Re: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-30 Thread kdf
Quoting hunta [EMAIL PROTECTED]:


 kdf Wrote:
  i have also set my reload interval for musicmagic to 0 and this avoids
  the scan even on startup, so try that as well since that may at least
  lessen the problem in the short term.

 That doesn't seem to be the case when I'm starting SS as
 SlimServer.exe. I've had the reload interval set to 0 for some time now
 (since post #45).

make sure you have the latest of the nightly builds for 6.1 (NOT 6.0.3), April
28 or newer.

-k
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RE: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-30 Thread Andy Bunn
kdf wrote:
 make sure you have the latest of the nightly builds for 6.1 (NOT 6.0.3),
April 28 or newer.

I installed the latest nightly (4/30) and see the new info being dumped to
the log file. See below. It's complaining abput a uninitialized value in
concatenation but seems to run. I can use MMM, make mixes, etc. and slim is
not rescanning. It does see a new cache id and the library has not changed.

Curious.

-Andy

~

Subroutine new redefined at C:/Program
Files/SlimServer/server/Plugins/RadioIO/Plugin.pm line 239.
2005-04-30 20:56:32.7061 MusicMagic: Testing for API on localhost:10002
2005-04-30 20:56:32.7288 MusicMagic: Predixis MusicMagic Mixer. Version
1.1.5

2005-04-30 20:56:33.1074  Executing command 00:04:20:05:71:8c: playlist
(add) (F:\music\slimplaylists\__00_04_20_05_71_8c.m3u) () () () () ()
2005-04-30 20:56:33.2862  Returning array: playlist (add)
(F:\music\slimplaylists\__00_04_20_05_71_8c.m3u) () () () () ()
2005-04-30 20:57:32.7767 MusicMagic: read cacheid of 1114908768

2005-04-30 20:57:32.7770 MusicMagic: music library has changed!
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at C:/Program
Files/SlimServer/server/Plugins/MusicMagic/Plugin.pm line 239.
2005-04-30 20:57:32.7772Details: 
Cacheid - 1114908768

LastCacheid - 1114830847
Reload Interval - 0
Last Scan - 
2005-04-30 20:57:32.7773 MusicMagic: Scan Interval set to 0, rescanning
disabled
2005-04-30 20:57:44.7698 Musicmagic request:
http://localhost:10002/api/mix?artist%3DThe%20Allman%20Brothers%20Bandvarie
ty=0style=0sizetype=trackssize=12
...and so on.

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RE: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-30 Thread kdf
Quoting Andy Bunn [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 Curious.

thanks. the uninitialized value warnings are just warnings and harmless.  They
are coming up because the debug asks for the last scan time.  since you havent'
scanned since startup, its indefined.

with 6.1 nightlies, a zero in the reload interval will prevent the scan, as the
log shows.  The cacheid issue is something I have sent off to Predixis as a
query.  It seems that shutting down with unfinished business can cause the next
start to have a new cacheid.  I dont yet know what that unfinished business
might be. at least now, with 6.1 you can leave your reload interval set to 0
and only reload when you want to manually or via the rescan plugin (auto rescan
every 24 hours and a set time)

-kdf
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RE: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-30 Thread Andy Bunn
Excellent. Thanks for the translation. And I forgot to post this, but you
probably already know, the recan attempts are continuous. I think the MMM
plugin reports a change every two seconds or so.

-A


~~

2005-04-30 21:45:04.7145 MusicMagic: music library has changed!
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at C:/Program
Files/SlimServer/server/Plugins/MusicMagic/Plugin.pm line 239.
2005-04-30 21:45:04.7146Details: 
Cacheid - 1114908768

LastCacheid - 1114830847
Reload Interval - 0
Last Scan - 
2005-04-30 21:45:04.7147 MusicMagic: Scan Interval set to 0, rescanning
disabled
2005-04-30 21:46:04.8100 MusicMagic: read cacheid of 1114908768

2005-04-30 21:46:04.8103 MusicMagic: music library has changed!
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at C:/Program
Files/SlimServer/server/Plugins/MusicMagic/Plugin.pm line 239.
2005-04-30 21:46:04.8104Details: 
Cacheid - 1114908768

LastCacheid - 1114830847
Reload Interval - 0
Last Scan - 
2005-04-30 21:46:04.8105 MusicMagic: Scan Interval set to 0, rescanning
disabled
2005-04-30 21:47:04.9017 MusicMagic: read cacheid of 1114908768

2005-04-30 21:47:04.9020 MusicMagic: music library has changed!
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at C:/Program
Files/SlimServer/server/Plugins/MusicMagic/Plugin.pm line 239.
2005-04-30 21:47:04.9021Details: 
Cacheid - 1114908768

LastCacheid - 1114830847
Reload Interval - 0
Last Scan - 
2005-04-30 21:47:04.9022 MusicMagic: Scan Interval set to 0, rescanning
disabled
2005-04-30 21:48:05.0111 MusicMagic: read cacheid of 1114908768

2005-04-30 21:48:05.0114 MusicMagic: music library has changed!
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at C:/Program
Files/SlimServer/server/Plugins/MusicMagic/Plugin.pm line 239.
2005-04-30 21:48:05.0115Details: 
Cacheid - 1114908768

LastCacheid - 1114830847
Reload Interval - 0
Last Scan - 
2005-04-30 21:48:05.0115 MusicMagic: Scan Interval set to 0, rescanning
disabled
2005-04-30 21:49:05.0892 MusicMagic: read cacheid of 1114908768

2005-04-30 21:49:05.0895 MusicMagic: music library has changed!
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at C:/Program
Files/SlimServer/server/Plugins/MusicMagic/Plugin.pm line 239.
2005-04-30 21:49:05.0896Details: 
Cacheid - 1114908768

LastCacheid - 1114830847
Reload Interval - 0
Last Scan - 
2005-04-30 21:49:05.0897 MusicMagic: Scan Interval set to 0, rescanning
disabled
2005-04-30 21:50:05.1673 MusicMagic: read cacheid of 1114908768

2005-04-30 21:50:05.1676 MusicMagic: music library has changed!
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at C:/Program
Files/SlimServer/server/Plugins/MusicMagic/Plugin.pm line 239.
2005-04-30 21:50:05.1677Details: 
Cacheid - 1114908768

LastCacheid - 1114830847
Reload Interval - 0
Last Scan - 
2005-04-30 21:50:05.1678 MusicMagic: Scan Interval set to 0, rescanning
disabled
2005-04-30 21:51:05.2610 MusicMagic: read cacheid of 1114908768

2005-04-30 21:51:05.2613 MusicMagic: music library has changed!
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at C:/Program
Files/SlimServer/server/Plugins/MusicMagic/Plugin.pm line 239.
2005-04-30 21:51:05.2614Details: 
Cacheid - 1114908768

LastCacheid - 1114830847
Reload Interval - 0
Last Scan - 
2005-04-30 21:51:05.2615 MusicMagic: Scan Interval set to 0, rescanning
disabled
2005-04-30 21:52:05.3548 MusicMagic: read cacheid of 1114908768

2005-04-30 21:52:05.3551 MusicMagic: music library has changed!
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at C:/Program
Files/SlimServer/server/Plugins/MusicMagic/Plugin.pm line 239.
2005-04-30 21:52:05.3552Details: 
Cacheid - 1114908768

LastCacheid - 1114830847
Reload Interval - 0
Last Scan - 
2005-04-30 21:52:05.3553 MusicMagic: Scan Interval set to 0, rescanning
disabled
2005-04-30 21:53:05.4486 MusicMagic: read cacheid of 1114908768

2005-04-30 21:53:05.4489 MusicMagic: music library has changed!
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at C:/Program
Files/SlimServer/server/Plugins/MusicMagic/Plugin.pm line 239.
2005-04-30 21:53:05.4490Details: 
Cacheid - 1114908768

LastCacheid - 1114830847
Reload Interval - 0
Last Scan - 
2005-04-30 21:53:05.4491 MusicMagic: Scan Interval set to 0, rescanning
disabled
2005-04-30 21:54:05.5111 MusicMagic: read cacheid of 

Re: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-30 Thread kdf
On 30-Apr-05, at 7:14 PM, Andy Bunn wrote:
Excellent. Thanks for the translation. And I forgot to post this, but 
you
probably already know, the recan attempts are continuous. I think the 
MMM
plugin reports a change every two seconds or so.

-A
the checker runs every 60 seconds.  You won't notice it if you turn the 
d_musicmagic debug flag off :)
no rescan is attempted, and only one connect to musicmagic API is done 
during this time.

-k
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RE: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-29 Thread Howard Darwen
from what i've worked out, it MMM does something like this ...

- first, MMM generates a fingerprint for each song, taking about 10 secs per
song
- if MMM can find that song from the fingerprint in the online database then
it can get the full analysis data from there (cos someone else has already
done it for you and it's been uploaded to the online database!)
- if the song is not in the online database then it takes roughly 80% of the
playtime of the song to analyse

for me it took 3 to 4 days continuous running to analyse 2000 FLACs. it's
hard to determine, but I think about half my music was not on the server.

on the first pass, i switched slim off for the analysis. i now have it on
again, but the analysis process does not work so well when both are on.
which is a total pain in the arse as i add music all the time and i don't
want to keep switching slim off.

if slim is on when you're analysing, from my experience it will either slow
it down massively or just grind to a halt completely. it also indicates slim
is hogging the CPU rather than MMM (which seems strange).

so i'm thinking of an alternative strategy where i do the analysis on my
normal PC, archive the info into the tags, then upload to the server. which
means the data is already there and MMM won't have to analyse. i don't
really like this though, and it would be better if things worked with both
services on at the server.

thx.

h.

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After more experimentation ('testing' would be too grand a word!) last
night, I found that there was some progress, it's just extremely slow.
I left my machine running MMM and SlimServer all evening, probably
around 3 hours, and of 2,000 songs I had the 'mm' icon down to early
'C' entries. After another hour, most of the 'C's had been done.

I don't know the precise alphabetical distribution of my collection,
but this implies it's got a way to go yet. I've left it running today
while I'm in the office. Hopefully it'll reach a point where SlimServer
knows all about the MMM library and will then, with a sigh of relief,
slip back into normal running.

Does this fit with other people's experience when first introducing MMM
and SS to each other? People have posted issues of 30 min delays when
adding an album's worth of songs, but nothing about the initial scan.
Maybe it's something with these particular versions - if you initially
scanned your collection with earlier versions you're okay?

That leads to another question. If I upgrade either MMM or SS, will I
have to repeat this painful process?

Any help would be really appreciated.

Thanks,

Andrew


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Re: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-29 Thread Ert
Hiya.
On Apr 29, 2005, at 5:05 AM, hunta wrote:
After more experimentation ('testing' would be too grand a word!) last
night, I found that there was some progress, it's just extremely slow.
  [...]
Does this fit with other people's experience when first introducing MMM
and SS to each other? People have posted issues of 30 min delays when
adding an album's worth of songs, but nothing about the initial scan.
Maybe it's something with these particular versions - if you initially
scanned your collection with earlier versions you're okay?
I can't speak for MM + SS together, but my MM alone has been working on 
my 21,000 song library for weeks now.  The whole process was going to 
take about 300 hours on my 1 GHz G4 Powerbook, and I leave it working 
overnights when I remember.

Thankfully, it has long since finished finding candidate identities for 
all the songs and they're available for matches, but the final 
verification fingerprinting is quite slow.

That leads to another question. If I upgrade either MMM or SS, will I
have to repeat this painful process?
Nope, I've upgraded through a couple of beta versions and the library 
has stayed intact.

- Ert
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RE: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-29 Thread Howard Darwen
i think it's the analysis that takes the time. and having slim up while your
analysing doesn't seem a good idea. once it's all done though, it is really
kool.

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Subject: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3



Well, having left MMM and SS thrashing away while I went to the office,
I got back to find that they've sorted themselves out and all songs
have the 'mm' logo next to them. CPU is down to standard, though it
does seem to have the odd busy moment which also causes a pause in
playing. My SB2 hasn't arrived yet, so I'm just running SoftSqueeze -
hopefull a hardware buffer will take care of that.

So, all in all it seems to work. Just takes a healthy dose of
patience... I guess the reason why SS takes so long to read a fully
analyzed and verified MMM library will remain a mystery for now.

Thanks to all for you input.

Andrew


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RE: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-29 Thread Andy Bunn
 So, all in all it seems to work. Just takes a healthy dose of
 patience... I guess the reason why SS takes so long to read a fully
 analyzed and verified MMM library will remain a mystery for now.

There's a bug report on this and hopfully it will be fixed soon

http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446
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RE: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-29 Thread Andy Bunn
 the scenario I'm experiencing, I can start MMM  SS, everything's fine
 for maybe 60 secs, then SS maxes out on the CPU. My reload interval is
 set to 3600 seconds. To verify this I set the reload interval to 0
 (don't reload), as suggested in the bug detail, and it had no effect.

Ditto. I advise patience.
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Re: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-29 Thread kdf
Quoting hunta [EMAIL PROTECTED]:


 Analysis was fully complete before SS came on the scene.

 I spoke too soon. I'm very disappointed to find that, having closed and
 restarted MMM and SS CPU has become an issue again. I'm starting to run
 out of ideas (other than give up on MMM).

please see the comments from bug 1446, and consider providing similar info to
what has been requested there.

We all want to see everyone happy and all problems fixed, but frankly, it gets
easier to simply choose to ignore as more and more people stomp up and down
saying its broken, when we can't see it for ourselves (I know I've unfairly
appeared to single you out here, but this is a public forum so realise this is
a more global statement ).

If you are certain that 1446 is not the problem you have, then more information
is needed.  I'd love to be able to tell you exactly what to look for, but that
would require that I have the slightest idea of what is causing your problem,
without it being even remotely related to 1446.  I have tried to say things
like this before, and get barked at.  The simple fact is that with all the
noise, you have to distinguish yourself in order to get more people on the job.
 SilmDevices are working on every problem, but they are a limited resource. 
The software is open, so anyone can help, but they are not bound into helping. 
In some sense, it has to be easy to help.

I would start by running command line, so that you can see everything that is
going on with slimserver in real time.  I'd start with d_musicmagic and maybe
d_info.  If its not a constant rescan that is bogging things down, then you
will see very little activity from this.  If it does start scanning, despite 0
reload interval or 3600 interval, then that it concrete info that may be
useful. If nothing shows up, you need to try d_remotestream, or d_http perhaps.
100% CPU is a very imprecise symptom, and we to eliminate or isolate the
primary.Otherwise, its like trying to navigate a minefield by throwing shotput
:)

If I've missed your logs, I apologise. It is very hard to keep up with the
volume.  Please resubmit them to bugszilla for safe keeping.

-kdf
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Re: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-29 Thread kdf
Quoting hunta [EMAIL PROTECTED]:


 During the 60 sec interval between starting SS and everything grinding
 to a halt I managed to turn on d_musicmagic and got this output (I've
 trimmed the path  file names). Not sure whether this means SS or MMM
 is re-evaluating the songs, but something definitely thinks it needs it
 even though nothing's altered since it last completed:

ah, now we're getting somewhere...

try adding d_remotestream to this, I think it should show the calls to the MMM
api via HTTP.  I can't recall offhand if we are showing the responses, but if
not we'll have to add something to confirm.  What does MMM show for numbers at
the very bottom of its window?  If you pulldown the library menu, does it say
'start analysis' or 'stop analysis'.  There was a component that seemed to take
more than a week when I first used MMM before slimserver stopped seeing a
changed timestamp every time it checked.

-kdf
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RE: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-29 Thread Andy Bunn
 Version 1.1.5 of MusicMagic Mixer is out now. I have no idea if it
 will help you, but I figure it is worth a try.

I'm using 1.1.5 with the same problem. I'll, too, stop whingeing, and post
some logs to the bug reports.
-Andy



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Re: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-29 Thread kdf
Quoting hunta [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 2005-04-29 21:09:53.9062 MusicMagic: music library has changed!
 2005-04-29 21:09:53.9064 MusicMagic: using musicmagic: Predixis
 MusicMagic Mixer. Version 1.1.4

 2005-04-29 21:09:53.9064 MusicMagic: start export
 2005-04-29 21:09:53.9068 MusicMagic: export mode is: start


I have some more questions about this part, for you or anyone seeing the same
thing in their logs.

Is this at startup?

There should be mention of the reload interval after the mention that the
library changed.  Have you managed to actually complete a scan before?

-kdf
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Re: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-29 Thread kdf
Quoting hunta [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 2005-04-29 21:09:53.9062 MusicMagic: music library has changed!
 2005-04-29 21:09:53.9064 MusicMagic: using musicmagic: Predixis
 MusicMagic Mixer. Version 1.1.4

 2005-04-29 21:09:53.9064 MusicMagic: start export
 2005-04-29 21:09:53.9068 MusicMagic: export mode is: start


I have some more questions about this part, for you or anyone seeing the same
thing in their logs.

Is this at startup?

There should be mention of the reload interval after the mention that the
library changed.  Have you managed to actually complete a scan before?

-kdf
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Re: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-29 Thread kdf
Quoting hunta [EMAIL PROTECTED]:


 kdf Wrote:
  I'll add a bit more in there hopefully for tomorrow's nightly build, to
  track the scan trigger and we'll have to see the logs again.

 That sounds good. Unfortunately I'll be away for a week, but it looks
 like abunn is experiencing the same issue so may be able to provide
 feedback (assuming his logs look the same to start with). Otherwise
 I'll be back on to it next Monday.

np, I think I have some ideas. My library is very small on this machine so I was
not even noticing the startup scan, but I am seeing one now. However, it was
only one.  Restarting the server has not triggered another scan yet.

 so I don't know what SS
 is doing on initialise (i.e. between start-up and me enabling the
 debug).

stop the service.

start-run-cmd

c:\program files\simserver\server\slim.exe --d_server --d_plugins --d_musicmagic
--d_remotestream

-kdf

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Re: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-29 Thread kdf
Quoting hunta [EMAIL PROTECTED]:


 Could be on to something here.

actually, I've noticed that the cacheid seems to be different every time
musicmagic is restarted, which will trigger the scan.

 I'd now like to revert to starting the service using SlimServer.exe to
 check whether the problem's still there, but I can't work out how to
 stop it first..!

ctrl-c :)

-kkdf
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Re: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-29 Thread kdf
On 29-Apr-05, at 5:19 PM, hunta wrote:

So, even if there is a second underlying issue, one way and another it
looks like it is better to run as a service. Does this have to run from
a DOS shell in XP? I can't see it in my list of services (My Computer 
Manage  Services)
slim.exe runs from command line, which gives you all of the feedback.
i really don't know much else about the particulars of the service 
since I run slimserver.pl
on linux and windows.  i can make that a service using firedaemon.
.
Many thanks for all your help on this - most appreciated. Hopefully
abunn will be able to back this up with what he sees too.
happy to help, when there is something there to look at.   hopefully 
this actually leads to the solution :)

-k
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RE: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-29 Thread Andy Bunn
Hey all:

I have the same symptom (snipprt of log file pasted below). MMM has finished
its analysis (0/0/0) and the scan starts about a minute after slim.exe is
run. My reload interval is set to 3600. I'm using SS 6.0.2 and MMM 1.1.5 One
thing I see here is that slim is reading 9660 songs in the MMM db.
Slimserver sees 9667 songs. The seven missing songs are too short for MMM to
analyze. What that says to me is that slim is making a read of the MMM db
successfully.

