[slim] Re: Doubling up on songs in Slimserver 6.1.1
I am having the same problem with duplicate songs. Currently using Slim Server 6.2. I looked and like your "media-server" source the only difference is "\\Volumes\..." for one song and "\\volumes\..." for the other. The sources are exactly the same besides that. I have done multiple "clear and rescans" and can't get rid of duplicates. Is there any solution to this besides the aforementioned manual change to each song? Robin Bowes Wrote: > Steve said the following on 21/10/2005 13:35: > > discuss-bounces (AT) lists (DOT) slimdevices.com wrote: > > > >>>Quite few of my albums will have one or more songs listed twice as > >>>per the example here '[image: > >> > >>>Does anyone have any > >>>suggestions as to what to try from here as it is really annoying > when > >>>listening to shuffled albums. > >> > >>- update to at least 6.1.2, better 6.2 beta > >>- do a complete rescan > >>- if you still have that problem with 6.2, report back > >> > > > > I have reported this problem a number of times. It still exists in > version > > 6.2 as recently as the 10/20 nightly. For me the problem occurs with > tracks > > that are in m3u playlists created outside of slimserver (e.g., Media > Center, > > winamp). Basically the problem results because my music is on a > server and > > each of these programs use different strings to represent the same > song than > > does slimserver. For instance: > > > > Slimserver - \\MEDIA-SERVER\My Music 2\Alison Brown\Stolen > Moments\Alison > > Brown - Angel.flac > > Media Center- \\Media-server\My Music 2\Alison Brown\Stolen > Moments\Alison > > Brown - Angel.flac > > > > In this case, the only difference is the case of "Media-server". > Other times > > drive letters will be included and other differences. I have manually > edited > > the m3u file and when I make I change it the file so that it is > identical to > > the slimserver representation, do a clear and rescan, the dublicates > > disappear. > > > > So check and see if those tracks occur in playlists. If they do look > at the > > track information under song info for the dublicate tracks in > slimserver. If > > they are different in anyway that is the problem. > > I run into this problem too and have raised this [1] bug. > > [1] http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2323 > > Personally, I can't understand why slimserver will bother reading and > processing playlist files (m3u/CUE/etc.) in the music folder. I think > it > should ignore all playlist files in the music folder when scanning. > > Cna anyone suggest a valid use case when slimserver might need to > process playlist files in the music folder? > > R. > -- > http://robinbowes.com > > If a man speaks in a forest, > and his wife's not there, > is he still wrong? -- Mike Siegel ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Doubling up on songs in Slimserver 6.1.1
I have had a similar problem with some tracks using version 6.1.2. What appeared to be happening was that slim server was entering a record in the database reading from the tag and then entering another record using a guess from the filename. The answer was to clear all the Guess tags in the server configuration menu. This stopped the duplicate entries. It only happened with a small number of entries and I couldn't find any valid difference in the way these items were tagged. -- MrStan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Doubling up on songs in Slimserver 6.1.1
I updated to 6.2 last night and decided not to let Slimserver scan my music folder and just import the info from iTunes. After some initial problems where i found i had to set the music folder in Slimserver to the iTunes folder within My Music, i got all my music into Slimserver without any duplicated songs. I havent built up the courage to let Slimserver actually scan My Music folder yet but i am happy letting iTunes be my library program rather than Slimserver. Thanks for all your help. -- meryvn ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Doubling up on songs in Slimserver 6.1.1
Robin Bowes Wrote: > Steve said the following on 21/10/2005 13:35: > > discuss-bounces (AT) lists (DOT) slimdevices.com wrote: > > > >>>Quite few of my albums will have one or more songs listed twice as > >>>per the example here '[image: > >> > >>>Does anyone have any > >>>suggestions as to what to try from here as it is really annoying > when > >>>listening to shuffled albums. > >> > >>- update to at least 6.1.2, better 6.2 beta > >>- do a complete rescan > >>- if you still have that problem with 6.2, report back > >> > > > > I have reported this problem a number of times. It still exists in > version > > 6.2 as recently as the 10/20 nightly. For me the problem occurs with > tracks > > that are in m3u playlists created outside of slimserver (e.g., Media > Center, > > winamp). Basically the problem results because my music is on a > server and > > each of these programs use different strings to represent the same > song than > > does slimserver. For instance: > > > > Slimserver - \\MEDIA-SERVER\My Music 2\Alison Brown\Stolen > Moments\Alison > > Brown - Angel.flac > > Media Center- \\Media-server\My Music 2\Alison Brown\Stolen > Moments\Alison > > Brown - Angel.flac > > > > In this case, the only difference is the case of "Media-server". > Other times > > drive letters will be included and other differences. I have manually > edited > > the m3u file and when I make I change it the file so that it is > identical to > > the slimserver representation, do a clear and rescan, the dublicates > > disappear. > > > > So check and see if those tracks occur in playlists. If they do look > at the > > track information under song info for the dublicate tracks in > slimserver. If > > they are different in anyway that is the problem. > > I run into this problem too and have raised this [1] bug. > > [1] http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2323 > > Personally, I can't understand why slimserver will bother reading and > processing playlist files (m3u/CUE/etc.) in the music folder. I think > it > should ignore all playlist files in the music folder when scanning. > > Cna anyone suggest a valid use case when slimserver might need to > process playlist files in the music folder? > > R. > -- > http://robinbowes.com > > If a man speaks in a forest, > and his wife's not there, > is he still wrong? I have checked for m3u playlists and none exist on my computer, and as far as i can see in the track info there are no differences between the two tracks, as can be seen in the two attached images. '[image: http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b15/meryvn/th_Track-2.jpg]' (http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b15/meryvn/Track-2.jpg) '[image: http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b15/meryvn/th_Track-1.jpg]' (http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b15/meryvn/Track-1.jpg) I will try the update to 6.2 tonight and report back on whether that solves the problem. -- meryvn ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Doubling up on songs in Slimserver 6.1.1
stevek1006 Wrote: > discuss-bounces (AT) lists (DOT) slimdevices.com wrote: > >> Quite few of my albums will have one or more songs listed twice as > >> per the example here '[image: > > > >> Does anyone have any > >> suggestions as to what to try from here as it is really annoying > when > >> listening to shuffled albums. > > > > I have reported this problem a number of times. It still exists in > version > 6.2 as recently as the 10/20 nightly. For me the problem occurs with > tracks > that are in m3u playlists created outside of slimserver (e.g., Media > Center, > winamp). Basically the problem results because my music is on a server > and > each of these programs use different strings to represent the same song > than > does slimserver. For instance: > > Slimserver - \\MEDIA-SERVER\My Music 2\Alison Brown\Stolen > Moments\Alison > Brown - Angel.flac > Media Center- \\Media-server\My Music 2\Alison Brown\Stolen > Moments\Alison > Brown - Angel.flac > > In this case, the only difference is the case of "Media-server". Other > times > drive letters will be included and other differences. I have manually > edited > the m3u file and when I make I change it the file so that it is > identical to > the slimserver representation, do a clear and rescan, the dublicates > disappear. > > So check and see if those tracks occur in playlists. If they do look at > the > track information under song info for the dublicate tracks in > slimserver. If > they are different in anyway that is the problem. > > -Steve Cheers for this solution i will give it a go. Though my music is all just in the My Music folder within the d: drive, and i don't use any other programs other than iTunes. I will also have a look at the track info for some of the duplicated tracks and see if that is where the duplication is coming from. -- meryvn ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
