The Squeezebox Server (SBS) software in the Touch is building a database from the metadata in the tags of your music files (artists, album names, track names, track numbers, etc). This takes a while the first time, but you don't have to go through it every time because it saves the database on your USB drive.
If you turn off or disconnect your USB drive then the server will rescan the drive, but only to check for new or changed files -- it won't do a complete clear-and-rescan unless you ask it to. Most modern drives have a powersaving "spin-down" mode that the drive uses when it has been inactive for a while. If I connected a USB drive directly to the Touch I would probably use spin-down mode, and leave the drive on but "sleeping" when not in use. -- aubuti ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87649 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
