How to tweak ATV2 for XBMC only

Hi,
I'm using my two ATV2s only for XBMC so i was wondering if there is anything I can do to speed them up?
Like removing software i don't need, terminating backround processes, ...

I mean my videos usually play fine but the UI is pretty slow.
Therefore i'm planning to install a lightwight Skin but so far i don't know which to take.

Also do i benefit from iOS-Updates or should i avoid them? At the moment i am running 4.2 or something like that.
Btw. my XBMC is nightly 20111028.

Thanks!

Nicolai

There's nothing to delete, just don't install extra software on it like VNC or FireCore's media player.

You could enable Dirty Regions to greatly speed up the UI. It still has a few visual bugs, but those will be fixed as we are getting closer to a final release for Eden (XBMC v11).

Disable iOS software updates. Install update-be-gone from the nitoTV menu or see the terminal commands in the FAQ. iOS updates will uninstall XBMC and undo your jailbreak, and sometimes you have to wait weeks or months for a new jailbreak for the newer iOS version.

Whats the difference between having dirty regions set to 1 or 2 in the xml?

deanmv Wrote:Whats the difference between having dirty regions set to 1 or 2 in the xml?

I would like to know this too. Well, I could try myself and see what kind of difference it makes. But then, the difference may not be perceivable at all. So if someone can just elaborate on the difference between using 1 vs 2, that'll be great. Thanks.

newatv2user Wrote:I would like to know this too. Well, I could try myself and see what kind of difference it makes. But then, the difference may not be perceivable at all. So if someone can just elaborate on the difference between using 1 vs 2, that'll be great. Thanks.

I tried it and put the on screen log on and I didn't see too much of a difference between CPU and FPS...

As soon as you turn on the screenlog you will destroy he DR benefits. Because screenlog moves all the time and doesn't let XBMC idle. Same for the news ticker.

For testing dr you have to turn off both and idle in the mainscreen. Then ssh into the atv2 and watch the cpu usage with "top" ... thats all

Cheers for the tip! Only problem is using top works on my Mac if I just boot up terminal and run it locally, but as soon as I SSH in to my ATV2 and try to run it I get :top: command not found:

apt-get install top

jd2157 Wrote:apt-get install top

Cheers! Forgot the install bit haha So what is the difference between option 1 and 2?

deanmv Wrote:Cheers! Forgot the install bit haha So what is the difference between option 1 and 2?

Only difference I know of is davilla uses 1 and not 2 (last time I saw him post re: DR)... that's good enough for me