I'll leave slim running with MMM overnight and see if it finshes scanning
and is stable. It's hard to leave it running and inoperable (e.g, with the
CPU pegged) as the SB gets a lot of use.


Thanks kdf. You rock. -Andy

~

Here are two starts where I started slim.exe with MMM already running. 

Log file 1:

Use of uninitialized value in exists at /PerlApp/Slim/Buttons/Home.pm line
159.
Use of uninitialized value in exists at /PerlApp/Slim/Buttons/Home.pm line
159.
2005-04-29 20:30:21.7327 MusicMagic: Testing for API on localhost:10002
2005-04-29 20:30:21.9215 MusicMagic: Predixis MusicMagic Mixer. Version
1.1.5

2005-04-29 20:31:22.0244 MusicMagic: music library has changed!
2005-04-29 20:31:22.0245 MusicMagic: using musicmagic: Predixis MusicMagic
Mixer. Version 1.1.5

2005-04-29 20:31:22.0246 MusicMagic: start export
2005-04-29 20:31:22.0260 MusicMagic: export mode is: start
2005-04-29 20:31:22.1181 MusicMagic: Got 9660 song(s).
2005-04-29 20:31:22.1183 MusicMagic: export mode is: songs
2005-04-29 20:31:22.2124 MusicMagic: Exporting song 1:
F:\music\mp3s\1.8.7\01 - Worlds Apart.mp3
2005-04-29 20:31:22.2369 MusicMagic: export mode is: songs
...and so on.



Log file 2:

Use of uninitialized value in exists at /PerlApp/Slim/Buttons/Home.pm line
159.
Use of uninitialized value in exists at /PerlApp/Slim/Buttons/Home.pm line
159.
2005-04-29 20:38:36.6708 MusicMagic: Testing for API on localhost:10002
2005-04-29 20:38:36.7728 MusicMagic: Predixis MusicMagic Mixer. Version
1.1.5

2005-04-29 20:39:36.8550 MusicMagic: music library has changed!
2005-04-29 20:39:36.8552 MusicMagic: using musicmagic: Predixis MusicMagic
Mixer. Version 1.1.5

2005-04-29 20:39:36.8553 MusicMagic: start export
2005-04-29 20:39:36.8559 MusicMagic: export mode is: start
2005-04-29 20:39:36.9488 MusicMagic: Got 9660 song(s).
2005-04-29 20:39:36.9491 MusicMagic: export mode is: songs
2005-04-29 20:39:37.0432 MusicMagic: Exporting song 1:
F:\music\mp3s\1.8.7\01 - Worlds Apart.mp3
2005-04-29 20:39:37.0677 MusicMagic: export mode is: songs
...and so on.


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Re: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-29 Thread kdf
On 29-Apr-05, at 5:51 PM, Andy Bunn wrote:

Thanks kdf. You rock. -Andy
thanks, but I haven't actually solved anything yet.  i've added a 
couple new debug lines just now.  if you use svn, please update.  if 
you use the windows exe, please download and install the 6.1 nightly 
build for Apr 30 and see what you find.  My current theory is that 
musicmagic is creating a new cacheid on each startup, so i'm looking 
for output from more than one run so that I can confirm this.

i have also set my reload interval for musicmagic to 0 and this avoids 
the scan even on startup, so try that as well since that may at least 
lessen the problem in the short term.

