12-23-2011, 05:41 PM | #1 |
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How to speed up Calibre start?
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Is there any way I could configure Calibre so that it won't open EVERY .mobi/.epub whenever it start or opens a different library? I notice Calibre every time it starts goes and open EVERY .mobi/.epub file. My Calibre library has been growing for quite some time and I notice Calibre is getting slower to start. Now it takes more than one minute to start Calibre. I started to split eBooks in different libraries but even to switch libraries it takes much more time than I would like. Thank you, |
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12-23-2011, 10:09 PM | #3 |
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calibre does not open any ebook files on start. Exclude the calibre library directory from your anti-virus scan. As a reference, my 20,000 book test library opens in under 10 secs
calibre-debug -g Starting up... Started up in 7.43191099167 with 20000 books |
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Have the same issue, 14000 books
start caliber, stare at a white window (not responding txt in win title) for 1:32sec then it starts Maybe I should do a clean install |
12-24-2011, 07:40 AM | #5 |
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4000+ books. 6 seconds from spinning ball to fully loaded.
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12-24-2011, 09:25 AM | #6 |
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Curiously, I tried the debug statement myself and discovered calibre to state:
Started up in 2.58100008965 with 5000+ books But, I get also a reasonable amount of warnings, like: FT_Stream_Open: could not open FT_Stream_Open: could not open `C:/Windows/fonts/._StaticCache.dat' FT_Stream_Open: could not open `C:/Windows/fonts/%StaticCache.dat' FT_Stream_Open: could not open `C:/Windows/fonts/.AppleDouble/StaticCache.dat' ... TT_Load_Simple_Glyph: Too many instructions (171) TT_Load_Simple_Glyph: Too many instructions (177) TT_Load_Simple_Glyph: Too many instructions (174) ... FT_Stream_EnterFrame: invalid read; expected 148 bytes, got 65 FT_Stream_ReadAt: invalid read; expected 128 bytes, got 65 All in all there are a lot complaints about missing fonts, so I expect that calibre can even startup more quickly when the above "issues" were resolved somehow. Just my 2cts. |
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You may have a corrupted font (or simply too many have been installed in Windows).
Try changing the font Calibre uses. Preferences: Look and feel |
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Replacing the standard Calibre interface font MS Shell Dlg 2 [8pt] to anything else did solve the problem. After restarting though, font MS Shell Dlg 2 [8pt] does not seems to exist anymore. Curious.
My startup time improved to 2.32299995422 for 5000+ books Question: As I never ever have changed calibre's default interface font, what does calibre uses currently as the real default font? (yes, I could use the restore "default" setting, but I am afraid it will restore all other settings to their default too) Last edited by DrChiper; 12-24-2011 at 11:15 AM. Reason: adding extra remarks |
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12-24-2011, 10:17 PM | #10 |
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The default is Shell Dlg 2 and yes, it is a pseudo font.
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From http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...(v=vs.85).aspx
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weirdly after using cmd to open, it now only takes 19seconds, instead of 1m30. so all's good
EDIT - Hrm, that was only after repeatingly opening Calibre After restarting Windows, Calibre takes 2 minuets to load Going to try a clean install of the program and see if that helps EDIT 2: Fresh install of Calibre and Yikes now even longer C:\Users\transmit>calibre-debug -g Starting up... Started up in 129.690000057 with 13988 books Seems like Boxing day is going to be a full re install of windows Last edited by transmitthis; 12-26-2011 at 06:09 AM. |
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Well maybe it's not EVERY .mobi/.epub but lots of them and I said that because I saw that using sysinternals Procmon. My Interface font is "MS Shell Dlg 2 [8pt]". I did change the Ebook Viewer fonts to Cambria (Serif family), Segoe UI Light (Sans family) and Courier New (Monospace family).
Does anyone know what could be triggering this behaviour? I installed some pluggins that could change Calibre behaviour: Extract ISBN and Find Duplicates. Here are the stats to start calibre with different libraries: C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2>calibre-debug -g Starting up... Started up in 87.4370000362 with 9453 books C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2>calibre-debug -g Starting up... Started up in 48.4930000305 with 14041 books Quote:
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Also see this Sorting/searching composite column causes slow startup
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