Do the new readers have the library scan issue?

HarryT · 09-10-2010, 06:42 AM

Can anyone who has a new 350/650 tell us whether the new models have the "library scan" issue that the older devices do? ie, when you start the device it scans all the books in memory, taking a very long time if you have more than a few hundred books?

901hw · 09-10-2010, 06:59 AM

ooh I would love to know that too. I plan on keeping quite a few of my books on whichever reader I choose and would hate to have to wait for indexing.

etienne66 · 09-10-2010, 10:11 AM

I wonder if anyone actually has one yet. The Sony Style store doesn't show they will ship before 9/16. But if someone does already have one, I would like to know that as well. I always find that so annoying with the PRS-600.

Etienne66.

Otter · 09-10-2010, 11:11 AM

This is my biggest question too. A few folks have posted that their orders have moved to shipping status via sonystyle, but I think it is only for the 350s....my 650 certainly hasn't. I hope we have some of these new models in peoples' hands to test this issue soon!

Papi · 09-10-2010, 12:23 PM

Apparently, some people in Australia have the 650 :

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...7&postcount=86

Otter · 09-10-2010, 09:34 PM

We need them to start loading theirs up to test!

Squirsier · 09-10-2010, 10:39 PM

I do have the 350 right now. Otter asked me the same question in another thread but I didn't know what "library scan" issue stood for - until I saw this thread.

I have 83 books on the device right now - not that much and I can't tell it loading them, except to load the thumbnails, which takes a while. I turned off thumbnail view in the book list as the device already locked once when I switched from date added to book title view. The thumbnails are really slow to appear, but once they do, they stay there, same for the Home menu, where the latest books, Continue Reading and Pictures under Applications show them.

kartu · 09-11-2010, 03:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Squirsier

I do have the 350 right now. Otter asked me the same question in another thread but I didn't know what "library scan" issue stood for - until I saw this thread.

I have 83 books on the device right now - not that much and I can't tell it loading them, except to load the thumbnails, which takes a while. I turned off thumbnail view in the book list as the device already locked once when I switched from date added to book title view. The thumbnails are really slow to appear, but once they do, they stay there, same for the Home menu, where the latest books, Continue Reading and Pictures under Applications show them.

Library scan happens when you disconnect reader from PC. In case of 83 books on internal memory this shouldn't take long.

Anyway, Reader definitely does scan for books (Books menu isn't gone right? And doesn't matter in which folder you put your book, it appears in Books menu, right?), the question is, if the process was optimized.

HarryT · 09-11-2010, 07:19 AM

Unfortunately 80 books isn't sufficient to know whether this issue is still present or not. We need someone to load 1000 books, and see how long it then takes after disconnecting the USB cable.

etienne66 · 09-11-2010, 09:03 AM

I'd be happy if it didn't do it from being turned off and on again.

For me 400 books was more than sufficient to demonstrate the problem on my PRS-600.

Etienne66

Squirsier · 09-11-2010, 09:34 AM

All I can say, in the end, is that the loading part is much faster on the PRS350 than on the PRS300, but I would see 1000 books still take a while (and don't turn on thumbnails view, or you might regret it hehe).

johnc · 09-13-2010, 05:25 PM

thumbnails? I missed that being added at somepoint. but the library scan problem is my biggest headache on my current 505 if I accidentally eject the memory card(s). I could put all my ebooks on the memory card(s) but the generation of the new xml would never finish. I wish they would add a function to allow you to select a directory on the card(s) to index and display since I prefer to sort my ebooks by author directories anyway.

The Old Man · 09-14-2010, 08:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

Unfortunately 80 books isn't sufficient to know whether this issue is still present or not. We need someone to load 1000 books, and see how long it then takes after disconnecting the USB cable.

And what of MP3 files on the 650?
Load a few thousand on the SD card and check the time.

Kirtai · 09-15-2010, 02:13 PM

I would really like to know this too, since it's highly annoying on my 505.

SkyDream · 09-15-2010, 04:22 PM

Very good and interesting question.
400+ books should be enough to answer it.
Really like to know.

09-10-2010, 06:42 AM	#1
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Do the new readers have the library scan issue? Can anyone who has a new 350/650 tell us whether the new models have the "library scan" issue that the older devices do? ie, when you start the device it scans all the books in memory, taking a very long time if you have more than a few hundred books?

