On 09/12/05, Kyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dr., is there anyplace that explains exactly what this program is and
what it does? It is a replacement for Softsqueeze or just a program
that you use instead of Softsqueeze for the manipulation of music files
only? How does it do a rescan faster than Softsqueeze, and is a
Softsqueeze rescan still necessary? Do all other functions still have
to be done on the Softsqueeze program? What other advantages are there
to this program?
Hi Kyle,
Firstly, by Softsqueeze, I presume you mean the SlimServer itself ?
Softsqueeze is a Squeezebox emulator, although you can use it
to alter Slimserver settings..
Moose doesnt play music itself, it just controls what your
Squeezebox (or Softsqueeze) plays. Its functionality and aims are very
similar to those that the web-based front-end provides. In theory
Moose puts less burden on the server machine, and hopefully is
much more snappy since it's a native windows application.
There are two scanning modes. The first mode scans files and folders.
When using this mode, no tags are read from the files, so it's super-fast.
This is the mode which saves you doing slimserver rescans, but you must
have your music organised in artist/album/tracks type folder structure.
The second scanning mode scans slimserver's database. This is a bit more
fiddly, but is much more versatile as it's tag-based. Again, this rescan is
quite fast as it's using the information which slimserver has already
gathered from the files.
The moose website explains things in a bit more detail, but it's more of a
manual than an explanation:
Hope that helps..
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