普段はあまり気にしていなかったのですが、先日に foobar2000 本体やコンポーネントをアップデートした際に異様に起動が遅い…foobar2000 をインストールしたディレクトリを覗いてみると custominfo_sqlite.db のサイズが 6MB 超えている…
なんでだろうと思い、一旦 foobar2000 を終了し SQLite Database Browser にて custominfo_sqlite.db の中を見てみると、同じ曲の fieldname が PLAYED_TIMESTAMP のレコードがやたらとできてる…多分コレのせいでしょう…
Preferences › Playback Statistics Custom › Playback Statistics Custom Settings の Play Stamp をチェックしていると Playback Statistics Update Timing に合致する度にレコードが挿入されてしまう。要はコレは再生履歴なんですが、foobar2000 じゃこのデータを使う手段や使い道がないのでチェックオフにしておく
で、PLAYED_TIMESTAMP フィールドは UI の中でも使用していないので、このレコードを削除する事にします。SQLite Database Browser で行ってもいいんですが、PHP で以下のような簡易ダイエットスクリプトを作成して実行
- <?php
- $dbf = './custominfo_sqlite.db';
- $dbh = new PDO( 'sqlite:'.$dbf );
- $stmt = $dbh->query( 'DELETE FROM quicktag WHERE fieldname = "PLAYED_TIMESTAMP"' );
- echo 'row count: '.$stmt->rowCount()."\n";
- echo 'error code: '.$stmt->errorCode()."\n";
- $stmt = $dbh->query( 'VACUUM' );
- echo 'error code: '.$stmt->errorCode()."\n";
- ?>
上記スクリプトを実行する事によって、約 25000 レコードが削除され、6.02MB だったファイルが 1.19MB までに小さくなりました。小さくなった custominfo_sqlite.db を foobar2000 のディレクトリに戻し、起動…サックリ起動するようになりました
使用しているフィールド PLAY_COUNT, FIRST_PLAYED_TIMESTAMP, LAST_PLAYED_TIMESTAMP が UI 側で正常に表示される事を確認して終了です

2008年07月15日(火) 02:30:03
2008年07月15日(火) 02:30:03
foo_custominfo, foo_playback_custom, foobar2000, PHP, sqlite
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