Quoting Michel Fombellida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> Hi,
>
> a general question about the use of iTunes: could someone explain the
> difference between "reloading the iTunes library" and "rescanning". What is
> happening in the background.
>
> The difference between the 2 is not clear to me and then I am not sure about
> the effect of the parameters that controls them.
>
> There is a reload iTunes library interval (default 60 sec) and a rescan
> library
> plugin the allows to schedule a rescan. If I turn the rescan scheduler on, do
> I
> still need to reload the iTunes library? There doesn't seem to be a way to
> schedule a "reload of the itunes library" or trigger it manually?

the itunes xml file is tested regularly to see if it has been changed.  If at
any time, a change is detected, then itunes is 'reloaded' after the itunes
reload interval has passed since the last reload.  To trigger, just change
something from itunes.  There is no need to schedule.

A scheduled rescan via the plugin does a complete rescan of all data sources,
which may or may not include itunes, depending on the server settings.  With
6.0, the db does regular, ongoing checking of valid files, cleaning out stale
data, and importing new data on browse folder.  The moodlogic, itunes and
musicmagic all have checks to refresh their data is changes are detected in the
course.  As such, the need for a scheduled rescan is, for all intents and
purposes, a thing of the past.

-kdf
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