To prevent Mediascanner from scanning files on an external hd, add a .nomedia file as described in comment 8.
It will also be slow to scan only the first time. Once it has scanned the directories, it caches the results and does not do it again, even if you unplug and replug your drive. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to mediascanner2 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1294303 Title: Mediascanner-service-2 process is killing HD and consumes lot of CPU Status in Media Scanner v2: Fix Released Status in “mediascanner2” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: I just connected external USB harddrive, when mediascanner-service-2 start scanning (?) over 15 min - even after unplug USB HD. CPU usage was very high (min 50%, sometimes 100%). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: mediascanner2.0 0.100+14.04.20140314-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-18.38-generic 3.13.6 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-18-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Mar 18 20:06:06 2014 SourcePackage: mediascanner2 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-11-26 (111 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mediascanner2/+bug/1294303/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
