Boxee

Delay in updating TV Shows after scanning for media

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  • Severity:
    Major
  • Version:
    0.9.21
  • Number of attachments:
    0

Description

There is a considerable delay between recognising media and being able to play the Local File from My TV Shows. There is no reason why this can't be instantaneous.

As an aside (separate issue or possibly new feature) Why not employ a filesystem watcher, you can then pick up file additions, deletions and renames as they happen. If boxee is idle it can process the changed files (not the entire drive) immediately, otherwise queue them up to be processed when it is idle. You then wouldn't need to specify how frequently the source was scanned.

Add file to network storage.
in Boxee go to Files > source > browse to file
click Scan For Media
wait
click on file (keep checking until it has been recognised) and click on Go To Show
Episode is either missing or only available from Hulu et al.

Go Back to file browser (hit the Menu button)
click Go To Show again
repeat until episode is available

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Ami Ben-David [Boxee] added a comment -
James,
This is the correct Boxee behavior,
there is local caching for media items, so from the second an item has been resolved and until it shows up in the media library can take up to 30 seconds.
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Ami Ben-David [Boxee] added a comment - James, This is the correct Boxee behavior, there is local caching for media items, so from the second an item has been resolved and until it shows up in the media library can take up to 30 seconds.
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james foster added a comment -
I find it hard to believe that you just said that. I guess you don't want to improve your software?

I guess you haven't heard of cache dependancies? Look it up.

Like I said, There is NO reason why this can't be instantaneous.

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james foster added a comment - I find it hard to believe that you just said that. I guess you don't want to improve your software? I guess you haven't heard of cache dependancies? Look it up. Like I said, There is NO reason why this can't be instantaneous.
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Marcel Hass [Boxee] added a comment -
James

I agree it should be instantaneous but currently there is up to a 30 second delay ..How long does it take for TV shows to load for you ?

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Marcel Hass [Boxee] added a comment - James I agree it should be instantaneous but currently there is up to a 30 second delay ..How long does it take for TV shows to load for you ?
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james foster added a comment -
probably no longer than 30 seconds, but 30 seconds feels like a long time when you're waiting for something.
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james foster added a comment - probably no longer than 30 seconds, but 30 seconds feels like a long time when you're waiting for something.
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Ami Ben-David [Boxee] added a comment -
status change to feature release as an improvement.
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Ami Ben-David [Boxee] added a comment - status change to feature release as an improvement.
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PJ added a comment -
You could always show a countdown.
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PJ added a comment - You could always show a countdown.

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  • Assignee:
    alex romanov [Boxee]
    Reporter:
    james foster
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