Philip Meyer Wrote: > So as I don't want any Shorten files to be picked up (I am converting > them to flac, bit by bit), I should enter shn as a disabled audio file > extension. The Shorten file format conversion checkboxes will then be > irrelevant, as there won't be any .shn in the library. I have some > questions about this though: > > 1) Will it filter the disabled file types out of Browse Music Folder? > 2) When disabling extensions, will music has already been scanned be > removed automatically, or upon a rescan? Good questions.
It should be possible to delete these from the database without doing a rescan. But, of course, there is a lot of linked data beside just the tracks. You'd have to run a number of queries on artists, albums, genres and a few linking tables to see if any artists, albums, or genres should also be deleted. More difficult is when you remove an extension - if tracks with that extension aren't already in the database, then you can only pick them up by rescanning. So I think it's safe to say that a rescan is required to effect any changes to this setting. The question I have is whether this is a pref that will automatically launch a rescan, or if it will be left to the user. Another question: Does this setting only affect scanning within the Music Folder, or is it universal? For instance, if you wanted m3u files within the Music Folder to be ignored, would this disable playlist functionality by also skipping those files within the Playlists Folder? -- JJZolx Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25075 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/beta
