xeno-canto grinds to halt (1 Viewer)

lewis20126

Well-known member

• Feb 23, 2017

• #1

I'm a frequent user of xeno-canto but have never tried to work through the large number of recordings for common European species. I've just tried European Robin and Common Chaffinch and all functionality, eg maps, searches, susp links all seem to die. Anyone else have the same problem? It's only with species with 1000+ recordings or so.

cheers, alan

 

Andrew Whitehouse

Professor of Listening

Supporter

• Feb 23, 2017

• #2

I just tried searching on European Robin and had no problems. It seemed to be working normally for me e.g. could access recordings, search on subspecies, use map etc.

 

lewis20126

Well-known member

• Feb 23, 2017

• #3

cheers, just my laptop perhaps! upgrade required

cheers,a

 

Andy Adcock

Worst person on Birdforum

• Feb 24, 2017

• #4

I often have issues too FWIW

The Icon to the left which is / was, the play icon, now seems to not work at all for me?


A

 

lewis20126

Well-known member

• Feb 24, 2017

• #5

hmmm, just tried with work laptop, much faster than home pc, but still very tough to find the right recording; eg the recording of European Robin from Gran canaria. I do think there must be a problem with the design of the site -and its viability without a reworking - if it takes that much 'processor power'.

cheers, alan

 

kitefarrago

Well-known member

• Feb 24, 2017

• #6

There's an advanced search feature that allows you to restrict to country, and finding European Robin recordings from Spain is no problem.(but still gives a number of pages to look through). In the advanced search you can also enter a more precise location (but you have to pick one from the drop-down menue, it seems).

I have no problems using the map and playing recordings from there, all in good time.

Could it be a browser problem?

Andrea

 

lewis20126

Well-known member

• Feb 24, 2017

• #7

kitefarrago said:

There's an advanced search feature that allows you to restrict to country, and finding European Robin recordings from Spain is no problem.(but still gives a number of pages to look through). In the advanced search you can also enter a more precise location (but you have to pick one from the drop-down menue, it seems).

I have no problems using the map and playing recordings from there, all in good time.

Could it be a browser problem?

Andrea

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thanks, but same in Chrome and WE. I use the site every week for obscure species with no problems, the problem is only this week with single common species with huge recording totals. Your tip with advanced search works great though - cutting down number o found items is the key..

cheers, alan

 

Last edited: Feb 24, 2017

DMW

Well-known member

• Feb 24, 2017

• #8

Works as normal for me on my tablet... takes a few seconds to load the points on the map, but otherwise seems fine.