First of all, let me say thank you for the program. I found it a very long time ago by accident and it worked great. I don't remember the particular build but it was 1.something. Keep in mind this has probably been a couple of years ago...
Anyway... I had an old single core Dell Dimensions 3000 that was maxed out at 2GB of RAM and had a Pentium 4 that was I think, like, 2.4ghz. The only thing the computer did was record TV and convert it with MCE Buddy so I could watch it on my TV and stream music, photos etc. Granted, she was loaded down converting, recording and streaming media across my home network, but she did it. Then last week Big Girl gave out! Not just a hard drive... she'd had many of those... she melted down LOL!
So, for the past so many years, I never updated builds. I never updated anything unless it was Windows Vista updates and it all worked with no fuss. The only thing I heard was a gentle hum from the fan in the bedroom cabinet. With that in mind... I am now very confused!
So I replaced it with another computer I had, Optiplex with 4GB of RAM and Pentium D dual core 2.8ghz processor with SATA drives. Everything on the surface would make me think it should handle this all WAY easier and WAY faster but that isn't the case. I did a fresh format to clean it and it's running Windows 7 but it just kills itself to do what the old computer did. I mean we're talking to CPU is maxed out, fans pushing so much air it sounds like an old box fan and MCE Buddy is taking 3-4 hours for a 1/2 program. The only thing else that runs is Plex Media Server so I can watch the shows on my Samsung BD D5700 that has a Plex app on it. It's so bad... I have to stop conversions at night to sleep and during the day I can hear it 2 rooms away. I'm not doing a commercial skip... Converting to MP4... the only thing additionally I ask it to do is delete the original after conversion.
So... to my question... What is the lightest version of MCE Buddy available and what settings do I need for this thing to convert more quickly. My old computer setup with the old build was doing it far faster so I am only to believe the builds have gotten heavier as improvements have been added. Any ideas as to how to lighten the load and speed things up?