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15.02.2010 18:30:20

Bug : Huge hard disk activity when running Remote Buddy

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I'm currently using Remote Buddy 1.16.1 Trial version and I noticed there is very big usage of HD that lasts for several minutes upon the launch of the app.
It comes to a point where the computer is barely responsive. If I close RB it immediately stops. I tried to see what it did with fs_usage and I see tons of disk accesses from mds, (mainly lstat64 & RdMeta) to all kinds of unrelated files and drives. It just seems to scan all the files on all drives. I don't really get the purpose of that. If I wait for it to finish it lasts about 10 minutes.

My computer is an iMac with C2D 2.4 running snow leopard in 64bit mode.

These entries from the FAQ may be relevant to this topic:

Hardware - Apple® Remote

After uninstalling/quitting Remote Buddy, my Mac® no longer reacts to the Apple® Remote. (FAQ015E0241)
To enable you to use all capabilities of the IR Receiver of your Mac®, Remote Buddy is using its own driver. In contrast, all other applications with integrated Apple® Remote support usually use the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem.

As long as you're running Remote Buddy, Remote Buddy and its driver are responsible for turning the received button presses into actions. As soon as you quit Remote Buddy, this task is again handled by the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem.

If other applications don't use the interface to the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem correctly, this can lead to the effect that nothing happens when you press a button on your Apple® Remote. For as long as you're running Remote Buddy, issues like this are covered by Remote Buddy and it's driver and are therefore not visible to you. However, as soon as you quit Remote Buddy, the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem is back in control and any issues caused in it by other applications become visible.

Therefore Remote Buddy is neither the cause of the issue nor is it responsible for it. Instead, the cause of the issue exists independently of Remote Buddy. It's located elsewhere and can also only be solved there.

Although our products can't cause any such issues, we're regularly contacted about such issues and asked for help. In order to make locating and fixing the cause of such issues as easy and efficient as possible, we've developed a free diagnostics tool: Remote Control Diagnostics. It can locate issues with a single click and will provide you with information about the issue as well as with instructions on how you can fix it.

User

15.02.2010 19:01:11

Re: Bug : Huge hard disk activity when running Remote Buddy

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Thanks for asking.

Please note:

a) mds is Apple's OS X Spotlight server. It's not a part of Remote Buddy. Remote Buddy is not scanning your harddrive and does not have any influence on which files Spotlight is indexing at a given time. Please contact Apple if you have any concerns about Spotlight's file accesses.

b) The Movie Library feature for VLC Media Player and DVD Player asks Spotlight for a list of folders named VIDEO_TS so it can present them in the Movie Library.

c) You can disable the Spotlight discovery of VIDEO_TS folders at Prefs > Movie Library.

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

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User

16.06.2010 22:30:29

Re: Bug : Huge hard disk activity when running Remote Buddy

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I've downloaded Version 1.16.3 as a trial and having the same problem. I'm on a Mac Pro quad 2.66. Strange thing is the disk activity really stops when I quit Remote Buddy.

I like the trial otherwise and thinking about buying it (using it with a PS3 remote), but the constant rattling of the HDD is just very annoying...

I'd gladly run tests or provide more info if needed.

User

17.06.2010 16:32:13

Re: Bug : Huge hard disk activity when running Remote Buddy

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Thanks for asking.

Please see my previous answer, point c).

The auto-discovery of VIDEO_TS folders uses Spotlight to look for all folders with the name VIDEO_TS. If Spotlight should cause high disk activity when queried for these folders, you can deactivate this feature with a single click.

Please understand that Remote Buddy has no control over the inner workings of Spotlight and how much disk activity it needs to perform a search.

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

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