Slow Searches with Digibase

Have you indexed those drives? As large as they are it could take some time. Select the drives (maybe one at a time to start) in your Workspace window and choose "Update database for selected" in the toolbox menu. Jon Connolly Digidesign Product Specialist

Thanks for the replies, everyone. Paul, you were right when you said that 4000 results isn't a very practical search, I was just doing a comparison. The problem is that I'm seeing the same sluggish screen redraws with as little as 50 results, but only with the networked drives. However, doing the OSX toolbar search, or using a program like Soundminer, the results window is totally responsive - so obviously this is not a problem with my network speed, but rather a problem with how Digibase is reading those drives. Thinking along those lines, I think I may have found the source of the problem. If I move every column out of the fixed pane (except 'name') and into the scrolling pane, and then close the scrolling pane, I get a HUGE boost in the browser window responsiveness. As soon as I put the waveforms column back into the fixed pane, wham, I get slowed right down. This sucks because being able to audition the file with the waveform is one of the coolest features of Digibase. What could be causing this slowdown? It reminds me of how it would take forever to open a folder in OS9 if you had 'calculate folder sizes' checked. BTW, it doesn't matter if the waveforms are calculated or not, it's just having the column visible that causes the system to slow down. It also affects the search speed, because it updates the waveform column as the search results are coming in. Here's a real world example of the drastic difference, searching for 'cobra' yielding 99 results: With Waveforms Column - 1 minute 25 seconds, extremely sluggish search results window. Without Waveforms Column - 2 seconds, quick response in search results window. Does anyone else have this problem? AB

Thanks Paul- That's exactly what I've been doing - avoiding the waveforms altogether. It certainly proves the usefulness of a customizable browser window! AB

So with the workaround are you finding DigiBase to be useful?