Optimizations for Remote File Systems

[rednoah]

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FileBot uses MediaInfo to read properties like {vc}, {ac}, {channels}, {resolution}, etc from the container file.

FileBot does parse file headers to read embedded media properties. This will be relatively fast since MediaInfo will only read the first few megabytes of each file, but if File I/O is expensive, then you'll want to configure FileBot to not parse embedded media properties at all.

Disable media parser per call via the -no-probe command-line flag:

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-no-probe

Disable media parser permanently via the net.filebot.media.parser system property for both GUI and CLI:

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filebot -script fn:properties --def net.filebot.media.parser=none

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FileBot uses xattr (i.e. Extended Attributes / NTFS Alternative Streams) to store full metadata in filesystem attributes. These xattr are not to be confused with traditional tags that are embedded in the file content, but additional data streams stored in the file system for each file that are not part of the file itself. As such, xattr requires a filesystem that supports xattr, and xattr may be silently lost if files are moved to a filesystem that doesn't support xattr.

Remote file systems typically do not support Extended Attributes so you'll want to configure FileBot to store metadata into a .xattr folder / plain file structure.

Disable xattr per call via the -no-xattr command-line flag:

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-no-xattr

Enable xattr metadata via .xattr folders and plain/text files permanently via the net.filebot.xattr.store system property for both GUI and CLI:

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filebot -script fn:properties --def net.filebot.xattr.store=.xattr

3.
The FileBot Desktop application for Windows will integrate with the Windows Desktop by default. Disabling Windows Desktop integration may (or may not) speed up file system operations.

Disable Windows File Operation integration permanently via the useNativeShell system property:

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filebot -script fn:properties --def useNativeShell=false

Disable Windows Trash integration permanently via the net.filebot.UserFiles.trash system property:

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filebot -script fn:properties --def net.filebot.UserFiles.trash=Delete