There have been a number of threads about scanning problems due to playlist issues - try a search.
Like you, I've had problems with the scan for new/changed music (because scanner.exe itself does not terminate on my system for reasons that remain unidentified even after much discussion with Slimdevices support). My solution - and the procedure routinely adopted by many, I understand - is only ever to use clear and rescan. What happens when you use that? As for a progress monitor - there isn't one. And like me you may find that the web interface never updates to tell you the scan is finished (even when it has!). My solution for this - on my Win XP system - is as follows: # Start the 'Clear/rescan' # open the Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del, and click the Task Manager button) # open the Processes tab, and click 'Image Name' to sort the column alphabetically # scroll down to scanner.exe - the value of its CPU activity in the CPU column will be changing, and the CPU % at the bottom of the window will rise (can reach between 50% and 100%) # After a while (15-20 mins for 3500 tracks on my system) scanner.exe will finish and disappear from the Task Manager list - but the scan process is not finished yet! (CPU usage remains elevated.) # The two process, mysqld.exe and slim.exe become active - shown by the changing numbers in their 'CPU' column values, and by the sustained CPU usage at the bottom of the Task Manager screen. # Eventually, the CPU values for mysqld.exe and slim.exe will return to and stay at 00, and the CPU usage will drop back to 2%-4% (assuming you're not simultaneously running other programs). # If you now close Task Manager, and refresh the SlimServer web page (just click 'Home', or press Ctrl+f5) your library statistics will be displayed. Hope this helps. But, guys, isn't this a ridiculous way to have to monitor scan progress? Does anyone have a better way? And I know that scanning and screen updating may work fine for some people on some platforms - but that doesn't help those of us for whom it doesn't :( Very best wishes -- Diana -- Diana ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Diana's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7463 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30968 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
