MEB 26 Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 I have my server data spanned with DrivePool and images saved with media. Would be nice to keep a local cache of images on my htpc that is running ET. This would help with not having to spin up all drives when browsing media and speed up browsing. This might be a niche need but maybe others have the same feeling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37099 Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Hi, it already does this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14925 Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Images are already cached both locally on the device and on the server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anderbytes 139 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 I have to comment on this, because recurrently that topic "cache" pops up. I understand that for devs... copying resources like media images, audio... is considered caching and "problem solved". Have you ever used an app that can run locally (offline) and only needs Internet to update content? Good examples: GMail, Chrome, Firefox, WhatsApp... From my experience in Android app of Emby... what I expected from a real smooth experience is that SOMETHING be usable (screens framework), even if unsynced content is not reachable. Would people still love WhatsApp if 100% of the time it needed connectivity? Even to see old downloaded messages? Would you like your browser to be usable ONLY while Internet is Up? That's what Emby is doing today. When we say "cache" and "local", it doesn't mean only content. But all experience of the software... That's just my opinion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14925 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 I have to comment on this, because recurrently that topic "cache" pops up. I understand that for devs... copying resources like media images, audio... is considered caching and "problem solved". Have you ever used an app that can run locally (offline) and only needs Internet to update content? Good examples: GMail, Chrome, Firefox, WhatsApp... From my experience in Android app of Emby... what I expected from a real smooth experience is that SOMETHING be usable (screens framework), even if unsynced content is not reachable. Would people still love WhatsApp if 100% of the time it needed connectivity? Even to see old downloaded messages? Would you like your browser to be usable ONLY while Internet is Up? That's what Emby is doing today. When we say "cache" and "local", it doesn't mean only content. But all experience of the software... That's just my opinion. That is a completely different issue than what we are talking about here though. When we say "cache" we are talking about a temporary store of information for fast access that is for performance reasons. You are talking about offline operation. Which is something we plan to implement in apps that support syncing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anderbytes 139 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Yeah... I just saw the topic and found it was pertinent to complement the user demand, with related content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEB 26 Posted August 19, 2016 Author Share Posted August 19, 2016 That is a completely different issue than what we are talking about here though. When we say "cache" we are talking about a temporary store of information for fast access that is for performance reasons. You are talking about offline operation. Which is something we plan to implement in apps that support syncing. Problem is its not caching right, because it doesn't cache the theme videos and sounds so it still hits the server when browsing for something to watch, which in turn spins up drives. Sure I can browse covers but that wont give me synopsis so I can decide if its something to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37099 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 It does not cache entire media, only image files and sometimes other metadata. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEB 26 Posted August 20, 2016 Author Share Posted August 20, 2016 It does not cache entire media, only image files and sometimes other metadata. It should cache theme songs and videos optionally though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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