Disable File I/O
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 or just slow, 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
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filebot -script fn:properties --def net.filebot.media.parser=none
Store metadata to .xattr folders
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. See How do I set System Properties? for details.rednoah wrote: ↑24 Oct 2012, 11:16 FileBot uses xattr (i.e. Extended Attributes / NTFS Alternate Data 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.
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



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filebot -script fn:mediainfo /input --mode raw

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