Pascal Hibon wrote: 
> One other thing my friend ran into is that LMS clears its database when
> the scanner is running and the wandboard does not have a network
> connection.
> I know one would say, why are you running LMS without a network but I
> also believe that LMS or the scanner should be able to recognize that it
> has no network and then just exit the scanning process. This would
> prevent LMS from deleting its database in such cases.  
> 
> A bit of background on how the issue is triggered:
> All the audio components in the rack are powered by a common switch so
> that my friend turns off all the equipment when he is not listening to
> music.  Since the wandboard still has no power button I told my friend
> to leave the wandboard running 24/7. I was unaware of the fact that
> there was a small switch hidden in his audio rack that also get switched
> off with the rest of the audio system. The scanner is set to scan at 9
> am in the morning. Of course, at that time he is not listening to music
> so the whole audio rack is still powered off, leaving the wandboard
> without a network. The scanner kicks in, doesn't find the music files
> and starts to delete them from its database. In the evening, my friend
> powers up the system and wants to listen to music only to find out that
> LMS has an empty database. 
> 
> I'm pretty sure this is one of the typical user cases that we are likely
> to run into when the CS player is available to the masses. It clearly
> shows that the wandboard needs an easy way to power down (power switch
> of some kind) and also an attention to LMS's scanner, it should check
> the status of the network interface while scanning music; exit the
> scanner when interface is down.

Given the use case - why should the scanner be set to run at a specific
time?  Could your friend not run it when he adds music [which is the
normal case LMS assumes?]


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