2011-07-31, 06:40
I figured that I will share my experience I have with these builds. Initially, I ran into a whole lot of problems after upgrading from 10.0.7. I tried to downgrade to a range of previous releases, i.e. 10.0.4 to 10.0.9. The SMB playback became very sluggish, it continues to buffer almost every 10 seconds, basically rendering watch unbearable. To make matters worse, the audio went out of sync. Also, the media sources in the Videos went missing. You can well imagine now...
I spent 2 full weekends tinkering and reading in the threads for solutions. I had also upgraded my NAS HDD from 500GB (7200rpm)to 2TB (5900rpm), so I was suspecting that the stream rate got affected.
Then, I decided to uninstall and remove all traces of XBMC and start from scratch. Literally. I deleted all the folders and then did a clean install from 10.0.4. Ok, everything looks expected of that build. After that, I upgraded straight to the nightly build 0722. YOU KNOW WHAT? All the sluggishness and issues I experienced were ALL GONE! Now I can conclude that due to the upgrades and downgrades had created residual effects/files which cause the XBMC to malfunction.
I will recommend anyone who has been frustrated to try my method. The nightly builds are really fast and awesome! There is no turning back for me. Kudos to Memphis and Keith for their great work. Cheers.
I spent 2 full weekends tinkering and reading in the threads for solutions. I had also upgraded my NAS HDD from 500GB (7200rpm)to 2TB (5900rpm), so I was suspecting that the stream rate got affected.
Then, I decided to uninstall and remove all traces of XBMC and start from scratch. Literally. I deleted all the folders and then did a clean install from 10.0.4. Ok, everything looks expected of that build. After that, I upgraded straight to the nightly build 0722. YOU KNOW WHAT? All the sluggishness and issues I experienced were ALL GONE! Now I can conclude that due to the upgrades and downgrades had created residual effects/files which cause the XBMC to malfunction.
I will recommend anyone who has been frustrated to try my method. The nightly builds are really fast and awesome! There is no turning back for me. Kudos to Memphis and Keith for their great work. Cheers.