ffmpeg high CPU usage on queue creation

[rh8056]

I have a script that I built which creates a "smart playlist" to a player in MA. When it does this, it throws roughly 300 tracks into the queue. I've observed stuttering in the output for the first minute or so as MA executes a lot of ffmpeg commands to get the coverart out of remote system flac files. I'm assuming this is caused by high CPU usage. I can see my CPU spike when the queue loads.

I'm running MA as a docker image inside of a proxmox VM. I'm not too familiar with docker, but is there a way I can deprioritize a certain process within the container? I just changed my MA to "Allow (in-memory) buffering of (track) audio" and this seems to have made a difference. Perhaps this is the best approach?

I might have solved my own issue, but wanted to post this anyway to get feedback if this was the best approach. Thanks!

[marcelveldt]

This is fixed in beta already where the images are cached on disk.

[rh8056]

Oh great!! Will give that a spin later.