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I can't seem to get the new ram function to work with r12577 it's a total vanilla install on a 512 MB board ofcause.
There is enough ram but nothing is loaded at boot.
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2012-11-25, 04:06
(This post was last modified: 2012-11-25, 04:10 by tuxen.)
Quote "by default OpenELEC now copys the SYSTEM file to a ramdisk very early and before the SYSTEM file is mounted, if at least 356MB "Total Memory" sorry this is what I mean and does not seem to happen. My gpu split is the default 128MB (default config.txt) but when XBMC is loaded I have 314MB free if I reboot it just hard reboots.
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2012-11-25, 15:23
(This post was last modified: 2012-11-25, 15:24 by Milhouse.)
@sraue: I must admit I'm not seeing any performance improvement with the boot from RAM function (I normally boot from a Class 10 card). I confirm I do have a /dev/SYSTEM present.
In fact, booting from RAM is actually slower.
Time from power on for main menu to appear on an overclocked (1000/500/600, force_turbo=1) 512MB Pi with Class 10 Transcend card and metadata stored in a MySQL database:
noram: 32 seconds
ram: 37 seconds
So, five seconds longer and a big chunk of RAM missing.
As you say, the boot from RAM feature may be of benefit to those network booting, but it probably shouldn't be the default for the Pi.
Texture Cache Maintenance Utility: Preload your texture cache for optimal UI performance. Remotely manage media libraries. Purge unused artwork to free up space. Find missing media. Configurable QA check to highlight metadata issues. Aid in diagnosis of library and cache related problems.
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Booting might be slower, but things should be faster when things are running. So it's a speed up as you use XBMC, rather than a speed up for starting up.
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Seems a little nippier to me, when scrolling through the list of videos. Artwork seems to appear faster.
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I can't imagine it will have any affect on video playback.