The index file too big

[Ferry-200]

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I found that Harmonoid's index files(such as Tracks.JSON, Playlist.JSON, AppState.JSON in C:\Users\username.Harmonoid) are too big.
The reason is the json is formatted when outputed. Why format json files when output them?

[alexmercerind]

Hi!

The media library used in Harmonoid has been re-written from ground-up to use SQLite (package:drift) instead of JSON serialization. The next version (whenever it releases; quite tense on schedule these days) will utilize it.

When the project was started, there were no reliable libraries for caching data (Flutter for desktop being new at that time). Saving music library into simple JSON file was an effective solution that worked on all platforms (& was sufficiently performant as well). Over time, we were able to resolve any issues that were reported.

The new media library should be more performant & maintainable. A good amount of unit-tests have also been added in-order to ensure stability of each operation.