Re: [slim] New versions of Squeezecenter don't like large collections-?

2013-01-24 Thread pomatomus
slate wrote: pomatomus wrote: with 580,000 tracks, server 7.5.5 takes about 7.5 hours to look for new/changed, on my reasonably fast i7 machine.QUOTE] Have you tried 7.7.1? comparable times for full rescan etc...?! I know it's a long time for a followup, but I finally got

Re: [slim] New versions of Squeezecenter don't like large collections-?

2012-02-01 Thread jimzak
It takes 7.7.2 approximately 6 minutes to perform a new and changed music scan on my nearly 140k collection. -- jimzak http://zzzone.net http://have-a-nice-day.org http://www.last.fm/user/zzzoneDOTnet http://somethingsomethingsomething.net Ripper: dBpoweramp Router: Cisco E4200 Server: SBS

Re: [slim] New versions of Squeezecenter don't like large collections-?

2012-01-26 Thread pippin
Well, I believe in any case LMS is not too bad. Sonos, for example, maxes out at 65.000 tracks, 1/8th of that library. DLNA servers like Twonky can easily handle more but they provide almost no intelligence so the software using the library has to do a lot more processing and now how many

Re: [slim] New versions of Squeezecenter don't like large collections-?

2012-01-26 Thread jo-wie
pippin;686422 Wrote: ... now how many embedded devices like players or controllers are able to handle such a library well? Good question. Do some of the large library users do have experience on using DNLA devices with their library? -- jo-wie 2 * Classic, 2 * Boom, SC 7.7.2 auf GigaByte

Re: [slim] New versions of Squeezecenter don't like large collections-?

2012-01-25 Thread mps
pomatomus;686227 Wrote: There's always someone who's got to chime in with you can't listen to all that music anyway on any problems-with-large-collections thread... not helpful. I'll post back with scan times under a newer version should I ever have the spare time to mess about with this

Re: [slim] New versions of Squeezecenter don't like large collections-?

2012-01-25 Thread aubuti
pomatomus;686227 Wrote: I hadn't appreciated that there might be substantial scanning speedups to be had. With the change from MySQL to SQLite and substantial rewriting of the code, yes, there may be speedups to be had. For your case the big question is how well those changes scale. During

Re: [slim] New versions of Squeezecenter don't like large collections-?

2012-01-25 Thread garym
mps;686323 Wrote: I'm still curious to hear how you make use of such a large collection (I'm not criticizing your expectation that LMS should be able to handle your collection, just interested in the answer.). I can't speak for him. But for me, I have about 240,000 or so tracks. At the

Re: [slim] New versions of Squeezecenter don't like large collections-?

2012-01-25 Thread mps
garym;686327 Wrote: I can't speak for him. But for me, I have about 240,000 or so tracks. At the moment, I'm in the midst of a several year reripping program to convert all my CDs to FLAC (I won't repeat the details of my sad story of carefully ripping all my CDs to 192 mp3 many years ago

Re: [slim] New versions of Squeezecenter don't like large collections-?

2012-01-25 Thread garym
mps;686361 Wrote: Thanks for the interesting response. I can understand where you're coming from (although my 6000 song collection is currently kicking my ass :) ). ;-)But remember I'm an old guy. In 1967 I probably listened to the same 3 albums over and over and over and over. --

Re: [slim] New versions of Squeezecenter don't like large collections-?

2012-01-25 Thread jimzak
aubuti;686326 Wrote: With the change from MySQL to SQLite and substantial rewriting of the code, yes, there may be speedups to be had. For your case the big question is how well those changes scale. During testing of the early SQLite versions (7.6.0) the results for large collections seemed

Re: [slim] New versions of Squeezecenter don't like large collections-?

2012-01-25 Thread pomatomus
Very much what Garym said, with the twist that all that music includes my wife's music as well, and she's just as much of a music fiend as I am. I know it's not all listenable, and sure I have fantasies about devoting retirement years to more music, but I just love being able to easily go deep on

Re: [slim] New versions of Squeezecenter don't like large collections-?

2012-01-25 Thread erland
pomatomus;685867 Wrote: with 580,000 tracks, server 7.5.5 takes about 7.5 hours to look for new/changed, on my reasonably fast i7 machine. I still get timeouts sporadically on the New Music browse (controller only, not in the web interface), but I've found 7.5.5 is better than previous

Re: [slim] New versions of Squeezecenter don't like large collections-?

2012-01-24 Thread pomatomus
There's always someone who's got to chime in with you can't listen to all that music anyway on any problems-with-large-collections thread... not helpful. I'll post back with scan times under a newer version should I ever have the spare time to mess about with this again - I hadn't appreciated

Re: [slim] New versions of Squeezecenter don't like large collections-?

