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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: BigBoy on February 17, 2003, 07:02:37 pm

Title: Large Music Databases
Post by: BigBoy on February 17, 2003, 07:02:37 pm

I've searched the Faq's and posts, and find no specific posts about large music databases.

I am now appoaching 100,000 mp3's in my database, and MC is groaning, and barely slugging along. It performed fairly well until about 85,000 files.

That is not meant as a negative. By comparison, Windows media player went limp at about 1500 files, and Real Player suffered the same fate at about 20,000 files. Phat Noise, though I haven't  tested it completely, appears to fall short at around 50,000 files.

So my Question is, how can I improve performance, beyond the perfomance improvements suggested in the FAQ'S?

Can I expect significant performance (speed) improvements with processor upgrades, and memory expansions?

To give  some baseline of performance, MC scans my first
1000 files in about 30 seconds, and the last 1000 in about 30 minutes.

Title: Re: Large Music Databases
Post by: michel on February 18, 2003, 12:07:20 am

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To give  some baseline of performance, MC scans my first 1000 files in about 30 seconds, and the last 1000 in about 30 minutes.

MC has some memory leaks (under inverstigation according to Matt). When there is no more physical memory MC begins to run with virtual memory which is much more slow of course. That could explain that your last 1000 files take more time.

Just an idea.

Title: Re: Large Music Databases
Post by: nila on February 18, 2003, 12:27:39 am

To improove performance disable all columns that you dont view.
I'd imagine ones that were constantly updating (last played etc) would also be a pretty big drain with that many albums - try disabling that.


Another 'quick fix' would be to split your collection into two libraries and to load up one library at a time with 50,000 songs or so in each.
I dont know what exactly you have for your collection that makes it so big but this might be an idea that'd be viable.

How long you been collecting for? That's a HUGE library :)

Title: Re: Large Music Databases
Post by: ama_mmmc on February 18, 2003, 02:56:24 am

Also, if you wait around, you may hear from one user, Kingsparta, who last I knew had over 130,000 files, and I have never heard him make any complaints regarding performance.

Drew

Title: Re: Large Music Databases
Post by: Matt on February 18, 2003, 04:50:06 am

What specifically drags?  There's a good chance we can speed it up.

Thanks for helping.

Title: Re: Large Music Databases
Post by: JimH on February 18, 2003, 06:08:27 am

Please copy your system info from MC Help and paste it here.  If your version isn't current, please update.

Title: Re: Large Music Databases
Post by: KingSparta on February 18, 2003, 11:05:10 am

BigBoy

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