erland wrote:
I'm very interested to hear how you have configured it and what kind of
problems you had and what the solution was, this will be great input for
future versions which hopefully can make the plugins easier to use for
other people in the future.
Hello Erland,
I have been really
arthurb wrote:
Hello PasTim,
Maybe you are right, and frustrated rants are not helpful. However,
looking at it the other way, when someone is totally confused, often by
errors and problems that manifest themselves in somewhat inconsistent
ways, it can actually be both useful, and a
arthurb wrote:
In that regard, I would just add that this stuff does require
experimentation, and patience, as you may have guessed from my
exasperated posts. I am going to try and post some points based on my,
very limited, experience in a day or two, but after much effort I have
I'd like to add that whilst LMS with Custom Scan, Custom Browse,
Multi-Library and Dynamic Playlists are not easy to set up, once done
they provide facilities that no other music servers I am aware of can
match. I probably spent weeks, on and off, getting a first version set
up to my
Hello PasTim,
Maybe you are right, and frustrated rants are not helpful. However,
looking at it the other way, when someone is totally confused, often by
errors and problems that manifest themselves in somewhat inconsistent
ways, it can actually be both useful, and a little therapeutic, to
Statto wrote:
Hi
Library is currently approx 15,000 'songs' (or just over 1,000 albums)
so a 2 hour custom scan would appear to be normal:( Still frustrating
that I can't seem to select a single album to scan in the main scan
folder and then have the custom scan restricted to that album.
garym wrote:
sounds like user error to me. As my mechanic dad used to say many years
ago, the problem sounds like a loose nut between the steering wheel and
the driver's seat. Many use multiple library plugin as designed with
great success. Somewhat anecdotal I'm sure, but it seems that
Erland,
I think I have, pretty much, managed to set up my LMS/Squeezebox-Touch
environment as I wanted; that is, I seem to have the basic structure. I
will add a post detailing what I have done in case anyone might possibly
find my experience helpful, but it is a shame that it took so much
arthurb wrote:
Gary,
I tried to ignore your post because in the past you have generally
seemed to be helpful to others, and, if my memory serves me well (which
it rarely does now), you have helped or at least tried to help me too.
However, I generally disapprove of personal insults, and
erland wrote:
It looks like the server which hosts the library configurations had
crashed recently and I hadn't noticed, due to this you might have gotten
corrupt configuration if you used the Download last version of existing
libraries link or tried to use one of the download links this
Statto wrote:
Tried this, but it says I need to set up a template directory before I
can download the libraries.
Ok, then my server outage wasn't your problem.
Could maybe be that the caches has become corrupt, could you try to
shutdown LMS and goto LMS cache directory and delete the
Hi
Library is currently approx 15,000 'songs' (or just over 1,000 albums)
so a 2 hour custom scan would appear to be normal:( Still frustrating
that I can't seem to select a single album to scan in the main scan
folder and then have the custom scan restricted to that album. Makes
testing new
Statto wrote:
However, I can't even get this to work! If I refer to the Classical
Library section (number 3, 2nd bullet point) then I'm meant to be able
to select/deselect various genres but no such option exists when I click
to create a new multi library and then the standard library
Must admit that I too am going through a nightmare spell with the
various plugins. Custom/Mixed Tag module taking an eternity to run, Tag
Mapping mysteriously corrupted, various Custom Browse menus returning no
data (despite working well for several months/years beforehand), etc.
I thought I
Statto wrote:
Custom/Mixed Tag module taking an eternity to run.
...
I could be wrong but it seems that something fundamental has changed
with the whole Custom Browse thing (multi library, custom scan, etc)
recently:(
If you have a large library, Custom Scan can take a long time to run. My
Another hour or two wasted this evening trying to get this stuff to do
the simplest things. BUT, I am worse off than I was before; I have been
getting the 'no matching songs found' message, or something like that,
and now I get the zero response syndrome. I have to say that in 40 years
of working
arthurb wrote:
Another hour or two wasted this evening trying to get this stuff to do
the simplest things. BUT, I am worse off than I was before; I have been
getting the 'no matching songs found' message, or something like that,
and now I get the zero response syndrome. I have to say that in
arthurb wrote:
I have to say that in 40 years of working with computers, writing
software, testing software and managing other people doing that sort of
stuff, this is the worst software I have ever found - bar none.
I have to say that you really know how to encourage people to improve
;-)
arthurb wrote:
starting with the folder specifications: what do they mean?
It will only look at folders within the Music folder which you have
configured in LMS Settings/Basic tab, the Multi Library library will be
a subset of all music within the folder you have configured in LMS
arthurb wrote:
I have been staggering, or perhaps blundering on, and have, probably,
set up Custom Scan to return ALBUMARTIST, COMPOSER and CONDUCTOR (I am
using FLAC files only). Then I have set up some menus with Custom
Browse so that I can view the following: Composer -- Genre --
OK, another day...
This post is for Erland who said he may have time to look at this later
in the week - hope you are not too upset by me wanting to nuke Sweden
earlier Erland.
I have added some screen-shots. First 5 are going down through the stuff
I have set up in LMS.
Next 5 Screen-shots: the first two show the panels generated by the
Level 3 and Level 4 sections of the menu definition (those are Albums
(which I have made equal to Works), and Album Artists (which, for me,
identifies a particular recording)). As can be seen, I get duplication
in these
Thanks for the reply Slimchances; it seems we have both set up libraries
but neither of us are quite sure what all the parameters mean. This of
course means that I am a little concerned that everything is OK.
I have been staggering, or perhaps blundering on, and have, probably,
set up Custom
Well, I removed almost everything that I put into the 'library
definition' page except for one directory (in the 'include' section),
and it -appears- that I now have a Classical library; not that it seems
to give me anything very useful. I have tried to add something to the
'Custom Browse'
Not sure I can offer much help, but I set up two dependent libraries and
defined them as MP3 and FLAC. I rtemember it did not seem very
straightforward to a non techie like me but eventually worked. I found
Dynamic Playlist a very useful plugin as it allowed me to create
playlists based on any
There are a few tutorials for Custom Browse linked from it's
installation section on the wiki:
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Custom_Browse#Installation
The relation to MultiLibrary is basically that:
- You either setup a menu in Custom Browse and specify the Library
parameter in the menu
Hello Erland and thank you for replying to my query.
It was very late last night when I posted the questions, and I think I
was not as clear as I might have been. Currently I have, presumably by
installing 'Custom Browse', added the option 'Music Folder' to the Menus
for LMS and my Squeezebox
I have installed, on the trial basis, Erland's Multi-Library, Custom
Scan and Custom Browse plugins. So far, after a few hours, I have been
able to introduce the 'Music Folder' browsing option to my LMS, giving
acess to the three sub-folders, or 'libraries' as I think of them within
my FLAC
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