Quoting John Gorst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > kdf wrote: > > Quoting John Gorst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > >>Does enabling musicmagic support cause a big hit on performance? The > >>paragraph about musicmagic in server settings suggests that it will > >>import the musicmagic library info? Is this strictly true? Or does it > >>simply send the artist/title/genre to the musicmagic service which then > >>spits out a playlist? > >> > >>SlimServer can use your MusicMagic program as source for title and genre > >>information. > > > > > > This brings all the same info as tagging would, except that the info is > provided > > primarily from the musicmagic API. Tags are still read to gather any > missing > > info. > > > > > >>Additionally you can generate instant mixes on genre, > >>artist and song level. > > > > > > These are on-the-fly mixes available by press-and-hold play form teh player > UI, > > or via 'mm' links in teh web UI. > > > > it will also import any playlists that you've created within the musicmagic > > application, plus slimserver will import the list of what musicmagic has > > determined are possibly duplicate tracks. > > > > -kdf > > So in theory the database shouldnt be any larger, just more complete. > > One problem I have had so far is that the MMM is 'analysing', so updates > its database.So the slimserver updates from MMM every 60 seconds - > obviously this is configurable, but it is not immedietly obvious what is > happening. > > I assume that even if I set the timeout to a rediculous large figure, > each time I restart slimserver (and assuming MM database has been > updated), slimserver will update itslef against MMM. This takes a long > time on my system! > > Would it be possible to tell slimserver not to get tag info from MMM, > and just use it for on-the-fly mixes?
not at this time, no. -kdf _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
