Hmm, I don't seem to have this problem, I'm running the 0.13.2 version. However I have two thoughts; turning off the "Watch my library for new files" in preferences under the music tab (I know this may do the same thing as the --no-update flag, but worth a shot). Another thought is, perhaps checking out the application Quod Libet- very similar to Rhythmbox but a bit lighter. I actually prefer Rhythmbox / Quod Libet because they will update my library as I add files to my Music directory. Audacious is a nice skinnable app that does not do any updating to it's file play list- another option if you want to have sole control over what goes on your playlist(s) without any application interference. *Jeremy MountainJohnson* jeremy.mountainjohnson at gmail.com <mailto:jeremy.mountainjohnson at gmail.com> On 11/07/2010 12:23 AM, Mike Miller wrote: > Back story: > > Do any of you use rhythmbox? It's supposed to be an iTunes replacement > for Linux systems. I gave it a try, had it recurse my audio file > directory tree and it seemed to find everything (much better than iTunes > on Windows a few years ago -- it only found half of the files) and I > really like the xml format it uses for the db and that it allows the user > to specify the db file at startup (--rhythmdb-file option). The file > location is given in the<location> field in the xml and it can be a local > file (file://) or a URL. This also makes it possible to do cool stuff > like translate the locations (using perl, say) from file:// to http:// so > that you can access them remotely if you have a web server on the machine, > or you can copy the db to another machine and edit the locations to have a > different mount point. > > Question: > > Whenever I start up rhythmbox, it checks all of the files. I'm not sure > of what it is checking, and it runs pretty fast per file, when the files > are on a local drive, but any checking is pointless when I know the files > haven't changed. It is a very serious problem when the files are located > on an internet server and you have more than 50,000 files. I need to find > a way to make rhythmbox stop checking, or maybe never start checking. > There are a few options that seem like they would work, but they don't > work so I'm hoping someone here will have an idea. None of these options > do the trick: > > --no-update Do not update the library with file changes > -n, --no-registration Do not register the shell > --dry-run Don't save any data permanently (implies --no-registration) > > Thanks. > > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list