Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music collection scanning question - can scanning be disabled?

2010-06-04 Thread JohnSwenson
Kuja;552800 Wrote: > If scanning can not be disabled, can deleting all tags from all FLAC > files make life easier for embedded SqueezeCenter? > The database will be smaller and more manageable? One thing that seems to be causing a lot of problems is large artwork. If you keep the artwork size d

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music collection scanning question - can scanning be disabled?

2010-06-04 Thread Phil Leigh
Kuja;552800 Wrote: > If scanning can not be disabled, can deleting all tags from all FLAC > files make life easier for embedded SqueezeCenter? > The database will be smaller and more manageable? Have you actually tried attaching a USB drive to the Touch yet? Deleting the tags will make the data

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music collection scanning question - can scanning be disabled?

2010-06-04 Thread Kuja
If scanning can not be disabled, can deleting all tags from all FLAC files make life easier for embedded SqueezeCenter? The database will be smaller and more manageable? -- Kuja Kuja's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.co

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music collection scanning question - can scanning be disabled?

2010-06-01 Thread alfista
Kuja;552195 Wrote: > > I had problems with 7.5 > It would freeze on scanning music files, so I had to downgrade to older > version. If your present server couldn't scan your files with 7.5 there's not much chance that the server in the Touch would work. Before even considering using the Touch s

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music collection scanning question - can scanning be disabled?

2010-06-01 Thread JohnSwenson
Kuja;552191 Wrote: > I don't see why... besides browsing by genre, year, etc, it can simply > browse the music folders. > > May some hack/patch/code could be made by someone? > > Something like this patch for fixing the volume at 100%: > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77837 Its

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music collection scanning question - can scanning be disabled?

2010-06-01 Thread aubuti
I agree with John's statement about your current mini-itx having a lot more processing power than the Touch. Re SBS versions, you need SBS 7.5.0 or higher for the Touch. And it's written in Perl, just like 7.3.3. -- aubuti

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music collection scanning question - can scanning be disabled?

2010-06-01 Thread JohnSwenson
Kuja;552190 Wrote: > Maybe some 60,000 tracks. :( > > Also my 24/7 SqueezeCenter dedicated PC is a small mini ITX board > thingy (1.2GHz VIA C7 platform) with all passive cooling, 1GB RAM, so > there is not a big processing power in it. > > With new SB Touch, I was hoping to maybe even get get

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music collection scanning question - can scanning be disabled?

2010-06-01 Thread Kuja
...And... Can I use my old SqueezeCenter 7.3.3 with Touch? I had problems with 7.5 It would freeze on scanning music files, so I had to downgrade to older version. I think there is also a difference in programing language between those two versions. -- Kuja -

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music collection scanning question - can scanning be disabled?

2010-06-01 Thread Kuja
JJZolx;552185 Wrote: > Server simply cannot work without scanning the library prior to playing > songs. I don't see why... besides browsing by genre, year, etc, it can simply browse the music folders. May some hack/patch/code could be made by someone? Something like this patch for fixing the v

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music collection scanning question - can scanning be disabled?

2010-06-01 Thread Kuja
Tony T;552186 Wrote: > How large is your collection? I can scan 8,000 tracks in 20-30 minutes > without a problem. Maybe some 60,000 tracks. :( Also my 24/7 SqueezeCenter dedicated PC is a small mini ITX board thingy (VIA C7 platform) with all passive cooling, 1GB RAM, so there is not a big pr

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music collection scanning question - can scanning be disabled?

2010-06-01 Thread Tony T
Kuja;552148 Wrote: > I got scared reading about problems with external USB drives and large > music collections. How large is your collection? I can scan 8,000 tracks in 20-30 minutes without a problem. -- Tony T Tony  SBTouch ♪ SBRadio ♬ --

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music collection scanning question - can scanning be disabled?

2010-06-01 Thread JJZolx
Kuja;552148 Wrote: > Can I completely disable all scanning? Simple folder browsing is all > that I need. No, you cannot. Squeezebox users have been asking this question for years, but the Touch has brought the issue to a head. Squeezebox Server simply cannot work without scanning the library p

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music collection scanning question - can scanning be disabled?

2010-06-01 Thread carib
Kuja;552171 Wrote: > I would like to be able to use my external USB drive, as it is > advertised in Logitech promo materials, without problems and > restrictios that were not mentioned in their promos. This would make me > think twice before ordering it. > > And yes, I would like to have on my U

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music collection scanning question - can scanning be disabled?

2010-06-01 Thread Kuja
Thanks for the fast answer! I'm a long time SB3 user - I have the original Slimdevices version, not Logitech. I believe that I don't have to experience the SB experience first. :) Main selling point for me was support for external USB drives, so that PC is not needed anymore for simple FLAC pla

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music collection scanning question - can scanning be disabled?

2010-06-01 Thread carib
I'd recommend you start off with some of your music on a USB stick or an SD card before jumping into the attached hard drive. My reasons are purely functional. Get the feel of how the Touch works and especially how it sounds. You can always move on to the HDD later. Setup is easy and you wont

[SlimDevices: Touch] Music collection scanning question - can scanning be disabled?

2010-06-01 Thread Kuja
Hi everybody, I will get my SB Touch later today. I got scared reading about problems with external USB drives and large music collections. Many people reported problems with long scans that never finish because of server running out of memory, crashing/ending with some cryptic messages. I hav