So I have a new Mac Mini CD and 2 External 2.0 HDs
I have almost 500 GB of backed up Divx Movies and Shows, but when I try to access them through FrontRow, they take forever to load. Does anyone else have this problem? Is there a way to fix it?
I have 512MB Ram, so I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it. If it is, does anyone know how to increase my Virtual Ram?
I'm trying to make a great Home Entertainment System, but the lag is killing me! ***** when friends want to see it and it takes forever to load!
Does it take as long to play the movies directly? Or is this a Front Row issue only?
Mac OS X changes the virtual memory dynamically depending on what the operating system and applications need. But, I would make sure that you have some free hard drive space on the system hard drive so you can store the swap files that are created with virtual memory.
-Doug
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