2011-06-10, 03:25 PM
mvallevand Wrote:For non-PCH users who might think that slowness is a serious problem, this conversation is about saving a few second. From the standby power on NPVR on my machine to NPVR on screen is about five seconds and 3 remote keystrokes including the Power key (Power - Blue - 1) and most of that time in NPVR loading.Yes, just to confirm what Martin is saying here, the time to start a PCH into npvr isn't a major problem - it just has a couple of extra steps that using an MVP doesn't have. My original question is simply because I believe if a process (or part of it) can be automated then 'do it'. I drive an auto car because I don't see the need to manually change gear myself if a machine can do it for me.
Jaggy Wrote:...having thought the only difference I can think of between the way I have mine setup & you & bgowland have yours setup up is possibly that I don't have a password on my share??No, the password isn't a problem - I think the variation I saw when first trying was probably because I was poking around with things (editing scripts, swapping them around between tests).
Just to update you and Martin on what I'm seeing now...
From standby, I press 'Power' on the PCH remote then almost immediately I briefly see the PCH Home screen followed immediately by the box showing "Press ENTER to STOP N-PVR loading". After 2 seconds (I tweaked the time-out) my screen goes black and then perhaps 4-5 seconds later I'm at the N-PVR Home screen - slightly longer than Martin has to wait but my machine being pretty old and a bit slow these days might explain that.
To exit, I hit 'Power' on the remote and then hit it again as soon as I see the PCH 'clapper-board' image to put the PCH into standby.
So all-in, a slightly smoother process in and out which I'm happy with. Thanks to all for the help/comments.
Cheers,
Brian