kdf;143677 Wrote: > On 6-Oct-06, at 6:09 AM, DrNic wrote: > > > > > Hi all > > This thread has wondered OT from original posters question, and I > have > > to admit to having more than a small interest in the final answer!! > > Surely someone knows whether we are supposed to be able to turn > artwork > > off. Or is there no longer a concern about artwork's impact on > > slimserver??!! > > > Artwork a much less of a concern, as it is collected by a separate > process, cached by the server > and somewhat more easily left out by not selecting 'gallery mode'. > The original pref was put in becuase it was a very long post-scan > process > plus affected the presence of the browse artwork option, and caused it > > to take a very long time to load. The appearance of single artworks on > > song pages and album pages was not the main reason for that pref. > > -kdf
Thanks Firstly in reply to ceejay - I was meaning actually turning off looking for artwork at all (like in older SS releases), have already discovered the joys of the gallery!! But thanks for putting a thought forward! :) However, I gather from KDF's post that SS isn't as "bogged" down by artwork as the older servers were. But why is this still in SS 6.5 help section then?! :) Memory usage for Artwork Artwork for large song libraries places a significant memory load on the slimserver. There are references to the cover art kept in memory of the SlimServer for each song. This can add up fairly quickly. The SlimServer stores, in memory, the path where the artwork can be found for each song. Long path names and many songs can cause the SlimServer to use more memory than is phycially installed on the server. This can have any of a number of impacts, from slow performance to complete failure of the SlimServer to run. The raw artwork file is read on demand, so artwork file size has no impact on the SlimServer itself. You can turn off the artwork scan completely to save memory usage. Its in Server Settings, additional, performance. This is what I was originally referring to and hope to avoid - even if it means no artwork at all.... Thanks Nic -- DrNic ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DrNic's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=92 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28258 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
