Different ways of handling files.

[nelgin]

I have a problem whereby my mp3 files are on a Linux partition which is organized something like this

/mp3
/mp3/Artists
/mp3/Artists/A
/mp3/Artists/A/(Artist)
/mp3/Artists/A/(Artist)/(Album)
/mp3/Artists/B
/mp3/Artists/B/(Artist)
/mp3/Artists/B/(Artist)/(Album)
/mp3/Audio Books
/mp3/Classical
/mp3/lost+found
/mp3/midi
/mp3/tabs
/mp3/Video

and so it goes.

Now, the left menu will look like

Artists
Audio Books
Classical
lost+found
midi
tabs
Video

I have to specify /mp3 as the music folder otherwise I did /mp3/Artists separately, I'd get A-Z mingled in with everything else and it'd look pretty crappy, to be honest.

What I don't want are people to be able to see midi or tabs, for example.

The ideal solution would be to have a list of excluded directories. For example, I would list /lost+found and /tabs into an interface similar to the music directory list.

Another option would to be place a hidden file into the directory for it not to be displayed. for example .nosonic would stop the directory from showing up.

Personally, I would like to be able to have /mp3/Artists listed as the music directory and the name that I give it displayed on the left side.

For example if I enter Music /mp3/Artists then the left column would show Music and clicking would show everything under /mp3/Artists - if that makes sense?


In the music folders, whic

[Madsonic]

Hi there,

you can exclude files & folders with madsonic

FAQ --> http://forum.madsonic.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=19

best regards

[nelgin]

Ah ok cool. Thanks. I saw something about it coming soon, guess I didn't get far enough down the documentation chain.

Is there any chance of making it also check for a dot file (.madsonic_exclude.txt)? I like to have these "meta files" as I'll call them hidden so when I run scripts to produce lists I don't have to worry about the odd file getting in from time to time.

Thanks,

[nelgin]

I tried this and it doesn't work.

[root@wibble mp3]# cat madsonic_exclude.txt
Instructional
private
rtorrent
scripts
tabs
Unsorted
utorrent
midi
lost+found
Books


however the index still shows lost+found and midi for some reason.

Also, a user can use a direct URL to access a hidden directory

For example, if I go here:
http://192.168.168.1:4040/main.view?id=15

It will still display the hidden "tabs" directory. So it's not really hidden, but obscured, leaving the administrator with a false sense of security.

[Madsonic]

hi there,

try ...

1. Rescan
2. Cleanup Database
3. Restart Service
4. Rescan

This should remove the old entries from DB to prevent URL hijack

best regards

[nelgin]

OK that seemed to fix it. The overnight scan removed them and I did a clean up to be sure.

Thanks for the suggestion.

I really appreciate your responsiveness. I'm looking forward to the next release and offering suggestions to make Madsonic even better