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<blockquote data-quote="fforde" data-source="post: 556969" data-attributes="member: 52082"><p><strong>Re: Reduce storage size of MovingPictures 'thumbs' folder.</strong></p><p></p><p>This is getting way over complicated. There are no BMP files. If you are using Moving Pictures 1.0 Beta 2 images (covers and backdrops) are saved as PNG files. These take up more space than JPG files and if you have <em>thousands of movies</em> in your collection this can add up. RoChess' script converts these image files from PNG to JPG to save space, while leaving the filename the same so Moving Pictures doesn't lose track of it. <strong>It is extremely unlikely this will noticably improve performance of MediaPortal or Moving Pictures. It will save you a bit of disk space, that is all.</strong> </p><p></p><p>If you have <em>thousands of movies</em> and are worried about an extra gigabyte or two of space used on your hard drive you may want to consider RoChess' script. Otherwise it can be safely ignored.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fforde, post: 556969, member: 52082"] [b]Re: Reduce storage size of MovingPictures 'thumbs' folder.[/b] This is getting way over complicated. There are no BMP files. If you are using Moving Pictures 1.0 Beta 2 images (covers and backdrops) are saved as PNG files. These take up more space than JPG files and if you have [I]thousands of movies[/I] in your collection this can add up. RoChess' script converts these image files from PNG to JPG to save space, while leaving the filename the same so Moving Pictures doesn't lose track of it. [B]It is extremely unlikely this will noticably improve performance of MediaPortal or Moving Pictures. It will save you a bit of disk space, that is all.[/B] If you have [I]thousands of movies[/I] and are worried about an extra gigabyte or two of space used on your hard drive you may want to consider RoChess' script. Otherwise it can be safely ignored. [/QUOTE]
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