From ec2c181f4eefc6af04d310a3348978e14e50a328 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cameron Gutman <aicommander@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 17:30:43 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Use 4 threads for fetching box art

---
 app/backend/boxartmanager.cpp | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/backend/boxartmanager.cpp b/app/backend/boxartmanager.cpp
index 80067f84..55d54a9b 100644
--- a/app/backend/boxartmanager.cpp
+++ b/app/backend/boxartmanager.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ BoxArtManager::BoxArtManager(QObject *parent) :
     m_BoxArtDir(Path::getBoxArtCacheDir()),
     m_ThreadPool(this)
 {
-    m_ThreadPool.setMaxThreadCount(1);
+    // 4 is a good balance between fast loading for large
+    // app grids and not crushing GFE with tons of requests
+    // and causing UI jank from constantly stalling to decode
+    // new images.
+    m_ThreadPool.setMaxThreadCount(4);
     if (!m_BoxArtDir.exists()) {
         m_BoxArtDir.mkpath(".");
     }