Recommendations to lighten an instance that has been running for many months.

[malejandrodev]

I've been using radioboss since 2018 (5.7.2.0) non-stop. At first, when loading playlists of material, playback was immediate, but as time went by this became slower. It took 1 second to play the first material. Currently, it sometimes takes up to 3 seconds, generating up to 90% CPU usage. Is it possible that there is some parameter that slows down the start? For example, the playback count? I have deleted log files and others but it does not make a difference. Is there anything that can be done? I have no problems with RAM usage or hard drive access speed.
I also have high priority enabled for the process.

For example, after the command execution, a call to an m3u file containing some playback materials follows (a few, no more than 15).

 

[djsoft]

To ensure the maximum track startup speed, you should use the SQLite database option: https://manual.djsoft.net/radioboss/en/additional-information-storage.htm (there's also a sub-article about transferring information from one storage to another).

If you have been using RadioBOSS since version 5.7, it's likely that the additional information is configured to use the legacy APEv2 tag, and that's somewhat slower than SQLite (still, starting a playback should take like 100ms with this, and in case of SQLite it's under 50ms).

Please also ensure that you have Preload enabled in Settings, General, Advanced configuration, "Playlist - Preload ..." (it's on by default).