[ZuN1]

I have a media server on a gigbit ethernet network and I have XBMC installed on an xbox and an appleTV (ver 9.04.1) both hard wired to the gigabit switch,
When i select a movie (iso) on the xbox xbmc it starts up within 5 seconds pretty much instaneous, now when im on my appleTV XBMC it takes about a minute to load up, anybody know of a way of speeding this up to work like the Xbox version?

Thanks
Rafael

PS the AppleTV os is on the latest verion.

Log http://pastebin.com/md934f68

Code:

1.
      01:51:54 T:51572224 M: 31965184  NOTICE: ES: Client  from 127.0.0.1 timed out
   2.
      01:55:23 T:51572224 M: 29884416  NOTICE: ES: Client  from 127.0.0.1 timed out
   3.
      01:59:34 T:2684407808 M: 52113408  NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening: smb://MEDIASRVR/Movies2/HellBoy II/HELLBOY II THE GOLDEN ARMY.iso
   4.
      01:59:34 T:2684407808 M: 52125696 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player)::Put MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
   5.
      01:59:34 T:52104704 M: 52133888  NOTICE: Creating InputStream
   6.
      02:00:19 T:52104704 M: 52142080  NOTICE: DVDPlayer: playing a dvd with menu's
   7.
      02:00:19 T:52104704 M: 52142080  NOTICE: Creating Demuxer
   8.
      02:00:19 T:52104704 M: 52072448  NOTICE: Opening audio stream: 0 source: 512
   9.
      02:00:19 T:52104704 M: 52072448  NOTICE: Opening Subtitle stream: 0 source: 512
  10.
      02:00:19 T:52104704 M: 52072448 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(audio)::Put MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
  11.
      02:00:19 T:52104704 M: 52072448 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(video)::Put MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
  12.
      02:00:19 T:52104704 M: 51064832  NOTICE: Opening video stream: 0 source: 256
  13.
      02:00:19 T:52104704 M: 51064832  NOTICE: Creating video codec with codec id: 2
  14.
      02:00:19 T:52104704 M: 51277824  NOTICE: Creating video thread
  15.
      02:00:19 T:52278272 M: 51281920  NOTICE: running thread: video_thread
  16.
      02:00:19 T:52278272 M: 49692672 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(video)::Get - retrieved last data packet of queue
  17.
      02:00:19 T:52278272 M: 49700864  NOTICE:  fps: 25.000000, pwidth: 720, pheight: 480, dwidth: 853, dheight: 480
  18.
      02:00:19 T:52278272 M: 49700864  NOTICE: Display resolution AUTO : 1280x720 @ 60.00Hz (Full Screen) (12)
  19.
      02:00:19 T:52278272 M: 49700864 WARNING: Upscale: selected algorithm 1
  20.
      02:00:19 T:52104704 M: 70553600  NOTICE: Opening audio stream: 1 source: 256
  21.
      02:00:19 T:52104704 M: 70553600  NOTICE: Finding audio codec for: 86019
  22.
      02:00:19 T:52104704 M: 70529024  NOTICE: Creating audio thread
  23.
      02:00:19 T:52088320 M: 70520832  NOTICE: running thread: CDVDPlayerAudio::Process()
  24.
      02:00:19 T:52088320 M: 70512640  NOTICE: Creating audio device with codec id: 86019, channels: 2, sample rate: 48000, pass-through
  25.
      02:00:19 T:52088320 M: 77385728  NOTICE: Asked to create device:   [Built-in Line Output]
  26.
      02:00:19 T:52088320 M: 77385728  NOTICE: Device should be digital: [1]
  27.
      02:00:19 T:52088320 M: 77385728  NOTICE: Channels:                 [2]
  28.
      02:00:19 T:52088320 M: 77385728  NOTICE: Sample Rate:              [48000]
  29.
      02:00:19 T:52088320 M: 77385728  NOTICE: BitsPerSample:            [16]
  30.
      02:00:19 T:52088320 M: 77385728  NOTICE: PacketSize:               [2048]
  31.
      02:00:19 T:52088320 M: 77385728  NOTICE: Picked device:            [Built-in Line Output]
  32.
      02:00:20 T:2684407808 M: 70520832  NOTICE: Using GL_TEXTURE_2D
  33.
      02:00:20 T:2684407808 M: 70537216  NOTICE: GL: ARB shaders support detected
  34.
      02:00:20 T:2684407808 M: 70529024  NOTICE: GL: Selecting Single Pass ARB YUV2RGB shader
  35.
      02:00:20 T:2684407808 M: 70529024  NOTICE: GL: No vertex shader, fixed pipeline in use
  36.
      02:00:20 T:2684407808 M: 70520832  NOTICE: GL: NPOT texture support detected
  37.
      02:00:40 T:52104704 M: 55595008  NOTICE: Opening Subtitle stream: 2 source: 256
  38.
      02:00:40 T:52104704 M: 55611392 WARNING: CDVDPlayer::CheckPlayerInit(3) - Ignoring too large delay of 28695333.333333
  39.
      02:01:03 T:52104704 M: 55386112  NOTICE: Closing subtitle stream
  40.
      02:01:03 T:52104704 M: 55390208  NOTICE: Opening Subtitle stream: 2 source: 256
  41.
      02:01:03 T:52104704 M: 55390208 WARNING: CDVDPlayer::CheckPlayerInit(3) - Ignoring too large delay of 51851800.000000

