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Devices => Androids and other portables => Topic started by: edbro on March 25, 2008, 07:41:30 pm

Title: Stacks vs Cache
Post by: edbro on March 25, 2008, 07:41:30 pm

I'm not too familiar with this new stacks concept. How do I get MC to use my already existing cache? MC insists on resynching my entire iPod and it is reporting that it will take 19 hours. I already have the library converted in the old cache directory. I told MC to use stacks to save conversions. Then I told it to use the existing cache directory. But, it is still trying to convert every file.  I'm not sure where it is putting the new conversions but it doesn't seem to be the old JRRHCache directory or the source flac files directories. I really don't want a second copy of every converted file.

Title: Re: Stacks vs Cache
Post by: edbro on March 25, 2008, 09:24:12 pm

This gets messier by the minute. I now have MC using the old cache directory but it still is reconverting everything. Now, however, I have hundreds of duplicate files in my cache directory. The files are the same size and bitrate as the original cached files but they are named *(0).mp3.

I am going to abort this and wait to see if anybody can give some insight as how this is supposed to work. This is very frustrating, especially when the old cache system used to work well. Of course, having to resynch the entire iPod about every 4th or 5th time I hook it up is very frustrating also.

Title: Re: Stacks vs Cache
Post by: DarkPenguin on March 26, 2008, 09:24:24 am

I'll add something to the "FindStackFile" routine to check the stack location and see if the file it is going to build is there already.

Title: Re: Stacks vs Cache
Post by: SwellGuy on March 26, 2008, 10:01:34 am

Please see this topic.

http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=45809.msg314000#msg314000 (http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=45809.msg314000#msg314000)

Title: Re: Stacks vs Cache
Post by: benn600 on March 26, 2008, 04:12:05 pm

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Of course, having to resynch the entire iPod about every 4th or 5th time I hook it up is very frustrating also.

I feel your pain but understand that is a small price to pay for the benefits of MC.  I primarily use an iPhone and as you can imagine, I can only sync with iTunes.  Resyncing would be very difficult so I pretty much only resync from scratch and I only do every few months...when I'd rather sync much more often.

Thanking J River in advance for the hopefully soon to be added iPhone support (June update?)

Title: Re: Stacks vs Cache
Post by: JimH on March 26, 2008, 04:13:48 pm

Please see this post (http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=45467.0) for iPhone status.

Title: Re: Stacks vs Cache
Post by: benn600 on March 26, 2008, 10:37:23 pm

Nice work!  I'll watch for further improvements!

Dare I strongly request automated DVD syncing to iPhone?  Obviously this requires video support and I think there may be an issue or two with DVD auto conversion.