2013-08-09, 19:48
I am generally very pleased with the performance of my Pi running OpenELEC. Navigating the home menu, playing and navigating local video (i.e. video on local network) are very responsive and I am completely satisfied with the Pi in this important respect.
Video addons are another story. Navigating the addon menus and launching remote videos is brutally slow. In Free Cable or the PBS addons, for instance, drilling down 3 or 4 levels and launching a show takes a couple of minutes. I'd ballpark that each step ranges somewhere between 15-40 seconds. The same steps with XBMC on my mac is many times faster - each step takes maybe a second or two.
No doubt, the much faster processor on the mac makes a big difference. However, I would appreciate some feedback on the following:
- Is this extremely slow performance consistent with others' experience? I'd be OK with sluggish. Sluggish would be a big step up;
- Are there any standard optimizations that a user can use to improve performance?
I am currently using the Rbej July 3 build (XBMC 13 alpha 5) — newer builds have broken MythTV navigation.
Video addons are another story. Navigating the addon menus and launching remote videos is brutally slow. In Free Cable or the PBS addons, for instance, drilling down 3 or 4 levels and launching a show takes a couple of minutes. I'd ballpark that each step ranges somewhere between 15-40 seconds. The same steps with XBMC on my mac is many times faster - each step takes maybe a second or two.
No doubt, the much faster processor on the mac makes a big difference. However, I would appreciate some feedback on the following:
- Is this extremely slow performance consistent with others' experience? I'd be OK with sluggish. Sluggish would be a big step up;
- Are there any standard optimizations that a user can use to improve performance?
I am currently using the Rbej July 3 build (XBMC 13 alpha 5) — newer builds have broken MythTV navigation.
