I have just made the leap from whs to linux - was waiting for WHS 2011 but have decided to jump in the linux direction instead. I am new to linux but know windows/squeezebox/musicip generally well. I have installed Amahi 64 bit on the old whs hardware - atom 330 mini ITX. I have got squeeze server running fine and am working my way through the muddy terrain that is linux slowly but surely - apart from a few issues with MusicIP. MusicIP basically runs and is linked with squeezeserver.
I am happy with basic stuff like terminal and vi file editing - as long as I know what to edit! The problems are to do with saving the cache AND also starting MusicIP before Squeezeserver (or even starting it at all automatically) Problem 1. Sharing the cache between my w64b machine (for analysis) and the Amahi headless MusicIP. The cache is located in the shared Music area on Amahi (\var\hda\files\Music\Musicip_data\datab.m3lib). The Music files are in \var\hda\files\Music\squeeze - all seen from windows machines as \\hda\Music\squeeze a) If I refresh using the gui (\hda:10002)I have to put the music folder in as \var\hda\files\Music\squeeze. It finds the files correctly. If I now bring up the MusicIP on windows machine - it can see the cache - but says it cannot load it. Change all the permissions on the cache from linux and it then loads it. BUT - the file paths in the database all start \var\hda\files\Music\squeeze\..... etc so I cannot save any file changes - such as analysis. If I do save the cache from the windows machine - then the gui will show the 'reload cache' option - but will fail to actually load it. If you restart the MusicIP service it will fail to start - doesn't like the cache any more. As I Import purely from MusicIP I suspect playlists in SC will be nonsence as the paths will start \var\hda\files\Music\squeeze - haven't tested this yet - just guessing. b) If I refresh using the windows machine - then I cannot load the changed cache from the GUI - same issue as above really I need to find a way of refreshing the cache and analysing/saving files that is consistent accross amahi and windows. I import sc playlists into other apps so need them to have correct unc paths to music files. I have tried permissions issues and owner etc on linux - but AFAIK that doesn't seem to be the reason the GUI won't load the windows saved cache. Problem 2. Running MusicIP at boot I have created/moved mmserver file to /etc/int.d folder on Amahi. If I terminal in as root I can successfully start/stop musicip EG ./mmserver start. I cannot see what to do to make this run automatically on boot AND also ensure it starts before squeezeserver. It does not appear in the gui services list. Any help would be appreciated. I am starting to wonder if going back to whs v1 might be less painful - really don't want to thoiugh! Regards Coppo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ coppo23's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17339 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94764 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
