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by Geoff
Thu Jul 27, 2017 10:46 pm
Forum: MP - General Support
Topic: Time taken for the first Search
Replies: 2
Views: 406

Re: Time taken for the first Search

Post by xnview » Thu Jul 27, 2017 8:17 am i think that it's the windows cache Pierre Thank you Pierre, I have 16GB of RAM and a 3.4GHz processor on a solid state drive. I tried increasing the paging file size and still found the same load time for the first search so I set it back to the way it was...
by Geoff
Wed Jul 26, 2017 5:38 pm
Forum: MP - General Support
Topic: Time taken for the first Search
Replies: 2
Views: 406

Time taken for the first Search

After closing down my computer and opening XnViewMP I find the first search ( binocular icon ) takes 2min 55sec on my fast home computer. After that the searches are really rapid at about 2secs. If I keep the computer on but close XnViewMP and then open it again the search still takes 2 seconds as b...
by Geoff
Mon Jul 24, 2017 4:59 am
Forum: MP - General Support
Topic: Loading database in order to search
Replies: 11
Views: 1622

Re: Loading database in order to search

Great! I have modified it to {Directory}<b>{Filename}</b><br>{Size KB} Kib<br><i>{IPTC:Caption}</i> and now see all I need. As I do not need fast loading of all thumbnails anymore I can change back to larger better quality thumbnails so that people only need to check an image at full size when they ...
by Geoff
Mon Jul 24, 2017 2:34 am
Forum: MP - General Support
Topic: Loading database in order to search
Replies: 11
Views: 1622

Re: Loading database in order to search

Thanks Cameron, I am sure I did use Settings->catalog->Add Folder on the top level folder when I originally opened up the new folders. I repeated the operation and found only a slight change in xnview.db from 20,136KB to 20,200KB. If I tick "Use catalog"( is that the same as your "use db"? ) then I ...
by Geoff
Sun Jul 23, 2017 8:18 pm
Forum: MP - General Support
Topic: Loading database in order to search
Replies: 11
Views: 1622

Re: Loading database in order to search

Geoff wrote: When I open XnViewMP I cannot search anything unless I click on the little icon at the top "Show files in sub folder" Cameron wrote Do you mean "I cannot use Quick search to search subfolders"? That would be rather the point - "quick" only searches current folder, or displayed list. Ma...
by Geoff
Thu Jul 20, 2017 11:46 pm
Forum: MP - General Support
Topic: Loading database in order to search
Replies: 11
Views: 1622

Re: Loading database in order to search

When I say the search slows down and I need to delete and rebuild the two.db database files this refers to the time it takes for the green bar to show it is fully loaded. Once everything is loaded I do not think there is any slowdown in the speed of the Quick Search which is very rapid. If I only sh...
by Geoff
Tue Jul 18, 2017 4:15 pm
Forum: MP - General Support
Topic: Loading database in order to search
Replies: 11
Views: 1622

Re: Loading database in order to search

As I said in the second post it is on "Quick Search". The search represented by the binocular icon is accurate, and can do Boolean searches, but takes minutes and is too slow. Using version 0.86

Thank you, Pierre for an excellent programme.

Geoff
by Geoff
Mon Jul 17, 2017 7:24 pm
Forum: MP - General Support
Topic: Loading database in order to search
Replies: 11
Views: 1622

Re: Loading database in order to search

I have found that after adding or modifying the IPTC caption or adding, moving or deleting files the quick search slows down as the .db files grow in size. The simplest way to speed things up is to delete the 2 .db files and restart XnViewMP which rebuilds those files. On my fast home computer this ...
by Geoff
Sat Jul 15, 2017 11:30 pm
Forum: MP - General Support
Topic: Loading database in order to search
Replies: 11
Views: 1622

Loading database in order to search

When I open XnViewMP I cannot search anything unless I click on the little icon at the top "Show files in sub folder" - this took me a long time to find. After a completly new loading this takes several minutes presumably as the Thumbs.db file and the XnView.db are produced. Once these are there the...
by Geoff
Tue Mar 29, 2016 11:54 pm
Forum: MP - General Support
Topic: 2 catalogues
Replies: 4
Views: 337

Re: 2 catalogues

Success :) Following Erixx suggestion found that under settings>integration you could direct the ini file and the 2 db files to the programme. So now have just two folders with all the files needed for each separate data base. Makes transfer between computers very easy. To be able to control which d...
by Geoff
Tue Mar 29, 2016 10:48 pm
Forum: MP - General Support
Topic: 2 catalogues
Replies: 4
Views: 337

Re: 2 catalogues

Thank you Erixx, I cannot find a download for a portable version so is it the standard windows 32 download? I think you are saying load 2 copies of the installation files for XnViewMP in 2 separate folders. Then in "Integration>path>Use.ini file in folder >go to programme" and also direct the 2 db f...
by Geoff
Mon Mar 28, 2016 6:09 pm
Forum: MP - General Support
Topic: 2 catalogues
Replies: 4
Views: 337

Re: 2 catalogues

I have managed to write 2 different xnview.ini files that save both the Thumb.db and Xnview.db files in different folders. By exchanging the xnview.ini file manually in "C:\Users\Geoff\AppData\xnview.ini" I get the behaviour I want. What I am unable to do is start XnViewMP with a command line such a...
by Geoff
Sun Mar 27, 2016 2:51 am
Forum: MP - General Support
Topic: 2 catalogues
Replies: 4
Views: 337

2 catalogues

I cannot understand the method suggested in the forum for having 2 catalogues using 2 xnview.ini files. Could someone please tell me how to do this in simple language? I want to open a copy of XnViewMP to only look at one collection of files with their own set of thumb.db and XnView.db and separatel...
by Geoff
Fri Nov 06, 2015 8:50 pm
Forum: New
Topic: Cleaning tif images?
Replies: 3
Views: 454

Re: Cleaning tif images?

Before finding XnViewMP I was using Exif Pilot 4.8.1 to edit metadata. This free programme does allow removal of metadata from tif files.

Geoff, Canada
by Geoff
Fri Nov 06, 2015 3:29 pm
Forum: New
Topic: Cleaning tif images?
Replies: 3
Views: 454

Cleaning tif images?

In XnViewMP 0.76 Tools>Metadata>Clean works with jpg images but not with tif. My tif images are usually 24 bit but have tried converting to 4 and 16 and nothing changes. Is Clean only good for jpg images?

Thank you,
Geoff