At my wits end trying to get Madsonic to recognise my files
Posted: 10 Jan 2018, 11:09
Currently running Adopter build 6.3.9840.8df1ddd.20180107.0710 on my Synology.
I am having endless problems getting Madsonic to recognise my files, a mixture of MP3, ALAC and M4A.
It worked, once, but now whatever I do I see one of a combination of errors.
If I enter the full path to where they are located in the 'Media Folders' section, I see 'folder not found'. This is path as simple as '/volume2/music/Artists'. If I enter the next level up, such as '/volume2/music', it accepts it OK, but then doesn't manage to find any files at all. I know it is a valid path, it is copied and pasted fro a terminal window.
I often see similar to this in the logs:
WARN FileUtil - Failed to list children for /volume2/music
If I point it to one level higher still ' /volume2', it finds all the files, but also finds every file hanging off of that mount point, containing about 10 other sub folders. It appears that Madsonic is almost expecting a certain folder structure, and if it doesn't find it, it just sits there giving errors. I'm yet to figure out what the magic is though.
I've tried removing the database and letting it recreate it. I've tried moving directories around, I've tried changing all the permissions so everybody in the world can read everything, but still it is so unpredictable. I've seen other posts on here going back a few years, with similar problems. Surely there is a solution by now?
It did work once. Stupidly, I wanted to reorganise my music and deleted the folder and moved it somewhere else. It has never worked since.
I really, really want to like Madsonic, but I'm finding it so difficult when things like this are so difficult. I tried it once before, a year or two ago, and hit similar issues and gave up. I was really hoping they were resolved.
Andy.
I am having endless problems getting Madsonic to recognise my files, a mixture of MP3, ALAC and M4A.
It worked, once, but now whatever I do I see one of a combination of errors.
If I enter the full path to where they are located in the 'Media Folders' section, I see 'folder not found'. This is path as simple as '/volume2/music/Artists'. If I enter the next level up, such as '/volume2/music', it accepts it OK, but then doesn't manage to find any files at all. I know it is a valid path, it is copied and pasted fro a terminal window.
I often see similar to this in the logs:
WARN FileUtil - Failed to list children for /volume2/music
If I point it to one level higher still ' /volume2', it finds all the files, but also finds every file hanging off of that mount point, containing about 10 other sub folders. It appears that Madsonic is almost expecting a certain folder structure, and if it doesn't find it, it just sits there giving errors. I'm yet to figure out what the magic is though.
I've tried removing the database and letting it recreate it. I've tried moving directories around, I've tried changing all the permissions so everybody in the world can read everything, but still it is so unpredictable. I've seen other posts on here going back a few years, with similar problems. Surely there is a solution by now?
It did work once. Stupidly, I wanted to reorganise my music and deleted the folder and moved it somewhere else. It has never worked since.
I really, really want to like Madsonic, but I'm finding it so difficult when things like this are so difficult. I tried it once before, a year or two ago, and hit similar issues and gave up. I was really hoping they were resolved.
Andy.