2015-03-23, 05:02
Currently, in order to reduce the insane scanning times, wiping the database and setting Kodi up to use the AudioDB scrapers is the only option (aside from local nfo's). Those scrapers do not pull any info from MB, but a lot of releases are nearly identical on AudioDB to MusicBrainz, so if you have a library processed against either, you should be in better shape than a disorganized library at least.
I'm trying this now on a friends system I'm building/administering, so don't know what the resulting artist list will look like. If the increase in scanning speed over the Universal scrapers is anything to go by, this may be the most effective temporary work-around for those with a MB-processed collection.
EDIT: Well no improvement on the duplicated artist entries, but library scan duration is 1/10th the duration than with the Universal scrapers (with additional info turned on). So not a complete success as hoped.
I'm trying this now on a friends system I'm building/administering, so don't know what the resulting artist list will look like. If the increase in scanning speed over the Universal scrapers is anything to go by, this may be the most effective temporary work-around for those with a MB-processed collection.
EDIT: Well no improvement on the duplicated artist entries, but library scan duration is 1/10th the duration than with the Universal scrapers (with additional info turned on). So not a complete success as hoped.
