nicolas75;672546 Wrote: > Hi, > I installed MonkeySqueeze 3.0. > Almost everything seems fine, but there is an annoying problem. > I don't use playlist in LMS (actually I don't use LMS anymore, it is > only there for MonkeySqueeze). > But the new playlist sync feature is very annoying and very slow. > Is there any way to disable it ? > I really don't care about having playlist in LMS ...
> It seems that I don't have anymore the abrupt transition between tracks > I sometimes had with 2.0 > Vey good point. The greatest issues prior to the release of MonkeySqueeze V3 was MonkeySqueeze sending one track at a time to Squeezebox and the buffering (loading) of tracks in LMS/Squeezebox. Couple that with inherent communications delay between software and MonkeySqueezers found that sometimes tracks would abruptly stop when new tracks started and there would be large delays between tracks. If you had an up-to-date PC then these issues wouldn't be too great, however on slower PCs the issues were magnified. Enter MonkeySqueeze V3. It doesn't send one track at a time from the MediaMonkey Now Playing window, it now sends the all the tracks in the Now Playing window (a playlist) prior to play. Now the squeezebox system can start buffering the next track while the current track plays. This does a number of things. Tracks will play in there entirety and there is no added delay between tracks. The last point is especially important when there is no delay between tracks on an album, such as some classical or progressive rock albums (e.g. Pink Floyd). Tracks can also be added to the now playing window in MediaMonkey and they will then be added to the Squeezebox playlist while music is playing. Also if you change the position of a track it will update in Squeezebox. The only downside is the load time at the beginning. The larger the playlist (album or individual tracks) in MediaMonkey the longer the load time. Katteman and I believe the benefits of this approach far outweigh the negatives, however MonkeySqueezers may not agree, time will tell. I use the term "playlist" for the current tracks in the now playing window of MediaMonkey, which can be an album or individual tracks. I did debate whether to use the term or not but in the end I believe it best describes the list of songs that will be played. In hindsight I should have placed this explanation in the user guide but "that's life". I'm certainly interested in feedback on V3 from MonkeySqueezers however they should use it for a time to become familiar with its operation. I'm sure they will find it an improvement. MonkeySqueeze V2 is still available on the Addons site for anyone who doesn't like the operation of V3. Sorry for the long winded reply nicolas75, but it's better to get the full reasoning behind the changes to the script. Cheers -- Gingernut63 Gingernut63 MonkeySqueeze - Squeezing music into your life! http://twitter.com/#!/MonkeySqueeze1 MonkeySqueeze Support: http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=59515 MonkeySqueeze Development: http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=59907 Squeezebox Boom - SqueezePlay - Squeeze Player - MediaMonkey - MonkeyTunes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gingernut63's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=48490 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89046 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
