Brian Ritchie;242258 Wrote: > cparker's instructions - and haunyack's reaction - got my hopes up; > there are details in there that I'd not seen before (e.g. changing the > GUI port), and it is a nice concise description. Perhaps even worth > losing many hours' working context and trying a reboot... > > Unfortunately, I don't seem to be any better off afterwards: now SS has > finally started (it crashed on reboot, but manual start was OK), it does > recognise MIP, but I still don't get the ability to build mixes from > Artists, Albums or Songs. So far mixes from Playlists are the only > things I've spotted; which is no better than I'd managed before. > > I must admit I didn't follow the instructions to the absolute letter. > When I changed the cache location (to under Docs and Settings), the MIP > web page's song count remained steadfastly at zero. When I looked, it's > obvious that though I'm running MIP 1.8.1b, it's definitely updating > the default.m3lib cache that's under Program Files, and there was no > copy under Docs and Settings (for me or anyone/anything else). > Restoring the cache setting in mmm.ini and restarting the MIP service > did the trick: a nice full cache, with only a few songs unanalysed. > Generating test mixes from cparker's new server page (much improved > indeed) worked fine too. But no improvements in SS. > > (Actually, first I tried copying the cache file to under Docs and > Settings; this worked too, but subsequently MIP modified the Prog Files > copy, so that's why I think its still the active location.) > > Another niggle is that even running MIP headless, for some reason SS's > scanner is kicking in frequently (once per minute, I think); I've tried > setting the MIP reload interval in SS settings to something huge, but it > makes no difference. (Perhaps setting it to zero (== disable) will > help, but might that be a bit pointless?) Since I use my PC for other > things, this can be a bit of a nuisance as it sometimes freezes > whatever I'm using when this happens. > > (If, as someone has suggested, this is because MIP hasn't finished > analysing my collection, then it probably never will - it *has* > analysed the vast majority, but there are a few tracks that it never > seems to finish analysing, and it never seems to give up trying > either.) > > I've no idea why I have so much trouble getting MIP + SS to work. It's > frustrating to be able to generate mixes from playlists (which I rarely > want) but not from individual songs (which is what I'd really like). I > can't see anything that I've done wrong. > > If I remove the MIP service, will I have to undo the registry setting > before I can run SlimServer again? > > -- Brian > > Possibly pertinent details: > SS last official 6.5 release > MIP 1.8.1b > Win XP SP2
Hi Brian Just a quick one as I've got to shoot.. But I would analysis your files using the GUI. Once that has completed, do File-> Save Library Cache. Then close it. Bring up the web part of MusicIP and click the Reload cache. Scanning from the web side blows and I never use it! :S Now if you can generate a mix with the web interface of MusicIP then everything there "should" be working. This will then rule out the problem is on the MusicIP side. (Mostly ;) Therefore all that is left to check are the SS settings that the port number is correct, ie. its NOT trying to talk with the GUI port number. Server Settings -> MusicMagic -> Port No. should be the headless port number. Then do a full library rescan on the SS side. (Server settings -> Clear Library and Rescan everything) This will shake out any bad stuff in the database. Hopefully that will help, let me know if you need more details. Cheers -- cparker www.spicefly.com - Visit for an enhanced Interface for MusicIP and tips and tricks for integrating with Slimserver! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cparker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2083 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39687 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
