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jerryt
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« on: September 29, 2011, 07:38:24 pm »

Hello There,
now that I'm getting used to the interface and am able to move around, I have another issue i.e. questions to XXHE.

I read everywhere - not just here - about the huge amount of ressources needed for a music server. Memory, CPU-Power, Windows OS ... I built a server with an Intel D525 CPU (dual core atom), 2 GB of memory and running Windows 7 Starter. When running XXHE I see the taskmanager indicating: 1% CPU and 20% Memory being used. I don't know why others claim to need Win7 Professional or greater when most of the services and GUI candy are being disabled.

Can anyone enlighten me?

Thanks and best regards,
jerryt

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« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2011, 08:11:24 pm »

Hi again Jerry,

Answering that correctly will take more time than I can spend. But in a most brief form :

- The lower the cpu usage the better. FYI : I output 32/705600 right now (Deep Purple, might this matter Happy), and the CPU usage is still a virtual zero.

- Search for "SFS" in here to get objective expressions on to what this does. But in general : XXHighEnd is a pure memory player, which gets less "pure" the lower this Split File Size gets. Most have set it to the largest amount (which is ~450) and which will consume 4GB for the sound engine alone (which is XXEngine3.exe).

- The less resources are used, the better it will be. Ah, you knew that.

All Windows versions utilitize the memory differently, and you can well say that the lower the version (like Starter would be on the low side), the less memory can be utilized. But, that depends on the tweaks applied (by you or by XXHighEnd). But with 2GB there isn't much to tweak anyway ...
You could also try to grasp what 0.9z-6 does and the Minimize OS function, and how people suddenly can utilize much more memory for playback. Notice though that this needs the activated version (which I don't want to talk you into at all).

Anyway, you can also say that with 2GB only these things should relatively help a lot. Remember, relatively.

I'm not sure whether this helps, but I hope at least a little ...
Peter
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For the Stealth III LPS PC :
W10-14393.0 - July 17, 2021 (2.11)
XXHighEnd Mach III Stealth LPS PC -> Xeon Scalable 14/28 core with Hyperthreading On (set to 14/28 cores in BIOS and set to 10/20 cores via Boot Menu) @~660MHz, 48GB, Windows 10 Pro 64 bit build 14393.0 from RAM, music on LAN / Engine#4 Adaptive Mode / Q1/-/3/4/5 = 14/-/0/0/*1*/ Q1Factor = *4* / Dev.Buffer = 4096 / ClockRes = *10ms* / Memory = Straight Contiguous / Include Garbage Collect / SFS = *10.13*  (max 10.13) / not Invert / Phase Alignment Off / Playerprio = Low / ThreadPrio = Realtime / Scheme = Core 3-5 / Not Switch Processors during Playback = Off/ Playback Drive none (see OS from RAM) / UnAttended (Just Start) / Always Copy to XX Drive (see OS from RAM) / Stop Desktop, Remaining, WASAPI and W10 services / Use Remote Desktop / Keep LAN - Not Persist / WallPaper On / OSD Off (!) / Running Time Off / Minimize OS / XTweaks : Balanced Load = *62* / Nervous Rate = *1* / Cool when Idle = n.a / Provide Stable Power = 1 / Utilize Cores always = 1 / Time Performance Index = Optimal / Time Stability = Stable / Custom Filtering *Low* (16x) / Always Clear Proxy before Playback = On -> USB3 from MoBo -> Lush^3
A: W-Y-R-G, B: *W-G* USB 1m00 -> Phisolator 24/768 Phasure NOS1a/G3 75B (BNC Out) async USB DAC, Driver v1.0.4b (16ms) -> B'ASS Current Amplifier -> Blaxius*^2.5* A:B-G, B:B-G Interlink -> Orelo MKII Active Open Baffle Horn Speakers. ET^2 Ethernet from Mach III to Music Server PC (RDC Control).
Removed Switching Supplies from everywhere (also from the PC).

For a general PC :
W10-10586.0 - May 2016 (2.05+)
*XXHighEnd PC -> I7 3930k with Hyperthreading On (12 cores)* @~500MHz, 16GB, Windows 10 Pro 64 bit build 10586.0 from RAM, music on LAN / Engine#4 Adaptive Mode / Q1/-/3/4/5 = 14/-/1/1/1 / Q1Factor = 1 / Dev.Buffer = 4096 / ClockRes = 1ms / Memory = Straight Contiguous / Include Garbage Collect / SFS = 0.10  (max 60) / not Invert / Phase Alignment Off / Playerprio = Low / ThreadPrio = Realtime / Scheme = Core 3-5 / Not Switch Processors during Playback = Off/ Playback Drive none (see OS from RAM) / UnAttended (Just Start) / Always Copy to XX Drive (see OS from RAM) / All Services Off / Keep LAN - Not Persist / WallPaper On / OSD On / Running Time Off / Minimize OS / XTweaks : Balanced Load = *43* / Nervous Rate = 1 / Cool when Idle = 1 / Provide Stable Power = 1 / Utilize Cores always = 1 / Time Performance Index = *Optimal* / Time Stability = *Stable* / Custom Filter *Low* 705600 / -> USB3 *from MoBo* -> Clairixa USB 15cm -> Intona Isolator -> Clairixa USB 1m80 -> 24/768 Phasure NOS1a 75B (BNC Out) async USB DAC, Driver v1.0.4b (4ms) -> Blaxius BNC interlink *-> B'ASS Current Amplifier /w Level4 -> Blaxius Interlink* -> Orelo MKII Active Open Baffle Horn Speakers.
Removed Switching Supplies from everywhere.

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« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2011, 08:18:53 pm »

Hi Peter,

thanks, I'll look into SFS.

jerryt
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« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2011, 01:27:48 pm »

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But in general : XXHighEnd is a pure memory player, which gets less "pure" the lower this Split File Size gets.

Learn something new every day around here.... Happy
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XX2.07/MB: ASRock Extreme 4M , i7-3930K @ 0.5GHz/ RAM-OS W10586/32 Gigs 1600 DDR3/ Clarixa usb cable  /Q1,3,4,5 = *14*/1/1/*1* / *Q1Factor = 1* / Peak Extension: Off/Dev.Buffer = 4096 / ClockRes = *.5ms* / Straight Contiguous / SFS = *.02,/ Do Nothing With Cover Art / not Invert / *(Phase Alignment Off  / Playerprio = Low / ThreadPrio = Real Time / Scheme = 3-5 / UnAttended (Just Start) / *All* Services Off except LAN & RDC/ Persist off/No OSD / No Running Time / Minimize OS / Boost on/XTweaks : Balanced Load = *40* / Nervous Rate = 1/ Cool when Idle = NA / Provide Stable Power = 0 / Utilize Cores always = 1 / Time Performance Index = Best/ Time Stability = On/ No Up-sampling/R-2R DAC
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