randomly, the whole interface/menu will appear to be laggy and sluggish. It may take 30 seconds or longer for it to become responsive again. I'm using the Confluence skin on both, which is the lightest skin of all from what I understand. DXVA hardware acceleration is enabled on both, both have Windows 7 and Aero disabled with nothing being run in the background for the most part (mainly just DROPBOX). I really want to be able to use an AEON skin (Aeon MQ2 which is suppose to work fine from what others are saying), but if my machine can't even handle Confluence, I'm lost. MQ2 works fine, but when im browsing movies and go back to the main screen, it's sluggish. Or if I watch a video and stop, go back out, everything is sluggish. Or it'll be in the menus and just randomly be sluggish.
Viewing task manager doesn't show much from what I can see. I'm not sure what's going on here. I'd rather not install Linux, and from what I've read, Windows should be able to handle this fine. I know my computer is capable of having a smooth interface, because it's smooth a lot of the time...but then randomly gets really choppy and unresponsive/slow.
Any ideas? It's really driving me nuts. Movies will play fine, but I hate having people over and want to show them my sweet media center setup to have it non responsible and laggy as if it's not working correctly.
I'm tired of this issue, and it's making XBMC an annoyance for me to use.
I have (2) XBMC machines:
-Zotac dual core ION2 machine, 2GB ram, 64GB SSD
-Lenovo single core ION machine, 2GB ram, 5400RPM drive
-DDS fanart is enabled on both. I've already gone through the library to generate backgrounds.
-Power settings are set to max as far as I'm aware
-No hibernate/sleep at all....
Both machines are streaming via Moca (coax ethernet). I've tested streaming directly from the box, and have the same issue:
Randomly, the whole interface/menu will appear to be laggy and sluggish. It may take 30 seconds or longer for it to become responsive again. I'm using the Confluence skin on both, which is the lightest skin of all from what I understand. DXVA hardware acceleration is enabled on both, both have Windows 7 and Aero disabled with nothing being run in the background for the most part (mainly just DROPBOX). I really want to be able to use an AEON skin (Aeon MQ2 which is suppose to work fine from what others are saying), but if my machine can't even handle Confluence, I'm lost. MQ2 works fine, but when im browsing movies and go back to the main screen, it's sluggish. Or if I watch a video and stop, go back out, everything is sluggish. Or it'll be in the menus and just randomly be sluggish.
Viewing task manager doesn't show much from what I can see. I'm not sure what's going on here. I'd rather not install Linux, and from what I've read, Windows should be able to handle this fine. I know my computer is capable of having a smooth interface, because it's smooth a lot of the time...but then randomly gets really choppy and unresponsive/slow.
Any ideas? It's really driving me nuts. Movies will play fine, but I hate having people over and want to show them my sweet media center setup to have it non responsible and laggy as if it's not working correctly.
I'm tired of this issue, and it's making XBMC an annoyance for me to use.
