I see that the library file mp3tag.db3 is 1.7 GB! Why is this file so gigantic in size and is there a way to reduce it?

There is a function to clean up the library. The principle size depends on the number of managed files. So I see as the only way to reduce the size (after the clean-up): manage fewer files.

How many files to you load if you want to see your entire collection? Are these mp3 files? [image] KaeptnNuss: is there a way to reduce it? If you believe that this library is too big, you could just delete it. It will be rebuilded if you load your tracks into Mp3tag again. Please be awar…

I think I've only tried to use the library function once, quite some time ago. Over samba it took ages to scan and did not finish at all due to some error. These days I simply copy a subset of files that I want to edit to a local m2 ssd, perform the changes I want and then copy the files back. To e…

I feel so tiny in comparison. My little db file is "only" 986MB for about 26k files. I haven't tried to clean that up though.

Good thing I haven't tried it recently then. If the db size scales linearly with file count my db would take up a bit over 32GB and my OS partition only has 25GB free haha. The same reason forced me to disable caching of artwork in tinymediamanager for my movie and tv show collection. The cache fold…

Interesting topic. I'm assuming since I don't use the Library function, I don't have the .db3 file (quick check... couldn't find one). My laptop has two internal SSD drives. Nothing takes long to load. I just checked, my largest folder [Grateful Dead, 104GB, 7900 files] only took 18 seconds to load…

Here is another thread about various performance times: [image] Sluggish performance Support I have been noticing sluggish performance on this last build and it has gotten progressively worse. I do not see others reporting this, so maybe it has to do with my system, but o…

Interesting. I've added mp3tag.exe as an exclusion in windows defender to see if that affects the loading speed of files in mp3tag, however I didn't notice a major difference. [image] astrohip: [Grateful Dead, 104GB, 7900 files] only took 18 seconds to load. Thanks to this idea I loaded my G…

[image] Casual_Tea: Thanks to this idea I loaded my Grateful Dead collection as well and timed it. [grafik] So... I loaded my Dead folder again. First observation, it loaded this time in 5.5 seconds. I didn't think there would be much improvement from caching because it's an SSD, but clearly…

[image] astrohip: I'll venture a guess yours is FLAC. Yup, I try to only collect flac. Mp3s only make their way into my collection if I have no other choice. [image] astrohip: Since I've already violated every rule of staying on-topic, might as well double down. Do you have Dave's Picks …

Huge size of mp3tag.db3 library file

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ohrenkino February 8, 2024, 8:47pm 8

Here is another thread about various performance times: