andyda;172650 Wrote: 
> 
> If MySQL does not take over the organization of the music library from
> iTunes, what does it do?

The same thing that SQLite did in prior versions.. provides the
database that SlimServer directly uses.

> 
> What are the advantages of the MySQL orgainzation over previous methods
> used in Slimserver?

The biggest is that it is a genuine client-server relationship between
Slimserver and the database.  This helps things like the scanning
process -- since one process is scanning and one is doing the
userinterface and playing (and a third, MySQL, is running the database
the two need to share), the operating system can "schedule" those three
tasks all by itself.  ie, MacOS is quite capable of running more than
one program and can make sure that everything gets "fair" use of the
processor... so 6.5's big benefit with MySQL is that a whole bunch of
"let's make sure that everything is getting execution time" is passed
onto the operating system.

It's still using iTunes in exactly the same way.


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