I have a Live SMP… Actually 6 of these.
Running the latest 2.01.86 firmware.
SMP is hardwired.
All video is stored on a NAS also hardwired.
2300 AVI, MKV, and MP4 files.
Issue not tested on pics or music.
Video browser display is set to gallery view
Im finding that when browsing through the videos folder, loading of the movie info is really slow.
ie: choose the videos menu–choose the shared NAS folder–hold next page on remote to scroll to the Movies starting with the letter K… Talk about SLOOOW. Try doing it backwards once. from Z to A. Its almost worse.
Now, Ive discovered that somewhere around the P or R titles, it scrolls fast, but only for a short time. I dont think its specific to the Letters but rather the number of titles before or after the last video file (A or Z).
So, as a test, I downgraded to v1.16.13 and the problem still exists, but its not nearly as bad.
I have also tried other WDTV devices and the issue ‘seems’ like its RAM related. As each device differs on how many movie titles/info is cached. Yes, I read about the caching in these devices…
Anybody have an idea on a fix other than switching the display view every time I want to browse to a title. Yes, I know I can search, but Browsing is where the issue is.
An alphabetical jump list (like windows phone) would be a cool feature to add, but this post isnt about adding a feature its about fixing an existing SLOOOOW problem in the latest firmware specifically.
Anyone else?
-nb