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Originally Posted by firekat
I have worked on getting the player up and working. One problem that I am having is adding music. I have a lot of trouble getting the newly added files recognized by either of the players. Even after I try getting all the options. I added some mp3's and I had to reinstall the player for the system to see them. I have added some mod files and in the mikmod folder and I cannot see any of them. Right now I have the Gimmix interface "updating library". It seems to have hung as the busy led is not on and it has been sitting for a while.
Your assistance is greatly appreciated.
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Thanks firekat, this is a good point, which I forgot to put in the readme.
Sorry.
You should use only "Update Database, & Start Playback" [top 2nd entry] in the "Contentlister based Control of mpd" to update the mpd database after adding/removing files.
The shell scripts behind the "contentlister based control" do all the stuff of creation of playlists (all songs; sorted by album, artist, date, genre), which gimmix can see.
1st run of gimmix after installation & next runs after this differ.
1st run= starting shell script "Update Database, & Start Playback", which loads mpd, creates DB, loads All-Songs-Playlist, starts plackback; then gimmix starts.
from 2nd run= starting shell script "Continue Playback", which starts mpd with last status of playback (db, playlists, position in last listened track [useful for audio books]); then gimmix starts.
Hey firekat, this is the reason why reinstalling jukebox fixed "missing songs" problem: 1st run of gimmix after installation created new db.
[EDIT] It's no big deal to rename/create entries:
# "Start gimmix in Continue Playback mode"
# "Update DB [after removing/adding files], then start gimmix".
Would this solve the confusion?