Lazy load all files and not just thumbnails?

[2meito]

Good morning/afternoon/evening,

I wanted to access a very large directory with over 4 TBs of data mostly consisting of photos and videos. Previously, I didn't have too many issues accessing this directory as I had this data on a drive directly connected to my PC. I have since moved that data to a NAS.

When first accessing this directory over the network, XnView MP was having trouble just opening it as everything was organized into their own subfolders by artist. After viewing viewtopic.php?t=33220, I disabled the "Create thumbnails for whole folder" setting and I was able to quickly load all of the subfolders in the directory. However, when attempting to "Show files in subfolders", XnView MP again froze for multiple minutes before I gave up and force closed the program.

To see what was happening, I tested "Show files in subfolders" on a much smaller, but moderately sized directory and noticed that XnView MP seemed to load some basic information of all files (name, image/video dimensions, timestamp, etc.) with a placeholder thumbnail before lazy loading thumbnails on an additional pass.

Is it possible to lazy load all files in general and not just thumbnails?

[xnview]

Is it possible to lazy load all files in general and not just thumbnails?

Currently there is no way...