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901hw Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 2178 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: germany Device: Trekstor Pyrus Mini, PB Touch Lux 2, Onxy Boox C67ML (maybe))	ooh I would love to know that too. I plan on keeping quite a few of my books on whichever reader I choose and would hate to have to wait for indexing.

09-10-2010, 10:11 AM	#3
etienne66 Groupie Posts: 185 Karma: 9832 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Texas, US Device: Kindle 2, PRS-600 Black, PRS-650 Red, Adam w/ Pixel Qi(pre-ordered)	I wonder if anyone actually has one yet. The Sony Style store doesn't show they will ship before 9/16. But if someone does already have one, I would like to know that as well. I always find that so annoying with the PRS-600. Etienne66.

09-10-2010, 11:11 AM	#4
Otter Connoisseur Posts: 65 Karma: 79 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Fairfax, Va Device: PRS-500, PRS-505, PRS-650, ipod Touch, ipad 2, NC, Kindle Scribe	This is my biggest question too. A few folks have posted that their orders have moved to shipping status via sonystyle, but I think it is only for the 350s....my 650 certainly hasn't. I hope we have some of these new models in peoples' hands to test this issue soon!

09-10-2010, 12:23 PM	#5
Papi Addict Posts: 311 Karma: 547600 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Paris Device: Kindle Keyboard, Kindle NT, PRS-650	Apparently, some people in Australia have the 650 : https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...7&postcount=86

09-10-2010, 09:34 PM	#6
Otter Connoisseur Posts: 65 Karma: 79 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Fairfax, Va Device: PRS-500, PRS-505, PRS-650, ipod Touch, ipad 2, NC, Kindle Scribe	We need them to start loading theirs up to test!

09-10-2010, 10:39 PM	#7
Squirsier Addict Posts: 269 Karma: 38416 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Longueuil, QC Device: Sony: PRS-300, PRS-350. Kobo: Aura v2, Clara HD, Libra 2	I do have the 350 right now. Otter asked me the same question in another thread but I didn't know what "library scan" issue stood for - until I saw this thread. I have 83 books on the device right now - not that much and I can't tell it loading them, except to load the thumbnails, which takes a while. I turned off thumbnail view in the book list as the device already locked once when I switched from date added to book title view. The thumbnails are really slow to appear, but once they do, they stay there, same for the Home menu, where the latest books, Continue Reading and Pictures under Applications show them.

09-11-2010, 07:19 AM	#9
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Unfortunately 80 books isn't sufficient to know whether this issue is still present or not. We need someone to load 1000 books, and see how long it then takes after disconnecting the USB cable.

09-11-2010, 09:03 AM	#10
etienne66 Groupie Posts: 185 Karma: 9832 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Texas, US Device: Kindle 2, PRS-600 Black, PRS-650 Red, Adam w/ Pixel Qi(pre-ordered)	I'd be happy if it didn't do it from being turned off and on again. For me 400 books was more than sufficient to demonstrate the problem on my PRS-600. Etienne66

09-11-2010, 09:34 AM	#11
Squirsier Addict Posts: 269 Karma: 38416 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Longueuil, QC Device: Sony: PRS-300, PRS-350. Kobo: Aura v2, Clara HD, Libra 2	All I can say, in the end, is that the loading part is much faster on the PRS350 than on the PRS300, but I would see 1000 books still take a while (and don't turn on thumbnails view, or you might regret it hehe).

09-13-2010, 05:25 PM	#12
johnc Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: tampa fl Device: sony ereader prs-505	thumbnails? I missed that being added at somepoint. but the library scan problem is my biggest headache on my current 505 if I accidentally eject the memory card(s). I could put all my ebooks on the memory card(s) but the generation of the new xml would never finish. I wish they would add a function to allow you to select a directory on the card(s) to index and display since I prefer to sort my ebooks by author directories anyway.

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09-15-2010, 02:13 PM	#14
Kirtai Addict Posts: 304 Karma: 2454436 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: PRS-505, PRS-650, iPad, Samsung Galaxy SII (JB), Google Nexus 7 (2013)	I would really like to know this too, since it's highly annoying on my 505.

09-15-2010, 04:22 PM	#15
SkyDream Wizard Posts: 1,377 Karma: 9400 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Europe Device: PRS-650, iPod touch 4G, iPad 3	Very good and interesting question. 400+ books should be enough to answer it. Really like to know.