DT as SFX Database

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Hello,

I am testing DT now as my audio files database/librarian. I have a lot of files stored on a local network drive. My scenario is - to index them all.
When I start indexing the process is VERY slow.
In addition I hear a portion of every sound being imported. Is there a way to switch it of? And can I start indexing (not importing) via drag’ndrop?

Thanks.

MacPro 8core, 10.6.3

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I admit that one of the reasons I purchased Dt for, was to archive my sound libraries and give them a clear order. I’ve not tried it yet.

I would find the loading of a small piece of the sound (say, a couple seconds) useful for preview reasons. Is this that bothers you?

Paolo

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Paolo,

I just find indexing to be slow. And previewing sounds in realtime obviously doesn’t speeds it up… I think I I could live without this feature. Making this optional would be the best solution IMHO.

cheers.

4

Thanks for the bug report, v2.0.3 will fix this.

5

Thank you, no sound anymore since version 2.03.

But… the indexing process is still slow and seems to slowdown RADICALLY (1 file per second now, as I see in a progress window), when importing a folder with a large amount of audio files (thousands). :confused:

6

Disabling QuickTime thumbnails (see Preferences > Media > Movies > Create Thumbnails) might improve the speed. But what kind of files do you index and how large are they?

7

Thank you for a tip.

I work in a studio and indexing my huge sound library (about 220GB).
Audio files are in mostly in wav and aif format.
I see indexing process slows down in time… It is faster when just started…