Thanks for your response pippin.  Here is what I've done:

1. Re-started the LMS - tried both stop/start the service (without
reboot), and then also rebooted the RPi
2. Installed the latest nightly build for 7.8.1 (1423565104) and
rebooted the RPi

Unfortunately they have not made any difference to the startup time.  I
can also confirm that the server is not scanning - I have that scheduled
to run overnight, other than occasional manual rebuilds which I initiate
myself.  And our router/broadband should not be a problem (24ms pings to
MySqueezebox.com, and typically 75Mbps d/l and 17Mbps u/l).  I can't
speak for performance on the other end, but don't suspect any problems.

Just to be clear, the app itself is displayed immediately - it's just
building the content that takes time.  The media list is displayed
straightaway, but I believe that is cached on the device anyway so I'm
not surprised.  Next it determines the current playlist and displays
that, also a "placeholder" for the current track artwork (but with a
default graphic shown).  Then it gets the correct artwork.  And then
some time later it works out the correct menu list to display.

By comparison, I don't see the same issues with other controllers, but I
am seeing the same problem on my wife's iPad (v2, also 8.1.3).  Your
comments about the less aggressive approach in iPeng 8.0.4 seem to be
the more likely the explanation for what is happening.  

A couple of thoughts:

- is it possible that we could have settings control over how aggressive
the startup process is?  The decision on whether we want to hit the
server hard or not is then our choice to trade off one versus the
other.
- alternatively, would it be possible to cache the player details and
refresh in the background, similar to the library media content?

Best regards,
Richard


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