Minim always scans music database

[George47]

(05-01-2013 08:16)simoncn Wrote:  MinimServer keeps a cache from the last scan that it did. When you restart it, it looks for any added or changed files and rescans those files. It also rescans any files that had error or warning messages in the previous scan. All other files should not be rescanned.

The cache files are kept in MinimServer's working directory. If the cache files are deleted or damaged, you'll get a complete rescan.

You can see exactly which files MinimServer is rescanning by doing the following:

1) Start MinimServer and let the initial scan finish completely
2) From the minim icon, select 'Show log'
3) In the log window, change the logging level from Info to Debug
4) Leave the log window open
5) From the minim icon, select 'Restart'
6) In the log window, you should see messages about which directories MinimServer is opening and which files it is rescanning
7) You should see messages for all your directories. Opening a directory (even on a NAS drive) should be a very quick operation.
8) You should not see messages for all your files. If you are seeing messages for all your files, please press 'Save as" to save a copy of the log file, zip this file, and attach it here.
9) In the log window, change the logging level back to Info

I did as you said and it scanned all the directories and not files. It times at 0.6 secs a directory which for about 1200 directories is about 12 mins which with a bit of 'work' amounts to 15 mins. Is that normal? I have attached the zipped file if that helps? It looks as though there are some corrupt files.