[beatbreaker]

Hi

I've got an old macmini PPC 1.5gig frontend happening but confluence is pretty slow on it - I'd like to know what else i can use that will speed things up a little?

I've done everything possible for now - i killed spotlight and dashboard and things are running faster but still not the best

so which skin? I'm wondering if PM-HD is ok, but i'd like to be able to customize the frontpage like Confluence will allow me so that i can take away everything other than movies/TV shows and weather. The users of this box are going to be very novice

[mcborzu]

These XBOX optimized skins are probably the best you'll get...and yes PM3 is probably the most lightweight there is.

[beatbreaker]

These XBOX optimized skins are probably the best you'll get...and yes PM3 is probably the most lightweight there is.

thanks that's very helpful!

any suggestions in that? I guess PM is pretty stripped back but it's still lagging it a little. I might have to get it more ram for it to be working 100%.

I might also try out the stripped back x box version for MiniMedia skin. do you have any suggestions for places i can go to find tips on getting things to run faster?

[mcborzu]

Just the normal XBOX rules:

Keep fanart at 960x540 or just turn off
Turn of stuff you don't absolutely need:
RSS
Media Flags
If the skin has option to disable views, check the ones you don't want
etc...

[xbs08]

Try MS_Redux, i found it to be the best looking skin for XBOX/Slow Machines. You could also try Rapier, but latest version tend to be more ram/cpu demanding.

Also, create a advancedsettings.xml with:

PHP Code:

<fanartheight>540<fanartheight> 


[paul]

If you know how to unpack the textures.xpr you could reduce the texture sizes by 50% on all textures over 256 pixels then repack the whole lot. though i am unsure if there is a program for osx to do this.