Slow Library scanning

[VastOne]

I m using the git version and it now has an option to scan VBR in 3 ways:

Never
When Added
When Current Song

[Quentin Sculo]

I've added an option to disable this. So you can either use the git version, wait for v1.1.8, or use ochosi's ppa (that should contain this change).

[bananas]

Im new in linux, what is a GIT version of programs? I have never been able to install anything but .deb or from repositories. I'll search for ochosi ppa.

[VastOne]

open terminal and run

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git clone http://github.com/squentin/gmusicbrowser.git


that will create a "gmusicbrowser" folder with the latest version of gmusicbrowser, it also contains all gmusicbrowser's history since v1.0 (in gmusicbrowser/.git/)

You can run the currently checked-out version simply by running :

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./gmusicbrowser.pl

You can of course run it from any folder by using the full path, for example :

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/home/myname/gmusicbrowser/gmusicbrowser.pl

You can use the -C gmusicbrowser option to specify an alternate configuration file :

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./gmusicbrowser.pl -C mynewconf

You can update the source weekly by running the following in terminal within the directory:

/home/your username/gmusicbrowser

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git pull


Source of the above

http://wiki.gmusicbrowser.org/doku.php?id=guide:git

[bananas]

Thanks! I downloaded and installed GIT, dunno why :P ... and also i cannot even find it in my menu programs.


I got this after running the first line VastOne suggest:

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/usr/bin/git-clone: 312: curl: not found
Cannot get remote repository information.
Perhaps git-update-server-info needs to be run there?


And also cant finde ochosi ppa :/

EDIT: I found the ppa, now the problem is solved :)

but

Now this version has no more the layout SHIMMER BROWSER from 1.1.7 =( is there anyway to get it back?

[Quentin Sculo]

Strange, I'm not responsible for the ppa, but I thought the ppa should have the shimmer layouts.
You can download the shimmer layouts file there :
https://raw.github.com/shimmerproject/gmusicbrowser/master/layouts/shimmer.layout
just put it in ~/.config/gmusicbrowser/layouts/ and restart gmb.

[bananas]

thanks again!  :)

[ochosi]

Now this version has no more the layout SHIMMER BROWSER from 1.1.7 =( is there anyway to get it back?

i'm wondering how that can happen. the layouts should definitely be there, i just checked the package again right now.
could you check whether the file "shimmer.layout" exists in /usr/share/gmusicbrowser/layouts ?
thanks in advance!