Craig, James (IT) Wrote: > It's probably not a problem (as well as being unavoidable at this > point) > but the original poster did say not to put them in the database! > > In fact the track did disappear after I deleted it, the 2nd time I > subsequently navigated to it in the library. > > Background database maintenance is a future enhancement I believe?
Like you say, probably unavoidable at this point given the design philosophy of "caching" information. Someone obviously thought caching was the be all and end all to server performance enhancements at some point. Helpful, maybe, but the potential problems (and confusion) caused by caching also have to be recognized. This is an issue with not just iPods but any removable storage - for instance, my buddy's portable firewire hard drive with his music collection, or a USB pen drive with a couple dozen tracks. Or any _temporary_ files for that matter. I like to download low-quality mp3s of music I'm considering buying, or unfamiliar artists that I just want to check out. The only way to play them through SlimServer is to throw them into the Music directory tree, browse to them, let SlimServer add the file/track info into its database, then play the music. Then delete the files and remove the data at some later date. Sheesh, I sure don't have to go through all that to listen to the file through WinAmp or foobar2000 or Windows Media Player. There really needs to be a way to play back tracks without having them added to the database and later having to clear out the junk created by having browsed a removable storage device. I've said it before - give me the option of realtime _actual_ directory browsing without adding information to SlimServer's database. -- JJZolx Jim _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
