Greetings I got my Squeezebox Classic yesterday after experimenting with SqueezeCenter and Softsqueeze for about a week or so. I understand that if I want SqueezeCenter to find music that's not in the default music folder it's simply a matter of creating a shortcut to the desired location. Unfortunately this isn't working for me. Here's the scenario:
A great deal of music files are currently stored in my Sims2\Music folder; this is a game that won't recognise shortcuts so the files have to be physically located there. Not a problem, you might think. Just place a shortcut in my Music folder (which we'll call 'C:\Users\Ronny\Music' - username changed to protect the innocent) that points to 'C:\Users\Ronny\Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Music'. From these paths you'll glean that I'm using Vista: if it has a bearing I'm using Vista Ultimate 32bit. Anyway, shortcut created: if I double-click on it from within Windows Explorer it takes me to the right place. Pointing Squeezecenter to 'C:\Users\Ronny\Music', clearing the library and rescanning causes something weird to happen. If I browse the library by 'Music Folder' my new shortcut (which we'll call "Sims Music") is not there. Instead there's a new entry called simply "Music" which just points to the directory I'm already in. Interestingly the Sample Music shortcut, created by Windows and pointing to 'C:\Users\Public\Music\Sample Music' works fine; it's just any new shortcuts I create that are affected. So I created a new folder on my desktop called "New Folder" and created my shortcut in there. Same thing: a link to "New Folder" that takes me where I already am. If I copy the "Sample Music" shortcut into my new folder, this works fine. If I create a new shortcut to 'C:\Users\Public\Music\Sample Music' it creates a link to "Music", within which is a working link to "Sample Music". Here's a sample from my scanner log if it helps decipher what's going on. [08-08-24 11:22:15.5853] Slim::Utils::Misc::pathFromWinShortcut (345) Error: Bad path in C:\Users\Ronny\Desktop\New Folder\Music - Shortcut.lnk - path was: [] [08-08-24 11:22:15.5868] Slim::Utils::Scanner::findFilesMatching (153) Warning: Found an infinite loop! Breaking out: C:\Users\Ronny\Desktop\New Folder -> C:\Users\Ronny\Desktop\New Folder [08-08-24 11:54:35.2545] Slim::Utils::Misc::pathFromWinShortcut (345) Error: Bad path in C:\Users\Ronny\Desktop\New Folder\Music - Shortcut.lnk - path was: [] [08-08-24 11:54:35.2560] Slim::Utils::Scanner::findFilesMatching (153) Warning: Found an infinite loop! Breaking out: C:\Users\Ronny\Desktop\New Folder -> C:\Users\Ronny\Desktop\New Folder [08-08-24 11:55:42.9185] Slim::Utils::Misc::pathFromWinShortcut (345) Error: Bad path in C:\Users\Ronny\Desktop\New Folder\Music - Shortcut (2).lnk - path was: [] [08-08-24 11:55:42.9201] Slim::Utils::Scanner::findFilesMatching (153) Warning: Found an infinite loop! Breaking out: C:\Users\Ronny\Desktop\New Folder -> C:\Users\Ronny\Desktop\New Folder [08-08-24 11:55:42.9224] Slim::Utils::Misc::pathFromWinShortcut (345) Error: Bad path in C:\Users\Ronny\Desktop\New Folder\Music - Shortcut.lnk - path was: [] [08-08-24 11:55:42.9234] Slim::Utils::Scanner::findFilesMatching (153) Warning: Found an infinite loop! Breaking out: C:\Users\Ronny\Desktop\New Folder -> C:\Users\Ronny\Desktop\New Folder [08-08-24 11:56:39.3789] Slim::Utils::Misc::pathFromWinShortcut (345) Error: Bad path in C:\Users\Ronny\Desktop\New Folder\Music - Shortcut (2).lnk - path was: [] [08-08-24 11:56:39.3807] Slim::Utils::Scanner::findFilesMatching (153) Warning: Found an infinite loop! Breaking out: C:\Users\Ronny\Desktop\New Folder -> C:\Users\Ronny\Desktop\New Folder [08-08-24 11:56:39.3855] Slim::Utils::Misc::pathFromWinShortcut (345) Error: Bad path in C:\Users\Ronny\Desktop\New Folder\Music - Shortcut.lnk - path was: [] [08-08-24 11:56:39.3865] Slim::Utils::Scanner::findFilesMatching (153) Warning: Found an infinite loop! Breaking out: C:\Users\Ronny\Desktop\New Folder -> C:\Users\Ronny\Desktop\New Folder [08-08-24 11:58:13.4783] Slim::Utils::Misc::pathFromWinShortcut (345) Error: Bad path in C:\Users\Ronny\Desktop\New Folder\Music - Shortcut (2).lnk - path was: [] [08-08-24 11:58:13.4799] Slim::Utils::Scanner::findFilesMatching (153) Warning: Found an infinite loop! Breaking out: C:\Users\Ronny\Desktop\New Folder -> C:\Users\Ronny\Desktop\New Folder [08-08-24 11:58:13.4830] Slim::Utils::Misc::pathFromWinShortcut (345) Error: Bad path in C:\Users\Ronny\Desktop\New Folder\Music - Shortcut.lnk - path was: [] [08-08-24 11:58:13.4842] Slim::Utils::Scanner::findFilesMatching (153) Warning: Found an infinite loop! Breaking out: C:\Users\Ronny\Desktop\New Folder -> C:\Users\Ronny\Desktop\New Folder [08-08-24 11:59:59.3061] Slim::Utils::Misc::pathFromWinShortcut (345) Error: Bad path in C:\Users\Ronny\Desktop\New Folder\Music - Shortcut (2).lnk - path was: [] [08-08-24 11:59:59.3084] Slim::Utils::Scanner::findFilesMatching (153) Warning: Found an infinite loop! Breaking out: C:\Users\Ronny\Desktop\New Folder -> C:\Users\Ronny\Desktop\New Folder [08-08-24 11:59:59.3108] Slim::Utils::Misc::pathFromWinShortcut (345) Error: Bad path in C:\Users\Ronny\Desktop\New Folder\Music.lnk - path was: [] [08-08-24 11:59:59.3118] Slim::Utils::Scanner::findFilesMatching (153) Warning: Found an infinite loop! Breaking out: C:\Users\Ronny\Desktop\New Folder -> C:\Users\Ronny\Desktop\New Folder Sorry for the long post, especially as it's my first one. -- Ronnyjoz ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ronnyjoz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19543 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51434 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