2012-01-24 Thread Mnyb
pomatomus;686227 Wrote: There's always someone who's got to chime in with you can't listen to all that music anyway on any problems-with-large-collections thread... not helpful. I'll post back with scan times under a newer version should I ever have the spare time to mess about with this

Re: [slim] New versions of Squeezecenter don't like large collections-?

2012-01-23 Thread pomatomus
with 580,000 tracks, server 7.5.5 takes about 7.5 hours to look for new/changed, on my reasonably fast i7 machine. I still get timeouts sporadically on the New Music browse (controller only, not in the web interface), but I've found 7.5.5 is better than previous versions, which used to time out

Re: [slim] New versions of Squeezecenter don't like large collections-?

2012-01-23 Thread slate
pomatomus;685867 Wrote: with 580,000 tracks, server 7.5.5 takes about 7.5 hours to look for new/changed, on my reasonably fast i7 machine.QUOTE] Have you tried 7.7.1? comparable times for full rescan etc...?! -- slate Main: Receiver (Audiocom) - Beresford Caiman+ (Gatorized) - Carver

Re: [slim] New versions of Squeezecenter don't like large collections-?

2012-01-23 Thread emalvick
pomatomus;685867 Wrote: with 580,000 tracks, server 7.5.5 takes about 7.5 hours to look for new/changed, on my reasonably fast i7 machine. I still get timeouts sporadically on the New Music browse (controller only, not in the web interface), but I've found 7.5.5 is better than previous

Re: [slim] New versions of Squeezecenter don't like large collections-?

2012-01-23 Thread Mnyb
pomatomus;685867 Wrote: with 580,000 tracks, server 7.5.5 takes about 7.5 hours to look for new/changed, on my reasonably fast i7 machine. I still get timeouts sporadically on the New Music browse (controller only, not in the web interface), but I've found 7.5.5 is better than previous

Re: [slim] New versions of Squeezecenter don't like large collections-?

2012-01-16 Thread jimzak
I have a moderately large collection and 7.7.2 is the best ever version of SBS/LMS for me. However, I don't use a NAS as my server. I firmly believe in using a laptop such as the one I am currently using. -- jimzak http://zzzone.net http://have-a-nice-day.org

Re: [slim] New versions of Squeezecenter don't like large collections-?

2012-01-16 Thread benthos
Mnyb;684178 Wrote: And browse folder is not the prefered method by any mean it is magnitudes slower than the normal artist album menus etc. Well, I found that it timed out even when trying to browse New Music. Also, if you have a large collection and you get a new cd (new rip), you really

Re: [slim] New versions of Squeezecenter don't like large collections-?

2012-01-16 Thread Mnyb
scan for new and changed takes 2 minutes to move over my 37000 files 30s to add a new album ? -- Mnyb Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2

Re: [slim] New versions of Squeezecenter don't like large collections-?

2012-01-16 Thread garym
benthos;684402 Wrote: Well, I found that it timed out even when trying to browse New Music. Also, if you have a large collection and you get a new cd (new rip), you really have no choice but to choose browse folder, because (without the browse folders function) there's no simple way to add

Re: [slim] New versions of Squeezecenter don't like large collections-?

2012-01-16 Thread fillmore
benthos;684402 Wrote: I don't understand why Squeezecenter gets progressively worse with each new version. thats why i recommend finding an old version that works for your setup and dont upgrade. i only updated to the newer required version when i got the touch and havent messed with it

Re: [slim] New versions of Squeezecenter don't like large collections-?

2012-01-15 Thread audiot
I've found that asking it to look for updated/changed files takes days and fails. But doing a clear and re-scan only takes 15 minutes on 50,000+ files. -- audiot audiot's Profile:

Re: [slim] New versions of Squeezecenter don't like large collections-?

2012-01-15 Thread Mnyb
And browse folder is not the prefered method by any mean it is magnitudes slower than the normal artist album menus etc. Especially if you have many files in one folder ina very flatt structure browse folder is considered for test or badly tagged files by logitech. I to do recomend iPengHD

[slim] New versions of Squeezecenter don't like large collections-?

2012-01-14 Thread benthos
Hello - I've had some problems with the newer versions of Squeezecenter, and was wondering if other people have encountered these problems. I use an SB3 with music streaming from a Readynas Duo. I have a large collection of music. Using version 7.7.1, as well as several prior versions of

Re: [slim] New versions of Squeezecenter don't like large collections-?

2012-01-14 Thread benthos
I'm using 7.2.1 now, as it seems to be the most recent version that allows me to browse folders without timing out. -- benthos benthos's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2556 View this thread:

Re: [slim] New versions of Squeezecenter don't like large collections-?

2012-01-14 Thread garym
benthos;683911 Wrote: Hello - I've had some problems with the newer versions of Squeezecenter, and was wondering if other people have encountered these problems. I use an SB3 with music streaming from a Readynas Duo. I have a large collection of music. Using version 7.7.1, as well as