I think the main problem is using the "Browse Music Folder" interface.  That's going to be slower than Browse Artists/Albums.  If I understand correctly, BMF reads from the disk, and Browse Artists/Albums reads from the DB -- which you can keep in memory for faster access.

On 1/9/06, rick's cafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

thanks for the guidance:

Yes.. I use the  Browse Music Folder option via the SB3 interface.

I have installed a USB 2.0 card in the back of my PIII .. the external
HD is connected to this slot.

The HD is made by Western Digital technical specs as follows:

Rotational Speed        7,200 RPM (nominal)
        Buffer Size     2 MB
        Average Latency 4.20 ms (nominal)
Seek Times
        Read Seek Time  8.9 ms
        Track-To-Track Seek Time        2.0 ms (average)
Serial Transfer Rate
        USB 2.0
        Serial Bus Transfer Rate (USB 2.0)      480 Mbits/s (Max)

My PC, although old.. is not used for anything other than running SS
and browsing the net.  I have no other apps to speak of running other
processes.

Basically I am trying to figure what I should best do to speed up
overall performance... if the PC can work then I am not minded to
change it out... as for the HD .. I have jsut noted that mine only has
2 mb buffer size and new models extend up to 8 mb and 16 mb cache /
buffer size.... I am thinking of getting a new external HD as I am
running out of storage.. do you think the added buffer size will
assist?

thanks


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