Software Failure!

garethsnaim

Not sure what you are getting at there sorry. All my music is 'in computer' its in a dell server.

hondagx35

Hi,

Started the scan over 2 hours ago and its hung again. Volumio scanned the entire share in around 15 minutes.

That is really funky, because Volumio does exectly the same.
Both use mpd as their core player and mpd is responsible for scanning your music.

You have used Volumio with exactly the same setup?

Frank

garethsnaim

yea for sure, both were pointed to the same share, which has not changed.

i dislike the beta tag on software it implies there is a stable version, but i could not find one for rune, perhaps you guys are a bit like google and their famous rolling beta program lols.

any how Bliss is doing some organising and i have deleted a lot of chaff, hopefully that will sort it.

rastus

garethsnaim wroteany how Bliss is doing some organising and i have deleted a lot of chaff, hopefully that will sort it.

garethsnaim > Could you give me a link to this "Bliss", I know not what it is and would like to check it out. Thanks.

Edit: Sorry, I found it.... http://www.blisshq.com/organise-music-files.html

garethsnaim

Yea BLISS is fantastic, in the settings you tell it to organise your library and it goes about its task in the background, will add artwork to specified sizes as well.

Its all done now, and what do you know the scan took like 5 minutes, horray!

Now does anyone here know anything about logitech media server? Its set with UPNP to be on, but this does not work. I wonder if its because its on the same computer that is displaying windows media player. But I cannot seem to turn media player off.

rastus

garethsnaim wroteYea BLISS is fantastic, in the settings you tell it to organise your library and it goes about its task in the background, will add artwork to specified sizes as well.

Its all done now, and what do you know the scan took like 5 minutes, horray!

Now does anyone here know anything about logitech media server? Its set with UPNP to be on, but this does not work. I wonder if its because its on the same computer that is displaying windows media player. But I cannot seem to turn media player off.

garethsnaim > Yes indeed, I had a good read up on it. And I have seen Dan Gravell's face, and comments, on other forums. I have two issues with Bliss: not free (I do understand that people need to eat), and running in the background (call me cautious). Congratulation on the "took like 5 minutes", I have a massive digital collection (ranging from jazz to pop, punk rock to classical, and everything in between) and it a scan takes little more than making a coffee. I have not used either Logitech Media Server or Windows Media Player so I cannot help there.

I knew I'd seen his face: http://www.stereo.net.au/forums/index.php/topic/88363-database-software-that-handles-artwork-and-all-music-formats/?p=1437244

garethsnaim

Sorry forgot to say there is a cost and I do appreciate its a fair amount for unlimited fixes.

I do not use it as a background thing though, I just run it once in a while to clear up my mess then close it down.

What I need to do I think is create a music server. I have a spare proliant here.

So have any of you guys set up a server what software did you use? I tried vortexbox once a long time ago but that was a bit technical for me, perhaps its got easier over time?

PeteB

Most of the server solutions running Linux will do a good job, but they all take some administration, sometimes a lot of hours if you are not familiar with the particular flavor of Linux. Old computers use more power and make more noise than new ones. It got so I could hear mine running from inside a closet on quiet mornings.

I am planning on setting up another Pi with a hard drive, or maybe an Odroid C2 (because its network performance is better).

I also found that a Pi running Xbian/Kodi (which I have for videos) does a credible job as a UPnP media server for RuneAudio, smart TVs and my laptop. That way I may be able to use one system for video, and still have a media server running in the background. The UpNP server is an option in the system settings, and that's it. If Rikardo is reading this, maybe he will have some idea about how well Xbian would run with more than one person using it at a time.

My all-time favorite was Serviio running on a computer I kept for a while to run Windows 2000. At the time there was no supported Linux version of Serviio. Btw, Serviio is not completely free any more. Payment is sort-of voluntary, but encouraged. I paid for it, because it saved me a lot or work compared to other options I had at the time (Serviio transcoded video files on the fly, organized files, the IMDB connections worked well, recognized most popular smart TVs and BR players, etc.).

surfninja

garethsnaim wroteYea BLISS is fantastic, in the settings you tell it to organise your library and it goes about its task in the background, will add artwork to specified sizes as well.

I've used http://beets.io/ in the past but didn't read the fine manual well enough so I stopped using it. Beets did organize my music and download cover art. Now I just manually set up my music file system.

garethsnaim wroteWhat I need to do I think is create a music server. I have a spare proliant here.

So have any of you guys set up a server what software did you use?

I'm running an old Dell desktop with 6T of storage. It is running 32-bit linux mint and works fine for providing my music file server and providing backup space for my other computers (various windows and linux boxes). It sits next to my desk and it is loud and probably uses a lot of energy. You could create a USB boot of mint and try it out. I'd throw in an old 80gig drive in your proliant, install linux mint and see if that is what you like. A 128g SSD would be plenty for running the OS and are cheap ($40 @amazon today)

I've just started looking at http://openmediavault.org for a RP solution. I would need usb harddrive caddies, powered usb hub and another raspberry pi. I like the low power, fanless solution but everything works now.

garethsnaim

I have used OMV for a lot of years rock solid performer and a great way to a cheap nas solution, has plugins for good stuff too like PLEX.

For now however I have decided to install daphile onto this proliant, I'll see how I got on with that.

garethsnaim

Curse you all but I have been laying awaking, thinking of upgrades!

The thing is lets say I have 200 quid to have a play...

I could get lets say a good battery power pack, and the SPDIF output HAT module and perhaps even a Pi3

But that 200 quid could get a second hand mac mini.

Where can I go with 200 quid, it is good money after a cheap slice of pi?

rastus

garethsnaim wroteI could get lets say a good battery power pack, and the SPDIF output HAT module and perhaps even a Pi3

But that 200 quid could get a second hand mac mini.

Where can I go with 200 quid, it is good money after a cheap slice of pi?

The battery pack is not a great solution because when a battery gets low it's contribution degrades (I only recommended you 'try' it to compare the difference between the Pi's switch mode PSU), a good quality low noise power supply would be best (read up on the "iFi iPower", it's cheap and is very low noise). The DIGI+ (SPDIF) is a good idea to feed an external DAC. No Pi-3-for-me! P3 = complexity, too many threads all over the place about issues. I would go the Pi 2B (I have and I think you already said you have one).

If you have a Pi already, don't waste money buying a second one... deal with that one first. Use your 200 'quid' to improve it's sound quality. Get a cheap battery pack, cheap, just for comparison! If you can't afford a battery, go the DIGI+ and a new power supply.

PS: Your bug-bitten, you need an 'intervention'! Take a time out and listen to the music! LoL!

garethsnaim

yea, ok I'll get one of those power supplies and look at the spdif hat

Has anyone got one of those pi displays working with it?

rastus

garethsnaim wroteyea, ok I'll get one of those power supplies and look at the spdif hat

Has anyone got one of those pi displays working with it?

I am sure there is a thread about setting up a display with the Pi here somewhere.

Dohmar

The waveshare 7" and 10" screens as well as the official raspberry pi screen all work with Rune. Only thing required is to edit the /boot/config.txt file to enable the touchscreen and hdmi output. Very easy to do

-D

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