Thanks for your excellent reply!
mherger wrote: > > I have LMS v 7.7.5 - 1416570306 running on Debian - EN - utf8 > (Raspberry > > Pi). This setup is usually a lot quicker to respond than my old > > configuration (same LMS version running on Server 2008 hardware). > > However, when trying to access Music Folders (from any device or web > > browser) there is a delay in showing them of around 10-20 seconds, > then > > clicking on one there is a further delay showing the contents. Some > > times they display instantly. > > This is the result of one of the slowest operations in LMS combined with > > the weakest point of the Pi platform: disk I/O. Well, it is so slow in > LMS because it does a lot of I/O operations. The fact that sometimes it > > seems to be fast most likely is thanks to some caching somewhere. > > > What could be wrong or what could I do to troubleshoot the issue? > > Nothing's wrong. It's BMF. It's slow. It's on a Pi. It's even slower > :-). > > There are a few approaches how to ease the pain: > > - make sure your cache folder is not on the same file system as your > music collection > - update to LMS 7.9 - it adds more caching > - don't put too many items in one folder. The less, the faster. My Pi2 > requires a second or two to show 150 folders on the first level > - don't use BMF > > -- > > Michael ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [email protected]'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36643 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105283 _______________________________________________ Squeezecenter mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
