Soldato
Just thought Id share this to the HTPC buffs out there:
Win7 32bit, Windows Media Center.
Using a flash-key or RAM to store the TempRec files when watching hdtv/hd film files, has improved the video recovery time when pausing/picture searching etc.
Video recovery time = picture searching through videos (WMC does this by 30second increments).
When using the hard-drive before (even quad-raid) there was a slight delay after picture searching & with a single hard drive this is worse.
Using a 16gig flash-key to store the temp video data has reduced this slight delay to zero! Plus will be reducing wear on the hard-drive.
Alternatively, system RAM could be used, but early testing has shown WMC using upto 2gig temp space. Although the 40min buffer can be changed.
If using system RAM, then ramdisk software must be used to create a RAM-drive. Such as QSoft_RAMDisk, Free Ramdisk.
Oh, I bought the PNY 16gig flash key from a local store for £28 & its reported to have a 10mb/s speed but testing has shown it to be able write at 29mb/s ? huh...
Ps. darn, I just noticed a 16gig flash-key is cheaper at ocuk lol.
Win7 32bit, Windows Media Center.
Using a flash-key or RAM to store the TempRec files when watching hdtv/hd film files, has improved the video recovery time when pausing/picture searching etc.
Video recovery time = picture searching through videos (WMC does this by 30second increments).
When using the hard-drive before (even quad-raid) there was a slight delay after picture searching & with a single hard drive this is worse.
Using a 16gig flash-key to store the temp video data has reduced this slight delay to zero! Plus will be reducing wear on the hard-drive.
Alternatively, system RAM could be used, but early testing has shown WMC using upto 2gig temp space. Although the 40min buffer can be changed.
If using system RAM, then ramdisk software must be used to create a RAM-drive. Such as QSoft_RAMDisk, Free Ramdisk.
Oh, I bought the PNY 16gig flash key from a local store for £28 & its reported to have a 10mb/s speed but testing has shown it to be able write at 29mb/s ? huh...
Ps. darn, I just noticed a 16gig flash-key is cheaper at ocuk lol.