Anybody know why the Material DB loads like we're in 1994?

[abraminmotion]

Is it downloading or rerendering material previews for every thumbnail every time I open the material DB? I'm on a 1000mbit connection and have the fastest workstation money can buy...why does it feel like Otoy is wasting my time here?

[aoktar]

It is caching the previews once of time and doesnt repeat it for next time. This is expected behavior

[bbuxton_1]

On my system, it caches every time, just closing and reopening the DB window will cause the caching to start over. Plus the previews are horrible.
I hate using DB but put up with it because I can share materials between different host apps.

[bepeg4d]

Hi,
have you tried to save your materials in LocalDB instead?

ciao,
Beppe

[brutesque]

Mac users haven't had the Material DB in 3 generations of apple silicon. I'm jealous.