[mythtv-users] Strange MythMusic File Behavior

[Anthony Rooney]

Hi

I have seen the same behaviour and asked a question about this with no
response.

I stopped using Myth Music as I could not figure out how it worked and it
certainly did not work the way I would expect a central music playing
application that should be able to index and play files from any accessible
location without making duplicate copies.

The UI design really sucks also making it look like a very ill-conceived
project with no consideration about how it might appear to end users.

It is back to the drawing board for Myth Music as it is currently a very
poor offering.

Kind Regards


Anthony

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Paul Harrison
Sent: Tuesday, 25 January 2011 4:54 AM
To: Discussion about MythTV
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Strange MythMusic File Behavior

On 24/01/11 00:41, Martin Lynch wrote:
> I've noticed that MythMusic creates a new folder called "music" in the 
> folder I have it pointing to and then makes copies of the songs I've 
> selected as part of my playlist. This seems very bizarre to me - why 
> would MythMusic need to  actually _copy_ the files? Can't it simply 
> creates symlinks? And for that matter, can't it simply use a text file 
> listing the files which constitute the playlist? Anyone know if this 
> behavior is intended? Does your music directory contain a "music"
> folder with a bunch (1.6GB, in my case!) of copied files? Wondering if 
> this is a bug I ought to report.
>
> Am running 0.23-fixes (24158) on Ubuntu 10.04.
>

What you are seeing certainly isn't normal behavior. MythMusic doesn't copy
any files or create symlinks when creating playlists. The only time
MythMusic will copy files to your music folder is when you rip a cd or
import tracks.

Paul H.         
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