Re: [slim] ReadyNAS cover art resampling

2008-06-08 Thread Michael Herger
 Artwork now looks fine, but it takes an absolute age to resample each
 file. The logs are showing the resampling taking 30-40 seconds for each
 file:

Now you know the one and only reason we added the resize/resample option...

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Re: [slim] ReadyNAS cover art resampling

2008-06-06 Thread aubuti

You've probably already considered this, but in case you haven't: why
not replace the artwork with artwork sized to what you want to display
on SC, which appears to be 100x100? You should be able to crank through
the re-sizing in batch or semi-batch mode using one of several different
graphics packages.


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Re: [slim] ReadyNAS cover art resampling

2008-06-06 Thread cwinson

Have thought of that but not tested. There are a few different thumbnail
formats required for the duet, so some resampling will always be
required. If resampling time is directly related to pixel count then
resampling to 25x25 (small thumbnail) would take 25x longer with
500x500 than 100x100, so worth a try.

Ultimately, it took me a long while to get good quality cover art for
my collection. Squeezebox isn't the only front-end - I also use a media
center, so don;t want to throw it all away.

Would have though that even the processor in the ReadyNas could cope
with this - it's not rocket science after all.

What perl modules are being used? Can they be replaced?


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Re: [slim] ReadyNAS cover art resampling

2008-06-06 Thread aubuti

I don't know the answer to your perl module questions, but definitely
don't throw away your work on the 500x500. You could possibly keep your
500x500 folder.jpg files for your media center, save the resized 100x100
files as cover.jpg (or something else) and tell SC to use those instead
of folder.jpg. As for the ReadyNAS coping with it, you're right that
it's not rocket science, but the hardware in the ReadyNAS was spec'd
for serving files, not running audio servers or manipulating graphics
output.

Try it on a few files and see if the result is more liveable than what
you have now.


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Re: [slim] ReadyNAS cover art resampling

2008-06-06 Thread andyg

Resizing is done using libgd so I don't know how much faster it can get.
Part of the problem is the lack of floating point on the ReadyNAS CPU. 
Of course, we'd welcome any help in speeding up artwork resizing on any
platform. :)


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