MP freezes on a large MP3 folder

Kris404 · 2008-07-03, 05:35

Hi,

MediaPortal takes a long time to play a track from a large folder with MP3 files(2000+).

It looks like MP tries to read all the files' tags before playing the selected file. Naturally it takes a longtime to play the first track in that folder but after that it's easy to play other tracks.

Is there some way to disable pre-lookup of the tags before playback or disable the music database altogether?
I only use Shares / 'Filename' view and do not care about sorting the files/folder using other views.

Any help will be appreciated on this issue.

Thanks.

Kris

MediaPortal Version: 1.0 RC1 SVN-Snapshot:-06-27-2008
MediaPortal Skin: BlueTwo Wide
Windows Version: XP SP2
CPU Type: AMD Sempron
HDD: 40 GB
Memory: 1.25 GB
Motherboard: HP zv6000 Laptop
Video Card: ATI Radeon
Remote: MCE
TV: Toshiba 37" 1080p
TV - HTPC Connection: VGA

MdFolter · 2008-07-03, 08:16

Kris404: you should have a look at this thread:
MP looks frozen on large directories

This really works, it is fast but.... your MP3's must be well tagged of course!

regards
Marcel

Kris404 · 2008-07-04, 03:52

Marcel,

I deleted 'group' & '1' from the artist 'Music View', still doesn't work. MP still tries to read the files' tags.

Wish this worked just like the old Meedio, read the filename and play instead of adding the tags to the database.

Kris

hwahrmann · 2008-07-04, 17:06

untick the option "Use ID3 tags / autoadd file to music database" found in first tab of Music -> Plaer settings.
see if that works.

Kris404 · 2008-07-04, 20:25

hwahrmann,

That worked. So obvious, I must be blind missing this option.

Thank you very much.

Kris

2008-07-03, 05:35	#1 (permalink)
Kris404 Portal Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country: My System	MP freezes on a large MP3 folder Hi, MediaPortal takes a long time to play a track from a large folder with MP3 files(2000+). It looks like MP tries to read all the files' tags before playing the selected file. Naturally it takes a longtime to play the first track in that folder but after that it's easy to play other tracks. Is there some way to disable pre-lookup of the tags before playback or disable the music database altogether? I only use Shares / 'Filename' view and do not care about sorting the files/folder using other views. Any help will be appreciated on this issue. Thanks. Kris MediaPortal Version: 1.0 RC1 SVN-Snapshot:-06-27-2008 MediaPortal Skin: BlueTwo Wide Windows Version: XP SP2 CPU Type: AMD Sempron HDD: 40 GB Memory: 1.25 GB Motherboard: HP zv6000 Laptop Video Card: ATI Radeon Remote: MCE TV: Toshiba 37" 1080p TV - HTPC Connection: VGA

2008-07-04, 03:52	#3 (permalink)
Kris404 Portal Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country: My System	Marcel, I deleted 'group' & '1' from the artist 'Music View', still doesn't work. MP still tries to read the files' tags. Wish this worked just like the old Meedio, read the filename and play instead of adding the tags to the database. Kris Last edited by Kris404; 2008-07-04 at 04:11.

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2008-07-03, 08:16	#2 (permalink)
MdFolter MP Donator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Breugel Age: 32 Posts: 55 Thanks: 6 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Country: My System	Kris404: you should have a look at this thread: MP looks frozen on large directories This really works, it is fast but.... your MP3's must be well tagged of course! regards Marcel

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hwahrmann Portal Developer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 1,502 Thanks: 3 Thanked 89 Times in 55 Posts Country:	untick the option "Use ID3 tags / autoadd file to music database" found in first tab of Music -> Plaer settings. see if that works.

2008-07-04, 20:25	#5 (permalink)
Kris404 Portal Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country: My System	hwahrmann, That worked. So obvious, I must be blind missing this option. Thank you very much. Kris