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So I tried to run the latest build with XBMC and the Aeon skin on my desktop. It takes at least 10-15 minutes for it to get scrabbing information from IDMB PER MOVIE and when I move along each movie the fan art takes a good minute or two to appear (most of the time it won't appear at all). This is when it was going through around 400 of my movies.

All of my movies on on a external western digital drive via USB connected to the desktop. I currently have the desktop connected to my TV via VGA... so I installed XBMC on my new laptop and added 7 HD movies onto it. It was able to get the all of the data for the movies within 2 minutes over wifi. I forgot one thing I was doing on the laptop and it caused XBMC to crash.

Below are my specs for each system. Is there something I'm doing wrong on the desktop? Is it just too slow to run XBMC? Thanks all

Desktop Specs
CPU: 2.8 GHz Intel Pentium 4 (OC to 3.0 GHz)
RAM: 1.25 GB
Graphics: 128MB DDR ATi Radeon 9800 Pro
Motherboard: ASUS P4S533-MX
Storage: Two 160GB drives, 1TB external drive via USB
OS: Windows XP Professional SP3
Hardwired Internet

Laptop Specs:
CPU: Intel Core i7-720QM processor
RAM: 8GB
Graphics: 1GB ATi Radeon HD 5870
Storage: x2 500GB drives
OS: Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
Wireless internet

Please read stickies on how to post in a useful manner.

The most important is a debug log.

tslayer Wrote:Please read stickies on how to post in a useful manner.

The most important is a debug log.

Are you always a jerk to new users?

I'm not new to message boards, I've spent all day configuring XBMC and reading the forum including the stickies. The entire reason I posted this topic was due to the two different systems I have and that I have tried to find all of the answers on the message board already.

I have the debug log enabled already as well, but I wasn't sure how much of it to post either since the board doesn't allow attachements.

Edit: http://www.filefactory.com/file/b4e0996/n/first_log.txt
http://www.filefactory.com/file/b20480a/...nd_log.txt

How was I being a jerk? I was pointing you on how to properly ask for help.

There are stickies that explain what you should provide. I even gave you a hint.

A debug log (xbmc.log with debug set) will show us why it is taking a long time.

You didn't even provide the version you are using.

I'm using the latest Windows version that I downloaded today: 9.11

Do you really need me to point you to the thread that states what information we need?

The link is even in my signature.

tslayer Wrote:Do you really need me to point you to the thread that states what information we need?

The link is even in my signature.

I'm not sure what else to tell you. I'm more concerned with the issues on the desktop since that's what I'm trying to use XBMC on. All of the issues on the desktop happens everytime I use the program. I'm not a programmer and only know HTML so I don't know what parts of the debug log you need especially when I'm completely new to using XBMC

Did you check my signature?

This link is in there: http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW...Bug_Report

It tells you what to provide and how (ex: pastebin.com to paste your log).

The link tells you to provide the full log. PLEASE READ THE LINK.

Thanks,

TS

jmarshall Wrote:http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=75532

Thanks, I went ahead and upgraded my ATi drivers and tried to disable v-sync since I didn't have the catalyst control center installed... but now the XBMC program won't even run at all now. It gives me a unexpected error and shuts down.

