Re: [Banshee-List] External USB Drive - 5 min Startup

[Gabriel Burt <gabriel burt gmail com>]

Hi Ako,

On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Akovia <akovia1 eml cc> wrote:
> I have all my music on an Ext USB drive and it takes just under 5 mins each
> time I start Banshee. Is there anything I can do to speed this up? (7K+
> tracks)

I thought there was a bug open already discussing how to make this
faster - maybe write a sqlite db to the device itself, or something.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=634265 is similar

> I am also noticing huge hiccups and swap file usage. From a fresh instance,
> it uses almost 900mb of swap, which is over half of my alloted 1.6gb. I
> realize I'm not running on a super fast computer, but am hoping there are
> things I can do to help. After running all night, the swap file grew to
> 1.4gb and made it impossible to do anything except reboot which took 10
> mins.

Have you tried Banshee 2.0.0?  There was a leak in gio-sharp that
might be the culprit here.

> Lastly, when Banshee was being unresponsive once, I thought I had right
> clicked on a track and saw a menu to change the cover art, but now I can't
> find any way to access this flyout menu again.

You can right click the cover art in the View -> Show Cover Art image
or the Track Information editor image.

> I haven't found an official support forum for Banshee so I am hoping I am
> asking in the right place. Please point me in the right direction if I'm
> mistaken.

This is indeed the place.  Welcome!

Gabriel