Music Assistant reduces the disk space used by the audio analysis behind Smart Fades and similarity-based listening. In contributor Chris’s production library of 11,600 tracks and 58,000 analysis records, the database files shrink from 3,903 MB to 523 MB—an 87% reduction. Moving and packing the records took about 30 seconds in that test.
The work gives audio analysis its own database and stores its numerical results more compactly. A library reset no longer discards that separate analysis store, and damage to the analysis database can be handled without replacing the music library. The changes also stop Smart Fades results and similarity analysis from overwriting each other.
The transfer checks the copied records before removing the originals. If it fails, the original records remain in the library database, but the transfer is not retried automatically. Marvin Schenkel reviewed the coordinated changes.