Try Putting 300,000+ Image Files In One Folder (One For Every Media File I Have).
You Can't Do That In Fat32, And With That Many Files In A Folder Drive Access Is Slow And Sluggish The More Files You Force The OS And Other Programs To Read All The File Names in The Dir
I don't have anywhere near that many songs, so that won't come into play for me for a LONG time (if ever.) That said, I don't use FAT32 anymore, I use NTFS, and from what I understand, the maximum number can be as high as necessary as long as it doesn't exceed a little over 4 billion on a single volume. What I'm NOT clear on, however, is how a large number of files (300,000 plus) would effect system performance on an NTFS system. I simply have no point of reference on at what point the number becomes "too high."
Also, how do you deal with "rename from properties" operations? I found that when the art was in the same folder as the songs, these operations did not account for album art, and would leave both the folder and the art file in the old folder after the songs had moved, splitting up the set and leaving old folders in place.
Thanks,
Larry