JohnSwenson wrote: > The problem here is that LMS is crashing when it starts to do the "deep > scan". The scan is in several pieces, the first just looks in the > directories for filenames and dates and builds a list of files that are > new, this phase seems to work fine. Then it goes and scans the actual > files looking for tags and embedded artwork. Then it looks for separate > artwork files. > > > First lets check your directory structure: TinyLMS cannot handle a large > number of files in the same directory, the best approach is a separate > directory per album and then just the files for that album in the > directory. This can be the audio files (*.wav in your case) and possibly > a coverart file (cover.jpg). Is all this true? > > Your problem seems to be that the scanner is crashing when doing the > full scan on your first file. Probably about 75% of crashes with TinyLMS > eventually turn out to be related to artwork. So lets first look at your > artwork, what format is it in? JPEG (jpg) is the least likely to cause a > problem. The pixel dimensions should not be large, 500 x 500 pixels is > usually considered a good choice. Check to see that you don't have > artwork embedded in the sound files (I'm not sure you caneven do that in > WAV) . LMS can handle embedded artwork, BUT due to memory limitations on > the Touch a separate image for each track can really cause problems, for > TinyLMS it's best to just use a separate cover.jpg and not use embeded > artwork. > > John S.
John Tag&Rename can embed artwork .jpegs into .WAV files, these work without problem on TinyLMS. However, the OP has indicated that he has ripped and tagged using Windows Media Player, this does not embed the artwork, but puts four hidden artwork .jpegs in the album folder. (attached screen shot). I had no problem scanning and playing this album using TinyLMS. I don't know what type of tagging WMP uses for .WAV files, but when I opened this same album in Tag&Rename the WMP tags do not show up at all, just the file name. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: Pic02.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=13336| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ kidstypike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10436 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95052 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
