2013-12-01, 00:25
(2013-12-01, 00:04)Lunatixz Wrote: I believe its in your best interest to have your system spin up your drives when using any type of media program...
Like I said, 24 drives, all with media in the XBMC library (Yes, all). I don't want all those drives spinning up just to watch something that's on 1 drive. That problem supersedes all others (for me)
(2013-12-01, 00:04)Lunatixz Wrote: The solution your suggestion on PTV end isn't really possible... Sure I could have it request your next file when the upcoming prompt pops up... but what about your random selection from the EPG? how would PTV know before your pick a show what to "queue" up?
My solution wasn't to have PTV spin up the drive I might chose, I'm aware that's not possible. My solution was to create some sort of filler/title screen based on the database of the movie/TV show selected, like loading up a half screen with the poster, cast info, plot, etc at the bottom, and have it say "Now tuning..." on the top part of the screen. Basically how PTV is a fake channel guide, just fake another screen that fits within the theme. Or if you're currently using PTV to watch something on a drive already spun up, and select something that happens to be on a different idled drive, have PTV display a little overlay in the bottom corner that says "Changing channel..." until it's able to load/access the file
I'm sure there are a bunch of other cool different ways you could create little transitions to cover up the delay
I know I could let everything stay spun up, but I'd rather break the immersion than waste a few dollars a month, I cannot stress that enough. This is just a feature request/wouldn't it be cool if it could work a little differently for people like me, nothing more