Library scans take long time even with all metadata disabled #3105

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opened 2026-02-06 22:49:38 +03:00 by OVERLORD · 1 comment
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Originally created by @gitterspec on GitHub (Jun 25, 2021).

For my movies and TV shows, I use "Music Videos" and turn off all Fetchers in order to make sure no metadata is fetched. Combining this with "Folders" view, I am trying to use Jellyfin in a raw "file explorer" mode. However, it still takes a long time i.e. a few minutes to scan a couple hundred files. If all metadata/fetchers are disabled, shouldn't this be the speed of a directory listing i.e. <1 second?

Originally created by @gitterspec on GitHub (Jun 25, 2021). For my movies and TV shows, I use "Music Videos" and turn off all Fetchers in order to make sure no metadata is fetched. Combining this with "Folders" view, I am trying to use Jellyfin in a raw "file explorer" mode. However, it still takes a long time i.e. a few minutes to scan a couple hundred files. If all metadata/fetchers are disabled, shouldn't this be the speed of a directory listing i.e. <1 second?
OVERLORD added the bug label 2026-02-06 22:49:38 +03:00
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@Artiume commented on GitHub (Jun 28, 2021):

ffprobe will still be used to detect codecs and details about the files and write all this to the database, that's going to take time and not be instant.

@Artiume commented on GitHub (Jun 28, 2021): ffprobe will still be used to detect codecs and details about the files and write all this to the database, that's going to take time and not be instant.
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Reference: starred/jellyfin#3105