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    • RE: Desktop items not appearing in Files List

      I have given up on this

      A friend who was assisting has expressed the opinion (correct or not) that this needs a bit of work to make it more useful

      Having spent many hours getting nowhere, I shall reluctantly stop using it

      posted in Technical Help
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    • Desktop items not appearing in Files List

      Desktop shortcut not displaying in Files list

      There is also a shortcut for the music folder on the NAS drive

      This one's address is: smb://192.168.88.108/music

      Under chris/Desktop it is empty

      posted in Technical Help
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    • RE: I am simply stunned.

      @seejay
      Which flavour of Linux are you using?

      I tried Ubuntu Studio, but it seems not to be that compatible with Strawberry

      I've found that Linux OS is always faster than Windows or Mac. However, running Strawberry makes operations slow down

      For instance the Update when the program is started takes 30-40 mins

      posted in Comments & Feedback
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    • RE: Updating collection stops other tasks

      @adityasubathu

      The transfer rate from the NAS to the computer is 11 mb/sec
      The (Dell) laptop has an SSD, is an i5 and has 16Gb RAM
      Since Friday its been "Updating collection"
      Running from a terminal window, it gets to 84850 and then stops. JRiver shows there are 86998 tracks
      I can play a track if I click on the file name, but cannot create any Smart Playlists

      Don't want to keep bothering you with what seems minor problems

      posted in Technical Help
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    • RE: Updating collection stops other tasks

      @adityasubathu

      Thanks for the swift replies
      It running under Ubuntu Studio

      The program states (running under Terminal)

      Reading ID XXX
      Reading tags (then the long file name)
      Releasing ID XXX

      If there are 87000 tracks to read, I can see why it takes a long time

      Does this procedure occur every time the program starts?

      Would it be any better running from Windows 10, and more important, is the sound reproduction as good?

      There is an installation of JRiver on the same machine and the sound is not as good (missing detail) as using Strawberry

      Thanks once again

      posted in Technical Help
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    • RE: Updating collection stops other tasks

      @adityasubathu

      Thanks for the reply

      Since Tuesday the program has been "Updating collection". That is about 60 hours now. It frequently gets to 99%, then goes back to 96% and creeps back up again

      I found the Smart Playlist screen. Do I have to fill in the Your Folder Name myself, or can I click inside?

      As I said, it has not yet finished scanning

      posted in Technical Help
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    • RE: Updating collection stops other tasks

      @adityasubathu

      I go to Playlist, New Playlist and rename it to something more useful
      Then, go to Playlist, Add folder

      It then adds the contents of that folder to the newly created playlist

      This action: "add my root music folder to the collection in Strawberry's settings". How does one do this?

      The collection is quite large (over 5 Tb) so I did not want to overwhelm it

      I see "Update the collection when Strawberry Starts" can be deselected. I think I'll try that, as the computer was switched on at 7.30 this morning and now at 14.15 is still updating

      posted in Technical Help
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    • Updating collection stops other tasks

      Thank you for a really good-sounding media player

      There is one anomaly, unless I am not using it properly

      On a large HDD, there is music in about 30 folders. I created a New Playlist, then pointed to a single folder and the program loaded the music in it

      Then I created another New Playlist and wanted to point to the next folder

      However, the computer is busy Updating the collection (very slowly, been busy for 45 mins) and it will not start loading the second folder's music

      Is there a way to stop or pause the updating?

      The music files are stored on a NAS. The first playlist contains 517 folders containing 5800 tracks totalling 234Gb

      Thank you

      posted in Technical Help
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