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More => Old Versions => Media Center 15 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: gappie on October 28, 2010, 06:11:15 am

Title: im really impressed. [new Library Server]
Post by: gappie on October 28, 2010, 06:11:15 am

i finally found time to test the new mediaserver. thought it would take some time to set it up rightly. but it was easy. and all works as i would hope. even thv, i expected that it would break all my categories. but it didnt  ?.

so thanks a lot

 :)
gab

Title: Re: im really impressed.
Post by: gappie on October 28, 2010, 08:50:23 am

should have turned of autoimport on the client first.. or disconnected the share.  ;D
does update the imports nicely on the server though (removing them was not hard though.)

not sure if it is possible, but could it be so that dragging the files from the mc client to the desktop would work?

 :)
gab

Title: Re: im really impressed.
Post by: glynor on October 28, 2010, 09:13:50 am

Quote from: gappie on October 28, 2010, 08:50:23 am

not sure if it is possible, but could it be so that dragging the files from the mc client to the desktop would work?

I'd really like this as well.

Title: Re: im really impressed.
Post by: gappie on October 28, 2010, 09:15:52 am

but a 'handheld' folder works great.
my wife is going to love this when she comes back in 3 weeks. she can organize the images etc very nicely and especially she can turndown the volume on my machine just from her workspace.

ill stop now talking to myself.

im happy though.

 :)
gab

Title: Re: im really impressed.
Post by: marko on October 29, 2010, 04:21:03 am

Can you tell me, if the server auto imports a new file, is that new file automatically pushed to the client, and if so, how seamless and how quickly does that happen?

Title: Re: im really impressed.
Post by: gappie on October 29, 2010, 04:46:07 am

when a file is auto imported on the server it is pushed over. takes a minute or two. same for deleting from the server. deleting a file from the server via the client works except that the file is not removed, si i guess on a next import it will show up again.

 :)
gab

Title: Re: im really impressed.
Post by: glynor on October 29, 2010, 11:09:26 am

Quote from: marko on October 29, 2010, 04:21:03 am

Can you tell me, if the server auto imports a new file, is that new file automatically pushed to the client, and if so, how seamless and how quickly does that happen?

Just to expand on what Gab explained... It is completely seamless.  They just show up.

I love it.  The best thing about using the Library Server is that you essentially have Auto-Import running all the time.  Most of the time your "new stuff" is "already there" when you use MC on a HTPC in "client mode".

Title: Re: im really impressed.
Post by: raym on October 31, 2010, 04:35:44 pm

Quote from: gappie on October 29, 2010, 04:46:07 am

deleting a file from the server via the client works except that the file is not removed, si i guess on a next import it will show up again

No, it works. It's just that the file remains on the server until the client is closed. This is not new behaviour as I see this after deleting from a non-LS client/shared library too. I think the client may retain a "lock" on the file (at a filesystem level) until mc is closed.

In any case, yes, the whole thing works seamlessly as others have said and I'm really greatful for this much requested functionality.