[KPhotoAlbum] Cache size

[Robert Krawitz]

On Sun, 24 Jan 2016 15:47:59 +0100, Johannes Zarl-Zierl wrote:
> Hi Robert,
>
> On Saturday 23 January 2016 23:31:39 Robert Krawitz wrote:
>> I submitted this a while back to correctly compute the cache size when
>> it's more than 2 GB.
>
> Sorry, that patch must have slipped by. I've pushed it to git master.
>
>> For that matter, the upper limit should be
>> raised, probably to at least 16 GB.
>
> You have me curious: How many images do you want to have pre-cached?
>
> I'm just asking because the current limit of 4GB allows for 121 images on a 4K display (4096 x 2160).
> Do you actually go faster through your images than they can be loaded, or is there another reason?

I sometimes run through them rather quickly, stop briefly, and then
keep going, and after not very long start hitting delays.  Increasing
the cache size from 2GB to 4GB appears to help.
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