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Theater View/EXPLORER performance issues [Solved]
HPBEME:
The slowness that afss_br and bogdanbz are experiencing is not at all typical in my 16+ years of MC use.
I don't ever use Explorer as a way to browse MC in Theater or Standard View (that defeats the whole purpose of using a media player and tag driven metadata IMO), but I turned it on just to check. I browsed my movies and TV shows via Explorer in Theater View and everything loaded virtually instantly, including the artwork. I jumped all around through many different folders, back-and-forth and all over the place - no issues.
I don't use a server/client set up, so if you do, that might explain it, but I doubt it. I don't have any suggestions to resolve your issues, but wanted to make sure others aren't under the impression that this is simply the way it is with MC for everyone, and there's nothing to be done about it. I just don't think that is the case.
Hopefully others can weigh-in with some possible solutions to whatever is plaguing your setup.
afss_br:
Thanks for all the replies, much appreciated.
I have altered to "list view" on the Theater View/Explorer options, and it does help to scroll quicker through files once you are granted access to a new folder, but unfortunately it does not change the slowness to actually get to see what's inside a folder (after clicking on it, it usually takes 10 seconds) - I guess JRiver is still scanning files/metadata before granting this view access.
On my case I am concerned only about video file playback with the highest quality possible. I personally do not care about any metadata display info, but understand that others may value this.
Not sure if this is relevant, but I use an external HDD connected through an USB 3.0 port to my HTPC. I did not do any pre-scanning of the HDD to JRiver library, and would not like to do anything like this as I keep adding/deleting things from my HDD.
As I said before, until MC30 I had Kodi-Madvr as my main playback combo while keeping JRiver as a backup solution, this was mainly due to speed and video quality which was better with Kodi-Madvr. Things have changed significantly with MC31, where I think JRVR DTM has surpassed the old Madvr113, therefore I decided to move it to my first option. I just wish JRiver would to do file browsing the same way as any conventional file explorer (such as Windows File Explorer).
Matt:
If files are already imported, browsing should be fast. So configure auto-import to grab the folders you are browsing.
HPBEME:
--- Quote from: Matt on June 06, 2023, 08:16:21 pm ---If files are already imported, browsing should be fast. So configure auto-import to grab the folders you are browsing.
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--- Quote from: afss_br on June 06, 2023, 07:26:56 pm ---I did not do any pre-scanning of the HDD to JRiver library, and would not like to do anything like this as I keep adding/deleting things from my HDD.
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You beat me to the punch Matt. I was going to say the OP inadvertently identified the issue with the portion of his reply I quoted.
You don't have to spend any time tagging files and displaying metadata if you don't want to, but you at least have to import the files so MC can build the database. Otherwise, MC has to read the files from scratch every single time. As for your making edits to the portable hard drive where you store the files, that is all the more reason to import it. If you designate those folders for MC to monitor, it will automatically update the database every time you make edits.
afss_br:
Thanks again for all the inputs - will give it a try later in the day.
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