Turn off metadata in a videos only database?

[Imageman]

I have a data base of video files only, and will never need Metadata. Is there a way to turn the Metadata function off in this case so IMatch won't spend time reading it and using resources?  -  Thanks for your help, Bob

[Mario]

Reading metadata from files is usually very fast, even from video files.
How long does IMatch need to read the data (log file?)
What sometimes requires a rather long time is to produce a thumbnail for video files, but that depends on the format, which codecs are installed etc. Again, the log file would tell us how long it takes.

If the thumbnail extraction / checksum generation / cache generation takes long, you can tell IMatch to skip files above a certain size under Edit > Preferences > Cache. See the help for details on these options.