30 minutes or so after I started it, the scan is done. The playlists are once again visible, and they load fairly quickly. So it all looks good now, other than the "All Artists"/"All Albums" thing.
I'll post any new observations after I have a chance to test it more extensively. On 6/29/05, Mitch Harding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perhaps I spoke too soon. > > I decided to really test the performance and started poking around in > some of the menu options that traditionally caused me performance > problems. Then I noticed that it only saw 86 artists in my library, > which is very low. So I did a full library wipe and rescan. This > caused the clocks on my SB2 and SB to pause for long periods of time, > as it did before. So that part of the DB hasn't been sped up, but if > that only happens when doing a rescan, I can live with it. > > The rescan is still going after several minutes. I'll post my > observations once it completes. It may fix my playlist issue. I'll > be sure to test to see if the DB is snappy loading large playlists > once it gets done rescanning. I want to make sure that wasn't just a > product of my artificially small library. > > > On 6/29/05, Mitch Harding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just updated to this level from 6.0.2. It seems much snappier -- I > > added my entire music collection as a playlist and it added and > > shuffled within seconds. Before this would have brought the server to > > its knees for a while. So kudos there. > > > > However, my playlists seem to have disappeared. More precisely, the > > Slimserver doesn't see them. The files are still as I left them, and > > I checked and the playlist directory is still set correctly in > > Slimserver. But when I browse playlists, none of them show up. Any > > ideas? > > > > Also, a minor bug. I did Browse Music -> Browse Artists and then went > > to the top of the list where I expected to see "All Artists", but > > instead it said "All Albums". Maybe that's as intended -- I can't > > remember the previous behavior. Seems like it should say All Artists, > > though. > > > > Anyway, help on the playlists would be appreciated. Any way I can > > force Slimserver to see them? > > > > I haven't played around with SqueezeNetwork yet. I may try that over > > the long holiday weekend. > > > > On the whole, very nice. One of my biggest pet peeves was the > > slowness to load large sets of songs. > > > > Mitch > > > > On 6/27/05, Vidur Apparao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Slim Devices would like to announce the release of SlimServer 6.1 Beta 1 > > > and SqueezeNetwork Beta. > > > > > > Download here: http://www.slimdevices.com/dev_beta.html > > > > > > Highlights of the SlimServer 6.1b1 release include: > > > > > > * Support for Slim Devices' Always-On Network Service: > > > SqueezeNetwork on your Squeezebox2. > > > * Improvements to our support for Internet Radio, including a Web > > > Interface for the Shoutcast, radioio and Live365 radio directories. > > > * Many performance improvements to browsing, scanning and playing > > > your music library. > > > * A new Podcast Plugin that allows you to use your Squeezebox to > > > listen to your favorite podcasts...or browse some of our presets. > > > * Many more improvements and bug fixes. > > > > > > You can read the detailed SlimServer 6.1b1 release notes at > > > http://www.slimdevices.com/su_changelog.html. > > > > > > To use the SqueezeNetwork Beta, you will need to update your Squeezebox2 > > > firmware to revision 14 (included with SlimServer 6.1b1). You can then: > > > > > > * Connect your Squeezebox2 to SqueezeNetwork by choosing the > > > "SqueezeNetwork" item from the player's Main Menu or from the > > > Squeezebox2 Setup Menu. > > > * Visit http://www.squeezenetwork.com to create an account, > > > associate one or more players with your account, control your > > > players remotely, and share Favorites & RSS Feeds. > > > * Enjoy many of your favorite Squeezebox2 features - Internet Radio, > > > RSS News, Alarm Clock (including many fun new alarm sounds) - > > > without a computer. > > > > > > Please give both SlimServer 6.1b1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta a try. As > > > always, post feedback to this forum and file bugs at > > > http://bugs.slimdevices.com. > > > > > > The Slim Devices Team > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Discuss mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
