Updating the media library

[idealcopy]

For some reason, my setup  is taking a long-time to scan my media on  a local ITB Iomega attatched USB drive.

I'm in the process of copying data from a homeserver to this local disk. Right now I have ~ 3k MP3 files,5K JPG files

and ~200 Video (assorted MKV,AVI,etc..)

This is taking 5-10 mins already everytime I power-cycle and I dont have everything on that disk yet.

In principle,I don't mind waiting but this seems disproportionate to the amount of data I've got on that disk at the moment.

Maybe i's the disk I have.

[Chuckles]

Hi Tony,

I understand your points but mine seems to take several minutes before it will register that I can use the dashboard because it thinks the USB HDD isn't connected.  It's definately longer than 30 seconds and no, 30 seconds wouldn't be an issue.

After a bit more investigation last night I'm now happy just to put my SMP into standby (press the power button, not hold it) when I'm finished for the current session of viewing/listening.  I've got a Smart Meter on my house and can see that when I put the SMP into standby it uses a negligible amount of power and spins down my HDD - I don't eject the HDD manually either otherwise when the SMP comes out of standby it doesn't spin it back up again.

When I next turn it on the HDD spins up and the SMP boots quickly and does not rescan.  For me, this is totally acceptable.