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quisvir · 01-08-2012, 05:09 AM

sengian:
Thanks for testing. It's not that surprising that 1000s of files causes problems actually: the device only has 128MB internal mem, and Sony uses silly xml files for cache instead of a proper database. Although the physicial memory might not actually be the limit it is hitting, but rather an internal limit set in the software.

In any case, there is always Browse Folders, which is great for handling huge numbers of files. So you might want to consider using that, instead of the inefficient Sony cache system.

PS: I did a quick test with making a PRS+ command that marks ALL books as read or unread, and it had no problem with 4300+ files. So I'll add that once I've decided what the best implementation is (it should offer a choice between IM/SD/MS, for instance).

01-08-2012, 05:09 AM	#3270
quisvir Addict Posts: 238 Karma: 6875 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Netherlands Device: Kindle PW2	sengian: Thanks for testing. It's not that surprising that 1000s of files causes problems actually: the device only has 128MB internal mem, and Sony uses silly xml files for cache instead of a proper database. Although the physicial memory might not actually be the limit it is hitting, but rather an internal limit set in the software. In any case, there is always Browse Folders, which is great for handling huge numbers of files. So you might want to consider using that, instead of the inefficient Sony cache system. PS: I did a quick test with making a PRS+ command that marks ALL books as read or unread, and it had no problem with 4300+ files. So I'll add that once I've decided what the best implementation is (it should offer a choice between IM/SD/MS, for instance). Last edited by quisvir; 01-08-2012 at 05:16 AM.