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Autoscan - fm-maniac - 19-10-2015 07:36
Is there any progress on implementing the autoscan functionality to MinimServer?
I regularly forget that I've to initiate a rescan whenever I add music to my library. So an autoscan would be highly appreciated.
Cheers,
Michael
RE: Autoscan - simoncn - 19-10-2015 09:28
(19-10-2015 07:36)fm-maniac Wrote: Is there any progress on implementing the autoscan functionality to MinimServer?
I regularly forget that I've to initiate a rescan whenever I add music to my library. So an autoscan would be highly appreciated.
Cheers,
Michael
I understand that many users would like this. It is a very major piece of work and I can't give any time estimate for when it might be available.
RE: Autoscan - audio_elf - 19-10-2015 23:12
Simon, would it be possible as an interim to offer a scheduled scan - say every 60 minutes (or a user defined period)? Not sure if that would be easy to implement or not.
RE: Autoscan - fm-maniac - 20-10-2015 06:34
(19-10-2015 23:12)audio_elf Wrote: Simon, would it be possible as an interim to offer a scheduled scan - say every 60 minutes (or a user defined period)? Not sure if that would be easy to implement or not.This would be a huge improvement!
RE: Autoscan - simoncn - 20-10-2015 09:15
(19-10-2015 23:12)audio_elf Wrote: Simon, would it be possible as an interim to offer a scheduled scan - say every 60 minutes (or a user defined period)? Not sure if that would be easy to implement or not.
The main technical issue is enabling MinimServer to add new files without a restart. A restart is somewhat disruptive and making the rescan a manual operation ensures that it won't occur at an unexpected and difficult time for the user.
RE: Autoscan - SoundAdikt - 20-10-2015 11:02
You could create a schedule to do a re-scan at say 3am every morning. On Linux, Simon posted this recently:
For any Linux platform, if you have installed MinimServer in the directory {installdir}, you can do:
echo "rescan" > {installdir}/minimserver/data/minimserver.pipe
SoundAdikt.