Both devices have been wiped and a fresh copy of RasPlex 0.6.0 has been installed.
Pi Model B and Pi2 Model B both using the same overclock specs:
arm_freq=1000
sdram_freq=500
core_freq=500
over_voltage=6
The Pi2 does boot faster but I find when scrolling through TV shows it's more choppy than my original Pi.
Any thoughts as to why this might be? I haven't tried RasPlex 0.5.1 because I just bought the Pi2 today but from what I heard the scrolling of menus was much more fluid for the Pi2 in 0.5.1+ but that doesn't seem to be the case for me.
Both devices have been wiped and a fresh copy of RasPlex 0.6.0 has been installed.
Pi Model B and Pi2 Model B both using the same overclock specs:
arm_freq=1000
sdram_freq=500
core_freq=500
over_voltage=6
The Pi2 does boot faster but I find when scrolling through TV shows it's more choppy than my original Pi.
Any thoughts as to why this might be? I haven't tried RasPlex 0.5.1 because I just bought the Pi2 today but from what I heard the scrolling of menus was much more fluid for the Pi2 in 0.5.1+ but that doesn't seem to be the case for me.
Two things immediately come to mind:
1: Remove the overclock settings from the RPi2. Safe overclock specifications for the RPi2 do not exist. The RPi foundation has said nothing about it.
This means that all official overclock specifications and methods, apply only to the RPi1, not to the new hardware of the RPi2.
Using inappropriate settings may cause internal safety coding of the CPU itself to 'put on the brakes'.
I know some have used those methods anyway, but they're 'flying blind' without any official support.
Also, no overclocking should be needed to make the RPi2 work faster and more fluently than the RPi1.
(Quadcore ARMv7 VS Singlecore ARMv6)
2: Check your SD card quality. Anything less than Class10 will reduce access speed, and may even cause corruption.
Edit:
Another thing to consider is that the RPi1 and the RPi2 have slightly different config needs.
So not only must you use different SD card images for them, but you must also use different "config.txt" files.
The original images come with specific differencies between the "config.txt" files of RPi1 vs RPi2.
Some of those differencies must be retained for proper usage.
I say this because your mention of using identical overclock settings for the two raised my suspicion that you've simply used the same "config.txt" file, copied to both cards.
That would be a serious mistake...
Best regards: dlanor
Thanks dlanor,
I haven't copied the configs and I'm using the versions specific for the Pi and Pi2 so no issues there.
I also tried the Pi2 originally without doing overclocking, same problem.
I'm also using a brand new Class 10 SD card so I'm not sure whats up. Not a huge deal I guess but I was just hoping for a noticeable improvement.
Just tried 0.5.1 on the Pi2 and it's much faster, I'll stick with that and try 0.6.1 once its released.
Just tried 0.5.1 on the Pi2 and it's much faster, I'll stick with that and try 0.6.1 once its released.
This is the same behavior I have encountered. I've tried both 0.5.1 and 0.6.0 and 0.5.1 is much faster in response. 0.6.0 seems to lag quite a bit when changing screens or going through the menus and thumbnails.
Hopefully this behavior is improved in 0.6.1, but it's still a great app either way.
I had 2 x Pi B+ and replaced them with Pi 2's and running Rasplex 6.0 (stock) noticed a significant improvement in Plex menu navigation which was the only area I had previously had an issue with.
Massive fan of this (and all Plex) products, hats off to the developers.