[aedile]

Just to let you know, this is how things work for me as well. My windows-based box that accesses via SMB seems to load up in a jiffy, whereas the ATV can take up to 45 seconds. I always just chalked this up to the slower processor on the ATV taking longer to cache things.

-aedile-

[ZuN1]

Yeah hopefully a Dev or someone that knows what may be wrong can chime in on this.

[aedile]

Well, there might not be anything "wrong" per se. One of the realities of using the ATV is that it's never going to be as fast as a dedicated PC. It's entirely possible we are just running into the limits of the hardware.
-aedile-

[ZuN1]

Well its actually running on an XBOX and I believe the ATV has a snappier CPU

[Winkie]

I can also attest to the fact that it takes a while with only isos and img files on the appleTV, but bigger MKVs and AVI's work almost immediately.

[ZuN1]

Well at least we can narrow it down to ISO's having the issue, and hopefully the Dev's will find that useful.

[babaraccas]

I've been running XBMC on an Xbox for years and recently got an Apple TV. I use the XBOX for iso movies primarily. My Apple TV takes WAY longer to load an iso movie than my XBOX. XBOX is almost instantaneous. I will post a debug log when I get a chance.

[Neil]

I can also attest to the fact that it takes a while with only isos and img files on the appleTV, but bigger MKVs and AVI's work almost immediately.

For me, the slowness is not limited to ISO and IMG, but also includes the ripped video_ts folder launched from the .ifo file.

[babaraccas]

I've tried loading .iso's from my NAS using three different skins (PM3_HD, Mediastream, Aeon) all having similar results. The first time the .iso movie loads can take minutes, but subsequent loadings are almost instantaneous. In the log file below you will see I loaded "The Bourne Ultimatum" for the first time and it took a few minutes to load up the DVD menu. Then I opened up an .iso called "Pocoyo" which I had previously played, and it opened right away. Then I went back and opened up "The Bourne Ultimatum" again which also opened up right away. The speedier loads also work after reboots of XBMC so it seems to my uneducated self that information is being cached and accessed quicker the second time around. Hope this helps solve the problem. Thanks for all the good stuff!!

Info:
Platform: Apple TV v2.4
Launcher version: 3.1
Install Method: Launcher
SVN Revision: Built on Aug 6 2009 (SVN:22037)
Debug Log: http://pastebin.com/f4bd83a84

[S80_UK]

My experience when accessing files wirelessly using SMB shares.... (I generally have XBMC nightly SVN updates running on ATV 2.4)

Folders (VIDEO_TS structures) seem to take longer than ISOs (more files to open across the SMB connection).

ISOs with DVD menus included take much longer than ISOs where I have ripped just the movie. ISOs with menus take ages (could be more than a minute for relatively simple menus, longer for complex ones). ISOs without menus generally start playing in 10-15 seconds. Those that have recently been played will restart very quickly, presumably due to local caching of data.

Since almost of of my DVD rips do not have menus I am happy with the current performance of the software. It could always be faster, but I am not in that much of a hurry.

[babaraccas]

Any word on this one? Still a problem and ISO's take minutes to load up? I posted a debug log. Is there any other information I can contribute to the cause? Thanks again for XBMC's awesomeness in all respects!

[rufrothy]

Any update on this... I see this exactly on the mac mini and the ATV.....

I built an ION system last week and the same issue on the ION.

I dont see it on the XBOX or windows... I wonder if the problem is due to I/O performance on the client creating some cache directory....

on my testing video_ts folders instead of ISO's happens much faster. Its only the .iso's that are slow.

I have tried this on 3 different file server OS's and platforms... same exact issue...

The funny thing in that on xbox ISO's are really fast and VIDEO_TS folders take about 8 seconds to load but its nothing compared the 15-second to a minute I see on the mac. and the 15-20 seconds on ION.

There is a real issue here. I wish the dev's or someone would at least offer a suggestion. Another friend of mine started another thread on the subject and no response there... I will gladly post additional logs and do what ever to solve this one... Its causing a lot of pain for me at the moment with the new platforms....

Sean

[Vincent Law]

I actually have this problem on my Macbook!

It can take upwards of 30 seconds to load an ISO over the network for me. Yet it loads normal .mkvs and such, even if they're abnormally large, just fine (which leads me to rule out network speed).

[rufrothy]

I'll post all the details this weekend but the OP posted logs etc but still no comments....

Sean