i just want to take a moment to describe the way winamp scans. first, it never scans automatically, unless you tell it to. you can tell it to scan on startup, and at set interval periods. also note that you can set multiple directories to scan!
if you have nothing in your winamp DB, its still pretty fast, filling the DB quickly and accurately. i almost never see it do something it shouldn't. if you already have your library scanned, its INCREDIBLY fast, and incredibly accurate, catching any/all changes/new files you may have made outside winamp, (it would already know what you did inside winamp). finally, if you have "automatically remove missing files" checked, thats how it deletes records in the final stage of scanning, called "checking for files" thats lightning fast, and then it compacts the DB. winamp has a "clear media library" function, but you never need to use it. its so good at what it does, you basically don't need a sbs-like "clear and rescan" b/c its "scan for changes" is that robust. no offense to logitech, but winamps scanner is incredibly fast and reliable, and its always clear to me whats going on, or if there is an issue, its something wrong with the files or OS or drm or something, not winamp. no one at winamp forums is even asking for an "auto-detect rescan" not because they wouldn't like it, i bet they would; but b/c it really isn't needed b/c the current scanner implementation is that good. (winamp does display folder and embedded art btw, and the new 5.61 [NOT 5.601] has DB improvements that make searches and switching views incredibly quick) so i think the way winamp works the scan is like this: if it sees a new file, enter the record/continue, if its existing, check if its been modified, if no, continue, if yes, scan for changes; and then after it scan whats existing, it looks for DB records of files that no longer exist and removes those records. this methodology is imo, 100% reliable/robust in their implementation. the scanner HAS gotten better in SBS, no doubt, Andy has moved it miles from where it was... but why is it the scanner can't be as good and reliable as winamps, and why can't a raw info data dump be made into one big table, and then after the scan all the other tables are made? that way you wouldn't need to have "pre-scanning" options. you could change any and all options without a rescan. no disrespect to the devs, but honestly, SBS is years behind other apps in this regard. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: scanner.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11676| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- MrSinatra www.lion-radio.org using: sb2 & sbc (my home) / sbrec & ipeng (parents' home) - sbs 7.5.4b - win xp pro sp3 ie8 - p4(ht) 3.2ghz, 2gig ram - 1tb wd usb2 raid1 - d-link dir-655 - 49k+ mp3/flac ::VOTE FOR 'BUG 15604' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=15604)!!!:: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86894 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta
