[mythtv] mythmusic w/o id3 and setting to limit how often rereads dir

[David Klotz]

On Sam, 2002-12-07 at 08:53, Isaac Richards wrote:
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> It _might_ be more worthwhile into seeing why it takes so long with mp3 files 
> -- most of the time sink on initial database import is because it's 
> calculating the length of each song, and that takes awhile to do properly.  
> But, each scan after that should just be testing for the presence of the 
> file, essentially.  For me startup time is pretty much instantaneous, though 
> I only have .oggs and .flacs, and I'm using it locally, not over a network..  

well, i'm using it locally and it takes over 2 minutes to start up,
everytime, not only on the initial database import. that took a bit
longer, don't remember how long it took exactly, but that doesn't really
matter now.
i have about 22 gigs of music, mostly mp3's and some oggs and they're
stored on a pretty fast drive (ibm udma100, although at the moment it is
connected to an udma66-only controller).
i'm not really good at coding, so i would be really pleased if someone
who is could take a look at why it takes so long with mp3s...

cya,
david