Rescanning Estimate

[simoncn]

The cache file is read in tandem with the library scan, so the cache is read for one folder, then the folder is processed, then the cache is read for the next folder, etc. Early folders might be processed very quickly with few or no changes and later folders might be processed very slowly with many changes or new files, or vice versa. MinimServer does not read ahead and cannot predict what will happen later in the scan.

We have all seen progress bars that move up to 99% and take forever to get to 100% or that stick at 20% for a long time, then race ahead to 70%, then stall again, etc. Adding this type of progress bar to MinimServer does not seem very useful.

I think we will need to leave this unresolved for now and consider it again when I am able to work on the major changes for improving rescanning speed that I would like to implement.