[slim] Re: Why is rescan playlists taking so long?
I'd LOVE to use the MusicMagic plugin but unfortunately they don't have a version that runs on my Linkstation (only x86) so I have to use the MusicMagic Mixer on my WinXP PC, save the playlist on my Linkstation in a Samba share. Then I have a Perl script that checks every 30 seconds for new/modified playlists. If it finds some, it will copy the playlist in the proper slimserver playlist folder and converts the windows "M:\folder\file.mp3" format into "/mnt/music/folder/file.mp3" format and then my script uses the SlimServer CLI to trigger a "rescan playlists". Which seems to take way too long to complete considering that the playlist folder only has 1 playlist containing 10 songs... Thanks, Daniel -- dborn dborn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=181 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21860 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Why is rescan playlists taking so long?
Whatever happened to Slim Devices participation in these forums? Anyway... Are you using the MusicMagic plugin? If so, do you _need_ to if you take your approach to integrating the playlists into SlimServer? I don't use Music Magic or the plugin, so this is just speculation, but maybe you're triggering SlimServer to do some kind of MusicMagic synch. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21860 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Why is rescan playlists taking so long?
Good suggestion, thanks! I see that the rescan starts at 09:44:15 and ends at 09:44:27 so a total of 12 seconds... However SlimServer is still doing something (not showing in the d_scan log). Then at 09:52:20 it seems it started scanning my playlists once again until 09:52:25. At 09:58, the web interface is still showing "SlimServer is still scanning your music library..." (even after doing refreshes). At 09:59 the web interface returns to normal and no additionnal debugs were seen in the log file. Strange. Thanks, Daniel -- dborn dborn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=181 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21860 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Why is rescan playlists taking so long?
dborn Wrote: > Resanning everything is understandably slow in my case but doing a > "rescan playlists" should take only seconds with a single playlist of > 10 songs...? Yes, AFAIK it should take under a minute. Have you tried enabling the d_scan debugging output and running a "playlists only" rescan ? If you look at the log output, this may give you an idea of why it's taking so long. It may be that there's a file reference that Slimserver doesn't like. I used to have problems with playlists because they were created with "T:My Music/filename" whereas SS wants to see "//usr/My Music/filename". You can also zip the output file up and post it here and others can advise. -- Siduhe Siduhe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21860 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Why is rescan playlists taking so long?
Fred Wrote: > I guess you could try building the playlist on a player (without playing > it) and then save it. > > HTH > > Fred Yes but that would be no fun... The whole idea is to let MusicMagic generate a mix and, within a few clicks and a few seconds, have this playlist playing on my SB2... -- dborn dborn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=181 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21860 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Why is rescan playlists taking so long?
Resanning everything is understandably slow in my case but doing a "rescan playlists" should take only seconds with a single playlist of 10 songs...? -- dborn dborn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=181 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21860 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Why is rescan playlists taking so long?
I have been having similar problems with slow and sometimes unreliable scans. Re-Scanning is generally slow for me since I access the drive from an NAS. However I delete and rescan everytime I add songs because often times the scan only (no delete) option do not register the changes. It would be really helpful if there is a counter/indicator that shows how many songs are read, how many changed and how many added etc. Or something like a % indicator. Also would be helpful if it shows where it is reading the data from Etc. I remember in the non GUI days, I see exactly what is going on with from the command line. -- agentsmith agentsmith's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1838 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21860 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Why is rescan playlists taking so long?
dborn Wrote: > Is there a better way to get that new/modified playlist into the > slimserver (using the CLI interface from within my script)? I guess you could try building the playlist on a player (without playing it) and then save it. HTH Fred -- Fred Fred's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2170 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21860 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Why is rescan playlists taking so long?
Also, I know there is a way for SlimServer to use MusicMagic directly from the Squeezebox but is there a way to specify that the MusicMagic server is actually located on a different box? (such as SS on Linkstation and MMM on a WinXP PC?) Thanks, Daniel -- dborn dborn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=181 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21860 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
