Recently added files

[paulM]

I am running Minimserver 2.2, update 252, on a QNAP HS251. I attach a copy of added-dates.txt for your information.

Lines 1 to 66 appear to be the only part of the original sequence to remain. The last successful rescan occurred on 2024-06-14 at 17:26 and this rescan ends at line 66.

The problematic rescan occurred on 2024-06-15 at 17:05. It starts off fine and the first 2 of 3 albums were added between lines 67 and line 99. Everything from that point is out of sequence. You will note that the last album in correct sequence (Richard Thompson - Electric) is then followed by a dozen other Richard Thompson albums, all of which have been on the server for years. There then follows a number of other albums that have been on a long time until you get to line 840, when the third of the three "new" albums is added. You will note that the third recently added album (U Roy - Pray fi di People on lines 840 to 852) is preceded by another U Roy album that has been on for a significant length of time. I don't know if this is significant, but it is an observation. The third of the three new albums ends at line 852.

Line 853 to line 999 are all recently added albums, but due to what happened above, they are significantly out of sequence.

Line 1000 makes me curious because it is an old .mp4 that has been on the server for over a decade. I'd forgotten all about it because it was an experiment that I did not follow up on. It is on the same drive as the music, but is not in the music directory and I have never noticed Minimserver identify this file before. It is certainly not recent though!

Given that everything was ok up to and including the album "Electric" and goes very wrong immediately after this, I am guessing that this album is the cause of my woes. Just in case it is, I need to observe that this album has existed on my server for quite a few year as a single disk .mp3 version. On Saturday, I removed the .mp3 version and replaced it with the deluxe version in .flac format. So it changed format and an additional bonus disk was added. I don't think that this is the issue as I have upgraded other albums in the past without problem when I have sourced better versions - but I mention it for completeness.

I think that this about covers it.