-kdf
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RE: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-29 Thread Andy Bunn
Alright. I let slim rescan (it took less than an hour). I could then kill
slim and restart it without any problem. When I restarted MMM and ran slim
it scanned again:

Use of uninitialized value in exists at /PerlApp/Slim/Buttons/Home.pm line
159.
Use of uninitialized value in exists at /PerlApp/Slim/Buttons/Home.pm line
159.
2005-04-29 21:49:06.3227 MusicMagic: Testing for API on localhost:10002
2005-04-29 21:49:06.3414  Executing command 00:04:20:05:71:8c: playlist
(add) (F:\music\slimplaylists\__00_04_20_05_71_8c.m3u) () () () () ()
2005-04-29 21:49:06.5265  Returning array: playlist (add)
(F:\music\slimplaylists\__00_04_20_05_71_8c.m3u) () () () () ()
2005-04-29 21:49:06.5310 MusicMagic: Predixis MusicMagic Mixer. Version
1.1.5

2005-04-29 21:49:34.2200  Executing command no client: rescan () () () () ()
() ()
2005-04-29 21:49:34.5890 MusicMagic: using musicmagic: Predixis MusicMagic
Mixer. Version 1.1.5

2005-04-29 21:49:34.5893 MusicMagic: start export
2005-04-29 21:49:34.5894  Returning array: rescan () () () () () () ()
2005-04-29 21:49:34.6716 MusicMagic: export mode is: start
2005-04-29 21:49:34.7715 MusicMagic: Got 9660 song(s).
2005-04-29 21:49:34.8053 MusicMagic: export mode is: songs
2005-04-29 21:49:34.9229 MusicMagic: Exporting song 1:
F:\music\mp3s\1.8.7\01 - Worlds Apart.mp3
2005-04-29 21:49:34.9519 MusicMagic: export mode is: songs
...and so on.


So, when MMM is initialized, slim feels compelled to scan (orwhatever the
right word is).

-Andy

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Re: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-29 Thread kdf
On 29-Apr-05, at 7:26 PM, Andy Bunn wrote:

So, when MMM is initialized, slim feels compelled to scan (orwhatever 
the
right word is).

that is the current theory.  try tomorrow's build for a bit more debug 
around that area.  it wont change anything, but it will at least give 
recorded proof of the variables that determine when to scan.  that way 
I can be sure I'm not just making it up :)

wendell is also working from the Predixis side to give is a bit more to 
work with to determine when is and is not a good time to scan.

-kdf
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Re: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-28 Thread kdf
On 27-Apr-05, at 9:25 PM, Wendell Hicken wrote:
On 4/27/05, abunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If I just start music magic in the absence of slim,
the cpu pegs and the MusicMagicMixer.exe is the culprit. But, no
analysis is being done. At least, it claims not (there are a few 
tracks
that mm lists as unanalyzable - too short). It's a drag; but clearly,
music magic is to blame, not slim. Maybe this thread is happening in
the wrong forum ;)
Are you using Watch folders?  Maybe MMM is scanning a large/remote
disk looking for new stuff?
Wendell (MMM Developer)
aha! the kdf of mmm, or am I the whicken of slim?? ;)
-k
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RE: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-28 Thread Andy Bunn
 What's the
 general view on this product, especially as one evidently has to
 subscribe to get Slimserver integration? Is it worth the effort?

It's great (when it works I guess - given the nature of this thread). I have
a 10k song library with seriously eclectic spread (I suppose that in 10k
tracks it's easy to be eclectic). Almost every time I make a mix I listen to
something of quality that I haven't heard in years...I almost always think,
How did it know?

It's a great product and once the integration is solved then it'll be near
perfect. I do wonder how it works. I imagine through some type of eigen
solution as it's so fast. Does anybody know?

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Re: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-28 Thread Wendell Hicken
On 4/28/05, relen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I did a series of test lookups on their web site search front-end and it
 is obviously only checking a couple of locations carrying mainstream
 current albums. Is this the same on-line database as their product
 uses, or is the latter something more sophisticated?

I think you mean the cdideas.predixis.com website - if so, this is only using
a small subset of the whole database which has been connected to Amazon and
CD Baby.  The whole database is over 5,000,000 songs right now.

