BluOS Controller app 4.x.x
Bluesound indexes the Music Library when a Network share is added. The duration of indexing depends upon network setup, size, source, and metadata (image files/metadata tags) of the Music Library.
Bluesound Players with a wireless connection index 600 tracks per minute, while Players with a wired ethernet connection index 1200 tracks per minute.
Bluesound recommends selecting Players with a wired connection to perform Reindex/Rebuild Index requests. This is especially true for Storage-enabled Bluesound Players such as Bluesound VAULT models – as these Players can access their internal storage faster than other Players.
When you add or remove tracks from the Music Library, perform a Reindex music collection to update the index. Bluesound Players examine files at the rate of 1200 tracks in 20-30 seconds, depending on the connection and number of changes.
To Reindex, refer to our Help Center article.
Rebuild Index, on the other hand, deletes the previous index entirely and recreates a new index. To Rebuild Index, refer to our Help Center article.
Selecting Optimize Artwork reduces the size of the artwork database when creating the Music Library. This improves the performance when accessing the BluOS Controller App. However, this considerably increases the indexing time.
Optimize Artwork
To Optimize Artwork, perform the following steps:
Android/iOS - Optimize Artwork
- In the BluOS Controller App, tap the Home tab
> Settings button
> Music library.
- Toggle to enable Optimize Artwork.
Windows/macOS - Optimize Artwork
- In the BluOS Controller App, under the left Navigation Drawer, select Settings.
- Select Music library.
- Toggle to enable Optimize Artwork.
BluOS Controller app 3.x.x
BLS-KB13-Y05
Indexing your Music Library will happen when you add a Network Share to your Bluesound System. Performance largely depends upon network setup as well as the size, sources and metadata (image files and metadata tags) of your Music Library. An Index is the first time your library is created when creating a Network Share. A Reindex Music Library from Settings, Music Library will only scan for new files added. Selecting Rebuild Index will delete an existing index and start a full Index.
Over a wireless network, indexing collection runs at about 100 to 200 songs per minute. A wired connection will index about 500 to 1000 tracks in that same minute.
On a reindex, Players are able to check files at a rate about 1000 tracks in 20-30 seconds depending on connection and amount of changes.
Bluesound recommends that if you have a wired player to choose it before sending an Index or Reindex requests. This is especially true for the Bluesound Vault, as it can read its internal storage of ripped CDs faster than any other player.
If your index process is taking significantly longer, BluOS may be resizing or adjusting poorly scaled or oversize album artwork files to meet our recommended size of 600x600 pixel jpgs. Please see BLS-KB13-915 on how to manually resize your album artwork permanently.
Any time Music is added to your network, we strongly recommend you select Reindex Music Library.