d6jg wrote: > On the question of Samba > > I don't need it as I am using a networked drive for storage but I can > understand why people feel they need it. > If for example you are using a PC or Mac to rip CDs the easiest method > of adding the resultant files to LMS is to point the ripping software to > a mapped drive via SMB > The same applies to mp3tag and the like. > > Using SCP or WinSCP doesn't provide the same flexibility and nor will > FTP. If you were to find a tagging error in an album are you really > going to copy the file(s) back to a PC, fix them and then put them back > again. > > I know LMS on PCP is relatively new but the lack of a Samba share access > is a serious omission in comparison to m2p. That said everything else > about PCP is better IMHO. > > As I said it doesn't matter to me so just my 2p.
Regarding handling the music files on pCP. Initially I also thought that samba would be the optimal solution to update music files on an attached HDD - but I'm not so sure anymore. pCP is build to be as lean as possible and the focus is always to deliver the best sound quality on a RPi. So I think it might be overdoing it to have samba running on pCP all the time for the rare moments where you actually transfer music files to pCP. If you only need to transfer files from time to time I think winscp actually is a good way to do it. In the figure below 2 shows the music files on the computer, 3 show the music files on pCP and 1. show the possibility to use the synchronize button which will automatically update new files/directories (you can control direction from computer to pCP/or the other way/or both ways.) 20781 It should even be possible to use winscp in a commandline function on your computer where it will monitor your music catalog for changes. If a change is detected winscp will automatically synchronize the files on pCP. This also have benefit that the music directory on your computer serves as a sort of backup of the music files on the pCP. So if you fix any MP3-tags on the monitored direcory on your computer, these fixes should automatically turn up on the pCP. I will advice that you try to install winscp on your computer and test if it could be a suitable way to go. Steen +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: winscp.JPG | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=20781| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/picoreplayer/home *Please 'donate' (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=U7JHY5WYHCNRU&lc=GB¤cy_code=USD&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF%3abtn_donateCC_LG%2egif%3aNonHosted) if you like the piCorePlayer* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sbp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37237 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105018 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