Wendell
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Re: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-28 Thread Wendell Hicken
On 4/28/05, Jim Forsythe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I've been having the same problem.  If I turn MMM on, and integrate it
 with slimserver, within a single song play, slimserver locks up.  The
 web interface won't respond, and after the buffer empties, it stops
 playing.  This is on Linux (red hat 9).
 
 I don't see an option for watch folders anywhere on MMM - where is it?

We don't have watch folders on Linux yet, so this is likely a different issue
(if watch folders are indeed the cause of the other issue).

Wendell
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Re: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-28 Thread Wendell Hicken
On 4/28/05, relen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 All this presumably means that MusicMagic would have to do complete
 analysis on a significant proportion of my collection. What's the
 general view on this product, especially as one evidently has to
 subscribe to get Slimserver integration? Is it worth the effort?

As far as the subscription goes, I can get you free access until your collection
is up and running, and you see how you like it for yourself.  No need to spend
any money until you're sure you are happy with the results.  You can either
use the Trial Key button in version 1.1.5, or email me directly.

Wendell
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RE: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-28 Thread Andy Bunn
Right, but when I have this situation and I shutdown both slim and
musicmagic and restart musicmagic only, then musicmagic hogs the cpu. this
is leading me to believe that musicmagic is the culprit.

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 I do have unanalyzable tracks, though all activity which can be
 completed has been. I don't know if it's the unanalyzable tracks which
 are causing the problem though as Task Manager is reporting that it's
 slim.exe which is hogging the CPU. I'd have thought it would be MMM
 hogging CPU if it's something to do with analyzing.


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RE: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-27 Thread Chris Brooking
I see this too, any time anything new gets added to the MM library.  The
CPU usage does return to normal after a while, though.

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Okay, I've tried all that and even uninstalled SS 6.01 and replaced it
with the pre-release SS 6.02. Still exactly the same - slim.exe at near
100% if I enable MusicMagic integration. MM itself is doing nothing (CPU
0%, all songs analysed). The only way to break the deadlock seems to be
to disable MM.

Any other ideas as to what I might be doing wrong?

Many thanks again.

Andrew



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RE: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-27 Thread Chris Brooking
Sorry, I don't tend to keep a stopwatch on it, but it does seem to take
quite a while (30 mins?), even for small additions (10-20 tracks) to my
library.

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ChrisB Wrote: 
 I see this too, any time anything new gets added to the MM library. 
 The
 CPU usage does return to normal after a while, though.
 

Chris, how long is a while? I tried leaving it on the basis that it
could take a while to initialise the first time but gave up after, say,
an hour.


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RE: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-27 Thread Andy Bunn
 Yes - 100% completed - status bar is reading  0 / 0 / 0 so all tracks
 have been analysed / added etc.

 Whether I start slim.exe manually or via the service it starts ok then
 within about 5-10 minutes it will ramp up to 100% CPU and stay there
 for 20-30 minutes. It will then come back down again. It will then jump
 back up again on regular intervals.

I have the exact same issue. Running the current stable release of both
products and XP SP2.

-Andy



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Re: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-27 Thread Wendell Hicken
On 4/27/05, abunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 If I just start music magic in the absence of slim,
 the cpu pegs and the MusicMagicMixer.exe is the culprit. But, no
 analysis is being done. At least, it claims not (there are a few tracks
 that mm lists as unanalyzable - too short). It's a drag; but clearly,
 music magic is to blame, not slim. Maybe this thread is happening in
 the wrong forum ;)

Are you using Watch folders?  Maybe MMM is scanning a large/remote
disk looking for new stuff?

Wendell (MMM Developer)
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Re: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-26 Thread kdf

 How do I do a wipe cache?

in the web browser, server settings-performance
click the Wipe Cache button. With 6.0.1, there have been some issues using wipe
cache, however.  If you end up with strange results in the pagebar (the letters
at the top fo the browse lists), a server restart should clean them up.

-kdf
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