SD card scan time

hoodaman · 06-21-2008, 11:59 PM

I just got a PRS 505 today and I have quite a few books on it and I was wondering how long the reader usually takes to scan memory cards for books and add them to the book list. I've got probably in the neighborhood of 1500 files, some are lrf but most are text documents.

Thanks in advance,
Dave

EDIT: nvm. approx 20 minutes if anyone's interested.

spooky69 · 06-22-2008, 04:29 AM

For my 170 books it's about 2 mins for a full, first time start-up.

dhbailey · 06-22-2008, 07:21 AM

It takes a long time with the SD card. I can't recall since using the SDcard in my 500 slowed down page turns significantly, even in books which were stored in the main memory and not on the SD card.

But it was a looooong time when I would put books on the SD card and then start the 500 afterwards. At one point, when I was foolish to put an astronomical number of books on the SD card, it was so long I thought the thing was broken. But I decided to wait a while longer and it finally started working properly. That, combined with the lack of collections for books on the SD card or Memory Stick (wasn't that much faster than the SD card) which made browsing for a book to read a lot more difficult, convinced me to live with only the 300 or so books I can fit in the main memory and stop using the memory cards.

Ervserver · 06-22-2008, 12:13 PM

The least amount of books the better, I don't even use a memory card on my Sony. The Mrs has her Kindle crammed full of books and suffers a bit of performance hit I think

athlonkmf · 06-23-2008, 04:54 AM

Just use the connect software to throw books on the SD-card and your reader don't need to scan and format the books...

http://hightech.afmag.net/quick-tip-...er-prs500.html

pilotbob · 06-23-2008, 09:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by athlonkmf

Just use the connect software to throw books on the SD-card and your reader don't need to scan and format the books...

It still needs to read the books from the SD card to generate the books list. Whether you use ebook Library or drag-n-drop to populate the SD card.

BOb

wmrawls · 06-30-2008, 10:00 AM

We have discussed this a couple of times before and i think the general consensus was that the price of SD cards are so cheap is to buy several and spread the Load. I have several SD cards and have them compiled by Author...thats my preference and probably have no more than 70 to 120 on any one card....and in a couple of minutes max they are ready to be read. Prior to that I have over 1900 books on a combination Sony stick and a 2 gig SD card and it took a Looooooooooooooooooooog time to compile and be ready to be read.
Hope this insight helps.

06-21-2008, 11:59 PM	#1
hoodaman the new guy Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Central Alabama in a little town called Slapout Device: PRS-505	SD card scan time I just got a PRS 505 today and I have quite a few books on it and I was wondering how long the reader usually takes to scan memory cards for books and add them to the book list. I've got probably in the neighborhood of 1500 files, some are lrf but most are text documents. Thanks in advance, Dave EDIT: nvm. approx 20 minutes if anyone's interested. Last edited by hoodaman; 06-22-2008 at 12:11 AM. Reason: found the answer

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06-22-2008, 04:29 AM	#2
spooky69 Stats: Posts: 233 Karma: 1189 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Sony PRS-505	For my 170 books it's about 2 mins for a full, first time start-up.

06-22-2008, 07:21 AM	#3
dhbailey Guru Posts: 604 Karma: 733 Join Date: Mar 2007 Device: HP iPAQ211 / PRS 500, 700 and 505	It takes a long time with the SD card. I can't recall since using the SDcard in my 500 slowed down page turns significantly, even in books which were stored in the main memory and not on the SD card. But it was a looooong time when I would put books on the SD card and then start the 500 afterwards. At one point, when I was foolish to put an astronomical number of books on the SD card, it was so long I thought the thing was broken. But I decided to wait a while longer and it finally started working properly. That, combined with the lack of collections for books on the SD card or Memory Stick (wasn't that much faster than the SD card) which made browsing for a book to read a lot more difficult, convinced me to live with only the 300 or so books I can fit in the main memory and stop using the memory cards.

06-22-2008, 12:13 PM	#4
Ervserver Wizard Posts: 2,624 Karma: 1008294 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Iowa, USA Device: Nook Simple Touch	The least amount of books the better, I don't even use a memory card on my Sony. The Mrs has her Kindle crammed full of books and suffers a bit of performance hit I think

06-23-2008, 04:54 AM	#5
athlonkmf Guru Posts: 714 Karma: 1014039 Join Date: May 2007 Device: Sony PRS-500, Sony PRS-505, Kindle 3, Sony PRS350, iPad 64GB	Just use the connect software to throw books on the SD-card and your reader don't need to scan and format the books... http://hightech.afmag.net/quick-tip-...er-prs500.html

06-30-2008, 10:00 AM	#7
wmrawls Connoisseur Posts: 63 Karma: 20 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Rock Hill,SC Device: Sony PRS 505, Dell Axim X50V	We have discussed this a couple of times before and i think the general consensus was that the price of SD cards are so cheap is to buy several and spread the Load. I have several SD cards and have them compiled by Author...thats my preference and probably have no more than 70 to 120 on any one card....and in a couple of minutes max they are ready to be read. Prior to that I have over 1900 books on a combination Sony stick and a 2 gig SD card and it took a Looooooooooooooooooooog time to compile and be ready to be read. Hope this insight helps.

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