[SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: Performance issues with iTunesupdate & Mac OS X
Have you changed the iTunes Library rescan interval? If not, each time iTunes Update makes a change in iTunes this will trigger SlimServer to rescan the library, which uses a lot of CPU time. Most people disable the automatic rescan (set interval to 0) and use the scheduled rescan plugin to set a daily rescan when SlimServer will not be in use. James -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22026 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: Performance issues with iTunesupdate & Mac OS X
James, Thanks for your feedback. I think your comments make sense and I will give it a whirl(as will my brother who also purchased a system) some time soon. I saw one of your previous posts which gave details of this particular bug. The details of this bug just says Mac OS X 10.3, can you modify it so that it also says 10.4 or does it not make a difference? http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2348 Thanks, Gov -- govardha govardha's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4130 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22026 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: Performance issues with iTunesupdate & Mac OS X
I just wanted to post an update for other people searching on this particular problem or something similar. I followed James's instructions and did the following - Disabled automatic scanning through the Server Settings options by changing the time counter to 0. - Using the "Rescan Music Library" option I have enabled it so that it runs that at 10 AM. Things seem to be working ok. Perl is not hammering my system and I have played a few tracks. More udpates to follow. James : - I am not sure about one of the choices in James's "iTunesupdate plugin". It says, I can do a Direct Update, I have set up my SServer to come up automatically on a reboot, do I have to enable this or not? Thanks, Gov -- govardha govardha's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4130 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22026 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
RE: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: Performance issues with iTunesupdate &Mac OS X
It's not my bug so I don't think I can change it. But any fix will apply equally for all OS X versions I'd assume. I don't think this is really an OS X problem anyway, the iTunes scan is just as bad on Windows. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not waive confidentiality or privilege, and use is prohibited. ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
RE: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: Performance issues with iTunesupdate &Mac OS X
Direct Update is the only option that works on OSX at the moment. It refers to whether iTunes Update will perform updates in iTunes in real-time or save them to a log file to be applied later. This is useful if either A) your iTunes doesn't run on the same box as SlimServer B) you want automatic updates from iTunes but not the performance hit from rescanning after every song (unlikely) The script that does the updates only works on Windows at the moment. I posted a test version for OS X a while back but need some testing from Mac users to get it working. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not waive confidentiality or privilege, and use is prohibited. ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
