Thumbnail Cache - Add folder

robc · Post by **robc** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:41 pm

This is GREAT. As you may have seen in the other topic, I was actually looking for something like a Tools | Create thumbnails or similar, so I really didn't notice the new button in the dialog. It does exactly what I suggested, that is create thumbnails automatically for a whole folder tree and it seems it's working fine, apart two small issues:

1. folder thumbnails are not created, so if you've chosen to display the 4-in-1 folder images and you navigate to a folder you still have a moment to wait for the images to be created, though it's not even really annoying since the thumbs in the folder have already been created

2. if you've chosen to thumbnail a big tree with lots of images, of course it takes some time: in such a case I experienced problems in the repainting of the main XnView window and of the dialog indicating the file currently being thumbnailed. It's not also possible to pause or abort the operation.

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helmut · Post by **helmut** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:38 pm

Indeed, a small button with a great feature.

I can confirm your experiences, the responsiveness of XnView during cache preparation should be improved, currently you cannot even cancel it.

I've just noticed that the list of cached folders can be sorted by size, name, ..., now. Very good.

Olivier_G · Post by **Olivier_G** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 11:25 pm

I know I may be picky...

...but I would love to specify multiple folders (and their subfolders) for Thumbnails caching in order to let XnView work alone for some long minutes/hours while I'm away...

Any UI suggestion for this?

Post by **xnview** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 3:44 pm

robc wrote: 2. if you've chosen to thumbnail a big tree with lots of images, of course it takes some time: in such a case I experienced problems in the repainting of the main XnView window and of the dialog indicating the file currently being thumbnailed. It's not also possible to pause or abort the operation.

You can't click on Cancel??

robc · Post by **robc** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:11 pm

I don't even see the dialog (almost...), it's not properly repainted during heavy operation.

Olivier_G · Post by **Olivier_G** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:13 pm

Confirmed: I can't click on Cancel, I can't switch back to XnView UI if other windows are on top, I can't even move the processing/dialog window...

...looks like the caching reclaims all CPU for itself...

Post by **xnview** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:13 pm

Olivier_G wrote:Confirmed: I can't click on Cancel, I can't switch back to XnView UI if other windows are on top, I can't even move the processing/dialog window... ...looks like the caching reclaims all CPU for itself...

Very strange, i have the dialog, and i can click on cancel

Do you try on Xp??

robc · Post by **robc** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:07 pm

I do: XP Professional SP2 fully patched, P4 2.2GHz 768MB RAM. The disk has not much free space, though.

Olivier_G · Post by **Olivier_G** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 12:16 pm

In Beta 5:
- 'Add folder' dialog is now responsive.
- I am not sure that folders (including '4 in 1') are cached whith 'Add folder'. Someone to confirm?

robc · Post by **robc** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 3:10 pm

There is a post from me somewhere on the subject: as I said I've skipped b5 testing not to risk having to recreate all thumbs (due to the error in reordering the options), but in b4 folders are not cached automatically, only if you manually browse, as are video files by the way

The dialog wa responsive already in previous betas.

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Thumbnail Cache - Add folder

Thumbnail Cache - Add folder

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