Dondi Wrote: > --- radish > <radish.1t9esz (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com> wrote: > > > What I don't understand is why the scan time is > > seemingly exponential. > > I can do a full wipe and rescan of about 10,000 > > tracks in under 15 > > minutes (more like 10), so why does 7x the tracks > > take 96x as long to > > scan? > > Radish... diff OS?? Is Linux the answer to those with > large libraries? Haven't had the time nor the courage > to make the leap to Linux, but if I can get a > wipe-scan time of an hour or two as opposed to almost > 2 days, then Im all for it. The dual-processor box I > have is a dedicated SlimServer, so I dont mind at all > trashing the thing to make my SB experience a bit > slicker, but I have yet to figger out how to > accomplish this with a large library (absolutely no > playlists involved in the library, no FLACs; just > MP3s). So, to the original poster, I wouldn't throw a > mondo-amount of hardware at this project. It's only my > opinion and from my experience, there hasn't been any > gain in efficiency, especially if you have a "large" > library. Just grin & bear it. The rescans are fine. > > So again, maybe we can narrow this down a bit -- what > are people with large libraries getting for scan times > and what OS are they using?? Maybe its the demonic > windows that bogs the deal down?? > > -- Dondi
No, XP SP2 here. I actually did a test yesterday. Started an album playing (FLAC files, transcoding to PCM on the server, wireless link to SB2) and hit the rescan button. Took around 10 minutes, and although the SB2's display was a little jerky when scrolling, the buffer never dropped below 90% full. As I've posted before, this is not a super powerful machine, but it is dedicated. Also, remember that dual proc boxes are entirely redundant when running slimserver. Could it be file types? I'm mainly vorbis & FLAC, with only a very few mp3s. I know vorbis tags are supposed to be somewhat better designed than ID3, but I don't know if they're more efficient to read. Also do the obvious things like making sure your virusscanner isn't scanning the music files, and that the disks are in decent shape re: DMA settings & fragmentation. -- radish _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
