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stumped · 10-12-2018, 01:04 PM

OK that all makes sense.
PS i mirror all of the calibre app date folder to dropbox also , treating it as a black box that I don't need to understand in detail
going back to the OP issue of slow sync over LAN, yto tablet: I have a guitarpro tab library of ~1000 files & to get that mirrored onto ( android ) tablet from PC or dropbox I use a syncfolder app to mirror. That is noticeably slower, doesn't matter if the source is dropbox or shared file on PC. I think tablets are just slow at that sort of operation. I can watch the mirror happening and it is taking a second or so to decide if each file has changed or not, and these are small files, typically less than 100k each. Dropbox on android will not export / save to device a folder, it will only export single files, hence the need for an app rather than just copy everything.
more proof as to tablets being slow,. I recall doing some testing and wanting to put a couple of 1GB video files onto tablet in various formats to try out various players. That was much slower than copying PC to PC. Even with the wifi link reporting a 100Mb connect speed, it could be 10 mins or moreto copy 1GB from a shared PC folder via an app

10-12-2018, 01:04 PM	#27
stumped Wizard Posts: 3,305 Karma: 10259306 Join Date: May 2016 Device: kobo forma, Kobo Libra, Huawei media Tab, fire HD10, PW3 HDX8.9,	OK that all makes sense. PS i mirror all of the calibre app date folder to dropbox also , treating it as a black box that I don't need to understand in detail going back to the OP issue of slow sync over LAN, yto tablet: I have a guitarpro tab library of ~1000 files & to get that mirrored onto ( android ) tablet from PC or dropbox I use a syncfolder app to mirror. That is noticeably slower, doesn't matter if the source is dropbox or shared file on PC. I think tablets are just slow at that sort of operation. I can watch the mirror happening and it is taking a second or so to decide if each file has changed or not, and these are small files, typically less than 100k each. Dropbox on android will not export / save to device a folder, it will only export single files, hence the need for an app rather than just copy everything. more proof as to tablets being slow,. I recall doing some testing and wanting to put a couple of 1GB video files onto tablet in various formats to try out various players. That was much slower than copying PC to PC. Even with the wifi link reporting a 100Mb connect speed, it could be 10 mins or moreto copy 1GB from a shared PC folder via an app Last edited by stumped; 10-12-2018 at 01:09 PM.