Winamp re-scans the music folder unnecessarily.

[Legendarion]

Winamp re-scans the music folder unnecessarily everytime after adding new songs/album(s) when starting Winamp.

Example: After ripping a CD, then putting it in the music folder and add to the playlist, Winamp will, for some reason, re-scan the music folder enterily in a later moment. A bit annoying to wait X amount of minutes to open the program.

In Preferences - Titles: I have it on "Read metadata when file(s) are loaded into Winamp (this can be slow if a large number of files are added at once)"

On earlier versions it never did this, but has been doing it since RC1.

[DJ Egg]

Hmm... is "Rescan folders at startup" checked in Prefs => ML => Local Library => Watch Folders?

[Legendarion]

It has been disabled since day 1. I never use it.

[DJ Egg]

Hmm, strange. I've got ~150k entries in my playlist and am constantly adding new albums on a daily basis, but I don't see any rescanning at Winamp start...

[Legendarion]

Well, it does to me.

I added a soundtrack album earlier today and I just wanted to start Winamp for about 45 minutes ago and by the time I clicked on Winamp, it started to scan the music folder enterily. Or it re-scans the playlist if that's the case.

[DJ Egg]

Ok, so are you saying that the (undesired) behaviour only occurs when the "Read metadata when file(s) are loaded into Winamp" setting is enabled, but not with the default "Read metadata...in the background" setting?

And the behaviour has changed with that setting since 5.9?

[Legendarion]

Yes. However, I don't know for sure if it relates itself to the "Read metadata when file(s) are loaded into Winamp" as I haven't used one of the other settings because I have had that on everytime I have used Winamp for many years otherwise without that issue.

It has happened 3 or 4 times now. And I believe it seems to cause it. When I installed version RC1, it was on "Read metadata in the background when file(s)..." for about a week or something until I noticed it and then switched back to "Read metadata when file(s) are loaded into Winamp".

[Legendarion]

I just found what's causing it.

Right after finishing a CD-rip, closing Winamp and then start it up again, the HDD-lamp is working constantly.

[Legendarion]

Update: Winamp have problems to start correctly after ripping a CD.

The issue happens when "Read metadata when file(s) are loaded into Winamp (this can be slow if a large number of files are added at once)" is chosen. So Winamp have problems to start normally when ripping a CD, then closing Winamp right after and then start it up again. The HDD-lamp is working constantly and uses several minutes to be finished.

But the issue doesn't occur if I choose "Read metadata in the background when file(s) are loaded into Winamp or are played or viewed in the playlist editor (default)".

[Legendarion]

Would be nice if someone could check this issue as explained on my last reply if it is an actual problem or not. This problem also happens on my reserve-desktop computer with the same composition.

[Legendarion]

............. never mind.

[MrSinatra]

u fixed it?

try using EAC to rip files, its much better.

[Legendarion]

I downloaded the last version for a moment ago and tried it. Seems to be somewhat fixed. The problem is not so harsh as last time.
So I can kind of live with that.

But I do notice that when I start Winamp it'll use around 2 seconds more than it should, but I don't see that as a big deal.

[MrSinatra]

how many tracks in your scratch playlist? what computer specs?

[Legendarion]

Playlist: around 23795

Windows 10 Pro. 22H2 x64
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core Processor 4.00 GHz)
ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0, Socket-AM3+
ASUS GeForce GTX 1650 TUF Gaming DDR6
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz 16GB CL9
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum
Corsair TX 750W PSU
Samsung 870 QVO 2.5'' SSD 1TB (Primary/OS)
2x ASUS DVD Writer, DRW-24D5MT
3x Seagate HDD.

[MrSinatra]

Originally Posted by Legendarion

Playlist: around 23795

Windows 10 Pro. 22H2 x64
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core Processor 4.00 GHz)
ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0, Socket-AM3+
ASUS GeForce GTX 1650 TUF Gaming DDR6
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz 16GB CL9
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum
Corsair TX 750W PSU
Samsung 870 QVO 2.5'' SSD 1TB (Primary/OS)
2x ASUS DVD Writer, DRW-24D5MT
3x Seagate HDD.

this is interesting to me...

can u create a smartview and make a folder root with 4 branches so all your music is there duplicated 4 times off the one root in the smartview, and then when all ~92k some tracks show in the bottom ML tracks pane, double click one so all the tracks load into the scratch playlist area, and see if your lag gets much worse when trying to switch songs quickly in the ML tracks pane?

[Legendarion]

Uuumm... I'm not that technical. And I have never done what you are asking for.

[MrSinatra]

Originally Posted by Legendarion

Uuumm... I'm not that technical. And I have never done what you are asking for.

its very, very easy to do.

create a folder off of a drive that has the HD GB space to contain your music files four time over.

e.g. USB Drive M:\test\

then copy all your music files and existing folder structure into it 4 times.

M:\test\a\
M:\test\b\
M:\test\c\
M:\test\d\

so u now have 23k music files separately but duplicated in: a b c & d folders for a total of ~92k music files.

add a smartview in the ML on the left side by right click, and edit it to tell it to point to the "test" folder as our root folder.

[Legendarion]

But the problem isn't that Winamp re-scans the music folder itself as I thought to begin with. The bug happens (or happened) by the time I click on the DVD-Drive in Media Library where the CD is inserted on.

So to avoid that Winamp refreshes the playlist entirely, I had to clean out the playlist and then reload it back.

[MrSinatra]

Originally Posted by Legendarion

But the problem isn't that Winamp re-scans the music folder itself as I thought to begin with. The bug happens (or happened) by the time I click on the DVD-Drive in Media Library where the CD is inserted on.

i understand... i believe there is a lag / delay issue bug, and what we are seeing might be interrelated. so what i described is a way to test that hypothesis.

[Legendarion]

Ok, it is not fixed at all. The bug is still there. For some reason it worked somewhat well until now.

It's on its worst when "Read metadata when file(s) are loaded into Winamp (this can be slow if a large number of files are added at once)" is enabled.
What happens is by the time I close Winamp and then re-launch it, the HDD-lamp is working constantly and have to wait several minutes to Winamp appears.

It is less worse when "Read metadata in the background when file(s) are loaded into Winamp or are played or viewed in the playlist editor (default)" is enabled.
The only thing that happens is that the display is blinking on the bottom of the playlist and I can see the numbers in the playlist is being displayed downwards.

I can give a video on it later so you can see what actually happens.

[Legendarion]

Here's a video about the error I have been talking about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZalo9IgcAc

[MrSinatra]

Originally Posted by Legendarion

Here's a video about the error I have been talking about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZalo9IgcAc

so tell me if i restate this properly:

when winamp is open, and a CD is inserted, and you switch to the CD view in ML, and then you close winamp, when you go to open winamp again, it either does not open, or it eventually does after a very long time. is that correct?

[Legendarion]

Correct.

Winamp will at the end show up, but it uses (more or less) 6-7 minutes to be done with the refreshing or whatever it does.
When the HDD-lamp on my cabinet is lighting constantly and Winamp doesn't start correctly, it means of course that something is wrong.

And like I said: It's on its worse when the mode "Read metadata when file(s) are loaded into Winamp (this can be slow if a large number of files are added at once)" is in use.

But when the mode "Read metadata in the background when file(s) are loaded into Winamp or are played or viewed in the playlist editor (default)" is used, I can close Winamp and start it up again as normal, but it'll work in the background with this refreshing-problem or whatever it is doing.

It has been doing this ever since winamp59_9999_rc1_full_en-us was launched.