00:47:48 T:4092 M:787554304 NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787537920 NOTICE: Starting XBMC, Platform: Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 build 2600. Built on Dec 23 2009 (SVN:26017, compiler 1500)
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787537920 NOTICE: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 2.80GHz
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787537920 NOTICE: Desktop Resolution: 1360x768 32Bit at 60Hz
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787537920 NOTICE: Running with administrator rights
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787537920 NOTICE: special://xbmc/ is mapped to: E:\Program Files\XBMC
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787537920 NOTICE: special://masterprofile/ is mapped to: E:\Documents and Settings\Randy\Application Data\XBMC\userdata
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787533824 NOTICE: special://home/ is mapped to: E:\Documents and Settings\Randy\Application Data\XBMC
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787533824 NOTICE: special://temp/ is mapped to: E:\Documents and Settings\Randy\Application Data\XBMC\cache
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787533824 NOTICE: The executable running is: E:\Program Files\XBMC\XBMC.exe
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787533824 NOTICE: Log File is located: E:\Documents and Settings\Randy\Application Data\XBMC\xbmc.log
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787533824 NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787509248 NOTICE: Setup SDL
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787103744 NOTICE: Found mode: 320x200 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787099648 NOTICE: Found mode: 320x200 @ 75.00 - Full Screen
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787099648 NOTICE: Found mode: 320x240 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787099648 NOTICE: Found mode: 320x240 @ 75.00 - Full Screen
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787099648 NOTICE: Found mode: 400x300 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787099648 NOTICE: Found mode: 400x300 @ 75.00 - Full Screen
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787095552 NOTICE: Found mode: 512x384 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787091456 NOTICE: Found mode: 640x400 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787091456 NOTICE: Found mode: 640x400 @ 75.00 - Full Screen
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787091456 NOTICE: Found mode: 640x480 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787091456 NOTICE: Found mode: 640x480 @ 72.00 - Full Screen
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787091456 NOTICE: Found mode: 640x480 @ 75.00 - Full Screen
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787091456 NOTICE: Found mode: 720x480 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787091456 NOTICE: Found mode: 720x480 @ 75.00 - Full Screen
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787091456 NOTICE: Found mode: 720x576 @ 59.94 - Full Screen
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787087360 NOTICE: Found mode: 720x576 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787083264 NOTICE: Found mode: 720x576 @ 75.00 - Full Screen
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787083264 NOTICE: Found mode: 800x600 @ 56.00 - Full Screen
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787083264 NOTICE: Found mode: 800x600 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787083264 NOTICE: Found mode: 800x600 @ 70.00 - Full Screen
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787083264 NOTICE: Found mode: 800x600 @ 72.00 - Full Screen
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787083264 NOTICE: Found mode: 800x600 @ 75.00 - Full Screen
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787083264 NOTICE: Found mode: 848x480 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787083264 NOTICE: Found mode: 848x480 @ 75.00 - Full Screen
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787083264 NOTICE: Found mode: 1024x480 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787083264 NOTICE: Found mode: 1024x768 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787083264 NOTICE: Found mode: 1024x768 @ 70.00 - Full Screen
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787083264 NOTICE: Found mode: 1024x768 @ 72.00 - Full Screen
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787083264 NOTICE: Found mode: 1024x768 @ 75.00 - Full Screen
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787083264 NOTICE: Found mode: 1280x720 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787079168 NOTICE: Found mode: 1280x768 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787079168 NOTICE: Found mode: 1360x768 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787116032 NOTICE: load settings...
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787103744 NOTICE: special://profile/ is mapped to: special://masterprofile/
00:47:48 T:4092 M:787103744 NOTICE: loading special://masterprofile/guisettings.xml
00:47:48 T:4092 M:786587648 NOTICE: Getting hardware information now...
00:47:48 T:4092 M:786587648 NOTICE: Checking resolution 12
00:47:48 T:4092 M:786575360 NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://xbmc/system/playercorefactory.xml.
00:47:48 T:4092 M:786563072 NOTICE: Loaded playercorefactory configuration
00:47:48 T:4092 M:786554880 NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml.
00:47:48 T:4092 M:786554880 NOTICE: special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml does not exist. Skipping.
00:47:48 T:4092 M:786554880 NOTICE: No advancedsettings.xml to load (special://masterprofile/advancedsettings.xml)
00:47:48 T:4092 M:786554880 NOTICE: Default DVD Player: dvdplayer
00:47:48 T:4092 M:786554880 NOTICE: Default Video Player: dvdplayer
00:47:48 T:4092 M:786554880 NOTICE: Default Audio Player: paplayer
00:47:48 T:4092 M:786685952 NOTICE: special://masterprofile/sources.xml

You do not need to disable vsync in the ATI control panel.

You needed to disable it in XBMC.

I suggest reverting your graphics card driver update as it broke things further. Welcome to the wonderful world of ATI's quality drivers :p

Cheers,
Jonathan

Thanks Jonathan,

I rolled back the drivers and disabled it in XBMC.. started back up. I also switched from IMDB to another scrabber and it was able to get all of the movie data within 5 minutes instead of taking 15 minutes per movie... haha.

However, when going through the cover flow of movies it still doesn't show the fanart and sometimes the movie poster art for one movie will display for like 5 movies right next to it. I'm almost certain now my old desktop is just too slow to do this.

Read the thread I linked you to. Disable vsync in XBMC and/or investigate the sleepbeforeflip advanced setting.

Cheers,
Jonathan

jmarshall Wrote:Read the thread I linked you to. Disable vsync in XBMC and/or investigate the sleepbeforeflip advanced setting.

Cheers,
Jonathan

I already disabled the VSYNC, I'll try messing with the sleepbeforeflip setting tonight. Thanks!