ollielaroo
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posted on 10-28-2007 at 10:26 PM
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eJukebox at optimum performance
Hi guys,
eJukebox is an excellent Jukebox - I bought the lifetime licence straight after my trial expired. I work in IT Support myself and am delighted to know
eJukebox exists!
I'm wondering what eJukebox would be like when it's given the chance to perform at it's best (no offence to any of the eJukebox development
team).
What I mean is, should eJukebox run/perform better if I have a high spec PC?
Specs of my current PC:
AMD Athlon 1.3GHz
784MB RAM
Hercules 64MB Graphics
60GB HDD (13,000 mp3s stored on USB external drive)
Win XP
At present when I use eJukebox it can be a little sticky or it might take a few seconds when 'Caching album list'. I don't expect eJukebox to run
like Windows Vista, graphics etc.
What would be the optimal hardware/software setup for a PC to allow eJukebox to perform at it's best?
Any suggestions would greatly be appreciated.
Many thanks and keep up the good work!!
ollie
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Audiosoft
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posted on 10-29-2007 at 08:50 AM
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CPU and RAM are very important but I would say the most influential item that effects performance is the speed of the main hard drive that windows and
eJukebox is installed on. So optimum performance would entail the main drive either be a 10,000 rpm or faster disk or a Solid State or RAM drive.
There are of course different options in eJukebox that you can enable/disable to get better performance with your current hardware. I.E. Enabling
'Run in Ram' and Disabling the carousel and animations to make lists load faster. Also you may want to consider temporarily disabling antivirus
software when your machine is offline since antivirus is known to slow hard drive i/o.
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ollielaroo
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posted on 11-3-2007 at 12:27 PM
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Thanks Audiosoft,
I appreciate your reply.
I was looking at what some guy called Steve said here
"It is NOT the perfect Jukebox i dreamed it would be when i started building it. Dont get me wrong its not bad, its just not perfect.
My Database has around 10,000 songs on it, and the GUI of eJukebox is quite fiddly when using the touch screen. Its fine when selecting songs from the
top 10 lists and stuff, but when scrolling the software is a nightmare to use. The standard List box type interface is not really ideal for a touch
sensitive. Its too small, too fiddle, and sometimes i revert to mouse operations because it gets sooo frustration when trying to find an artist out of
of the 3000 i have.
The software needs VERY careful consideration when aiming at a pure touch screen interface. Navigating and finding things needs to be redesigened with
large touchable buttons, not list box scroll bars.
If the software has already been redesigned then GREAT. Hopefully I'll be able to download the "Touch Screen" version of eJukebox and my dream will
be complete.
Hope this critisim is seen as construcive.
Steve"
I feel that if I ever try to setup my own e-jukebox touchscreen I may need the appropriate spec PC and maybe a 19" screen. This I imagine would offer
good performance and ease of use, altogether a more pleasant experience.
Ollie
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devilsmaster
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posted on 11-20-2007 at 08:50 AM
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The speed is also depends on the processor and the ram. I will suggest you to upgrade your processor to 2.4 Ghz as the database is having 10000 songs
which make the computer slow. try to place your database on the other drives than C:.
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