Quote Originally Posted by luca_snipes
I've done as you suggest, it has brought the db down to just over 22MB, and while quicker I still have to wait several seconds if i try to do anything, with the same momentary spike in CPU shown in Task Monitor.
1. What version of OrangeCD do you have?

2. After the album properties dialog is opened (after the CPU spike), can you switch to Artwork tab and tell me what image size is displayed there? In other words, how large is the image?