I was wondering if it's possible to implement a scanning status display
somewhere in the web UI?  Say when you refresh a browse page it might
display "SlimServer is still scanning your library: 242 albums with
2752 tracks by 135 artists scanned so far".  Or maybe it's only
displayed on the Server Settings page in the Rescan Music Library
section.  Doesn't matter, just so you can guage the scanning progress. 
Most people have a rough idea of the number of albums or tracks in their
collection, so it wouldn't have to be presented as "N of M items
scanned" to be useful.

I seem to recall that under Browse Artwork, before the change to using
the alphapagebar, that it would display something like "1-50 of 121"
items, which would give you some indication of the scanning progress.

I think it would also be helpful to see a total scan time displayed
somewhere, so that you have an idea of the total time it's going to
require the next time.  Maybe on the Server Settings page display the
time of the most recent scan.

Also, I'm surprised there isn't a basic, high level log kept that can
be viewed in the web UI.  Something that would log only "major" server
events: SlimServer startups (showing version number) and shutdowns,
library scans, firmware updates, would be very useful.  Maybe also log
configuration errors or warnings, like "SQLite database not found -
rebuilding".  Most casual users have no need or desire to do the
detailed logging available through the SlimServer debugging
facilities.

Anyone agree/disagree?


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JJZolx

Jim
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