AdminDan Gravell
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An error occurred while saving the comment Well, I'm no ReadyNAS expert so I don't know the process for developing an add-on.
You could start with the basic Linux installer and first of all get it installing. This requires you install a Java runtime. It's best if this is Java 6.
Once that's done, try running bliss and progressively fix stuff. My guess is that two things will break: 1) the file system event listener, 2) the audio fingerprinter. You can read about doing this for Synology (also ARM) here: http://pcloadletter.co.uk/2012/09/17/bliss-package-for-synology/
Then you need a way of packaging it all together so the add-on installs with one click.
An error occurred while saving the comment This is already available for Intel based devices:
http://www.readynas.com/?p=5624
http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=53986To have it done for ARM based would require a compatible Java runtime and various bits recompiled for ARM. This has already been done for the Synology version of bliss so I think it should work.
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An error occurred while saving the comment What would the expectation be regarding automatic and semi automatic fixes? Should only automatic fixes (e.g. cover art) be executed?
You could simply run bliss and the new albums will be picked up. Knowing when to send a kill signal would be more difficult.
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An error occurred while saving the comment What should happen is:
1) A spinner should show
2) The page should refresh
3) The new artwork should show at the top rightWhich bit didn't work? Can you create a debug archive and send to me (and the name of the album) http://www.blisshq.com/support/faq/general/how-create-debug-archive.html
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An error occurred while saving the comment Ok, but obviously I'd also like to know why it's stuck too. How do you know it was stuck applying a fix? Could you send me a debug archive? http://www.blisshq.com/support/faq/general/how-create-debug-archive.html
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An error occurred while saving the comment Are these really separate albums with different titles (e.g. disc numbers), or are they varying by artist? If the former, wouldn't you rather combine the albums rather than delete?
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An error occurred while saving the comment If you click the pencil icon for the album it should show the reason next to a red 'X' mark. Alternatively, on the album overview, click 'why?' for the album in question and the same 'X' mark should be there.
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An error occurred while saving the comment Could you send a debug archive as described here: http://www.blisshq.com/support/faq/general/how-create-debug-archive.html and send to me via email: http://www.blisshq.com/contact.html
Which albums has this occurred with?
Can you describe in more detail how it "requests a higher def"?
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An error occurred while saving the comment Thanks for this. On which page do you mean?
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An error occurred while saving the comment Nice idea, I didn't know about that API. Thanks! It would be useful for the existing artist canonicalisation rule: http://www.blisshq.com/music-library-management-blog/2012/02/28/errant-artist-names/
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An error occurred while saving the comment As you know there's http://bliss:3221/tagindex which returns the indexes of tags that bliss keeps, and http://bliss:3221/musicmodel that returns compliance. These aren't "API" though, they're really just debugging aids and might be withdrawn in future.
So I'll change the title/text to reflect the requirement for integration.
An error occurred while saving the comment I definitely will not move to MySQL.
The main reason is that developing against MySQL will introduce a lot of complexities in the way bliss is written. In addition, at runtime I suspect it will actually be slower than the current technology that bliss uses to store its data - https://github.com/jankotek/mapdb (actually an earlier version) although I haven't tested this. Writing the code to store to MySQL would just take too long.
Second, it would be better for bliss to expose an API that allows it to be integrated with other applications. Using the database is fraught because any changes to the database structure breaks the integration.
I suspect (although I might be wrong) that what you want is an API for integrating. If that is the case can we change the title of the idea?
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An error occurred while saving the comment Yeah, currently bliss runs the same number of parallel actions regardless of the system. In most cases this makes for improved throughput because online lookup etc is IO bound and work can proceed in other areas while a lookup is ongoing.
I don't like recommending this necessarily, but one thing to try out when running bliss is to temporarily disable anti virus during a long scan, if running.
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An error occurred while saving the comment This sounds like a bug; if the tracks are grouped in the bliss album interface they should all be changed. Can you send me a debug archive? See http://www.blisshq.com/support/reporting-problems.html
You can also change the genre by clicking on it in the album detail page.
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An error occurred while saving the comment Yeah, nice idea!
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An error occurred while saving the comment Sorry, that hint is out of date (I noticed this the other day; the next release will improve the text).
What happens is that, if the information is missing, bliss will look for it online. If 'autopopulate' is checked bliss will fill it in automatically. If not, bliss will present a one click fix ("Set to Pop/Rock" or whatever).
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An error occurred while saving the comment Sounds great, but I think bliss will probably always require Java at least...
I invite any XBMC enthusiasts to get in touch and I'll gladly help with the integration. I've done similar things with NAS enthusiasts e.g. Synology, ReadyNAS etc.
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An error occurred while saving the comment Thanks for this. I agree that having the original release date makes more sense when you are trying to choose music to play etc.
About the other tags, please create other ideas for them, or vote for equivalents. I try to keep all the ideas 'atomic' so it's easy to realise when they are completed. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMART_criteria
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An error occurred while saving the comment Thanks. For the Inbox and Activity pages this might make sense. However, for albums and artists wouldn't it be better to use the start character?
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An error occurred while saving the comment I probably need to explain what the pause button does better.
Being paused means bliss doesn't listen for file notifications. However, if you make your own changes via bliss, bliss will re-assess the files.
It's probably more confusing because when you switch from 'play' to 'pause', both the current file scan AND the current assessments are paused. The latter bit contradicts the fact that bliss still re-assesses when paused.
What are you trying to achieve?
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An error occurred while saving the comment @Roy if the album is in the non compliant list, and you only have the cover art rule enabled, then bliss has tried and failed to find art automatically. You can sometimes find extra art for that album by clicking the pencil icon and viewing the change art screen. Further, if you want to choose a lot of artwork at once, use the cover art alternatives page: http://www.blisshq.com/music-library-management-blog/2012/01/24/new-release-20120119-cover-art-alternatives/
Any album in the compliant or non-compliant list has completed its scan. When the scan is progressing, you get "unknown" and the progress spinner.
An error occurred while saving the comment @Adriana sorry, not yet. You can get a MUCH more verbose log at http://localhost:3221/logs (replace localhost with your computer name if running elsewhere) which is printable but this is very 'technical' and probably not understandable(!)
An error occurred while saving the comment Yeah filters for the activity page would be useful. Free text search would also be useful.
Note that you can filter the album view by non-compliant albums, which might make searching easier...
So, if the mouse pointer is hovering over the albums, maybe none of the albums should be updated? Would that work?
As I stated in the other idea, remember you can simply click the 'back' button to get back to the previous list rather than clicking 'Albums' again.