Hi Michael, here are my results. Each test was done using a clean rescan of the whole library:
Version: 7.6.0 - r31181 @ Sun Aug 8 02:00:52 PDT 2010 Operating system: Mac OS X 10.6.4 - EN - utf8 Database Version: MySQL 5.0.22-standard 1. WITHOUT ANY DELIBERATE ARTWORK SCAN: Music Scan Details Discovering files (3912 of 3912) Complete 00:00:06 Scan new files (2756 of 2756) Complete 00:02:35 Discovering playlists (1 of 1) Complete 00:00:00 iTunes Import (2947 of 2947) Complete 00:00:28 iTunes Playlist Import (217 of 217) Complete 00:00:35 Pre-caching Artwork (19 of 19) Complete 00:00:31 The server has finished scanning your music collection. Total Time: 00:04:15 (Sunday, 8 August 2010 / 13.23) 2. ARTWORK SCAN USING ITUNES (DONE YESTERDAY THUS STILL 7.6.0 - R31176): Music Scan Details Discovering files (3912 of 3912) Complete 00:00:09 Scan new files (2756 of 2756) Complete 00:02:47 Discovering playlists (1 of 1) Complete 00:00:01 iTunes Import (2947 of 2947) Complete 00:00:38 iTunes Playlist Import (217 of 217) Complete 00:00:54 iTunes Downloaded Artwork Import (2955 of 2955) Complete 00:01:51 iTunes User-Added Artwork Import (2674 of 2674) Complete 00:18:38 Pre-caching Artwork (306 of 306) Complete 00:00:34 The server has finished scanning your music collection. Total Time: 00:25:32 (Saturday, 7 August 2010 / 15.46) 3. ARTWORK SCAN USING TEST.MYSB.COM / LAST.FM: Music Scan Details Discovering files (3912 of 3912) Complete 00:00:07 Scan new files (2756 of 2756) Complete 00:01:52 Discovering playlists (1 of 1) Complete 00:00:00 iTunes Import (2947 of 2947) Complete 00:00:46 iTunes Playlist Import (217 of 217) Complete 00:00:42 Downloading Artwork (2674 of 2674) Complete 00:14:40 Pre-caching Artwork (119 of 119) Complete 00:00:06 The server has finished scanning your music collection. Total Time: 00:18:13 (Sunday, 8 August 2010 / 13.45) I mostly listen to classical music so that might an explanation why iTunes seems to find more covers than last.fm. -- copperstate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ copperstate's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34756 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80979 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta
