Filebot has recently slowed right down

[Hactar]

Recently, within the last few weeks, FileBot has gone on a super go-slow.

It used to be I could drag 50 files (for example) into the app and tell it to lookup TVDB and it would take a few seconds to look up the titles, then almost immediately it would format the file names correctly for my episode format, then when I hit rename it would take a couple of seconds to rename them all.

Now it still takes a couple of seconds for the lookup but then about 5 seconds per file to format them so 50 files can take a few minutes to format. Then, when I click on rename it can take another couple of seconds to "add extended attributes". I have been using the same computer (Windows 10) for years to do this, and it has changed suddenly, not a gradual slowdown.

I have tried copying a directory to a much faster computer for a side-by-side test with 71 files, and it was marginally faster on the formatting, taking 5:54 on the slower machine and 5:37 on the faster. On the extended attributes, it took 1:34 on the faster computer and 2:42 on the slower one. This used to be essentially instant on the slower one for both operations.

Any idea what has changed and why it is now so slow?

[rednoah]

Can you post the file path of a file that is slow to process? (see Export Original Files / New Names as TSV)


Are you using the latest version of FileBot? What does System Information say? Does the log say anything? (see How to Request Help)


What is your custom format? Can you reproduce the slowdown with a simple custom format such as {n} {s00e00} {t} for episodes or {ny} for movies?


Are you processing files on a remote NAS by any chance? Can you reproduce the issue when working with on your local system SSD drive, e.g. files in your Desktop folder?


Does the Task Manager show any unusual activity / high-priority task / not enough RAM / etc that might explain a slowdown of the entire system?