Shane W wrote: > Hi, > > I think I posted about this back a few months ago but not > sure I provided enough detail but it's still happening. I > have my music setup as follows: > Freevo is pointed at /home/freevo/audio > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /home/freevo/audio > total 0 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 freevo freevo 24 May 21 14:07 new albums -> /data/albums/new > lrwxrwxrwx 1 freevo freevo 22 May 21 14:07 singles -> /data/singles/ > lrwxrwxrwx 1 freevo freevo 28 May 21 14:08 sorted albums -> > /data/albums/sorted/ > > albums/sorted is setup like this: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /data/albums/sorted/rock/the_tragically_hip > total 4 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root privm 45 Aug 26 12:41 day_for_night -> > ../../../all/the_tragically_hip-day_for_night > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root privm 48 Aug 26 12:41 fully_completely -> > ../../../all/the_tragically_hip-fully_completely > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root privm 52 Aug 26 12:41 in_between_evolution -> > ../../../all/the_tragically_hip-in_between_evolution > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root privm 47 Aug 26 12:41 in_violet_light -> > ../../../all/the_tragically_hip-in_violet_light > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root privm 60 Aug 26 12:41 in_violet_light-bonus_tracks -> > ../../../all/the_tragically_hip-in_violet_light-bonus_tracks > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root privm 48 Aug 26 12:41 my_music_at_work -> > ../../../all/the_tragically_hip-my_music_at_work > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root privm 45 Aug 26 12:41 phantom_power -> > ../../../all/the_tragically_hip-phantom_power > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root privm 43 Aug 26 12:41 road_apples -> > ../../../all/the_tragically_hip-road_apples > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root privm 55 Aug 26 12:41 trouble_in_the_henhouse -> > ../../../all/the_tragically_hip-trouble_in_the_henhouse > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root privm 47 Aug 26 12:41 world_container -> > ../../../all/the_tragically_hip-world_container > > Using this method I can add items to /home/freevo/music > without having to change local.conf.py, however freevo > cache doesn't appear to be descending into these > directories. > $ freevo cache > caching complete after 1.94 seconds > > If I point the audio folder directly at > /data/albums/sorted, the cache takes much longer to run, > around 15 minutes and cover thumbnails get generated. But > /albums/sorted though having directories two levels deep > for genre/artist, the actual album folder is a symlink back > /to /albums/all as shown above and yet Freevo ppicks that > up. So why isn't it picking up my symlinks in > //home/freevo/music. Is it because they're at the top > //level or because they're absolute rather than relative > //links? > > I can of course fix this with bind mounts or by just > hardcoding everything in local.conf.py but it's kind of > strange this method doesn't work.
It's the normal behaviour, freevo doesn't follow sym links. Personally I use bind mounts. Duncan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
