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If a subdirectory of an ’ignored’ directory should still be scanned, place a le named database.unignore in it. The les in that directory and its subdirectories will be scanned and added to the database.
4.2.3 The Database Menu
Load To RAM The database can either be kept on disk (to save memory), or loaded into RAM (for fast browsing). Setting this to Yes loads the database to RAM, allowing faster browsing and searching. Setting this option to No keeps the database on the disk, meaning slower browsing but it does not use extra RAM and saves some battery on boot up.
Note: If you browse your music frequently using the database, you should load to RAM, as this will reduce the overall battery consumption because the disk will not need to spin on each search.
Auto Update If Auto update is set to on, each time the player boots, the database will automatically be updated.
Note: The Auto Update will only check for deleted les if the Directory Cache (Settings ! General Settings ! System ! Disk ! Directory Cache) is enabled. Update now includes that check whether dircache has been enabled or not.
Initialize Now You can force Rockbox to rescan your disk for tagged les by using the Initialize Now function in the Database Menu.
Warning: Initialize Now removes all database les (removing runtimedb data also) and rebuilds the database from scratch.
Update Now Update now causes the database to detect new and deleted les
Note: Unlike the Auto Update function, Update Now will update the database regardless of whether the Directory Cache is enabled. Thus, an update using Update now may take a long time.
Unlike Initialize Now, the Update Now function does not remove runtime database information.
Gather Runtime Data When enabled, rockbox will record how often and how long a track is being played, when it was last played and its rating. This information can be displayed in the WPS and is used in the database browser to, for example, show the most played, unplayed and most recently played tracks.
Export Modi cations This allows for the runtime data to be exported to the le /.rockbox/database changelog.txt, which backs up the runtime data in ASCII format. This is needed when database structures change, because new code cannot read old database code. But, all modi cations exported to ASCII format should be readable by all database versions.
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