Media Server refresh timer?

[linkmaster]

Does anyone know how often the media server re-indexes the media list from changes made to the attached USB drive? , added 2 new albums about an hour ago , deleted a few and it's still showing the old files list.

 

[wilyearthworm]

I'd really like to know about this too. Unlike other nas servers there appears to be no option to configure the regulatory of the media scans or to instigate a fresh scan manually.

 

[TeHashX]

By default notify_interval=600 seconds, but you probably using ntfs or fat32 filesystem, on ext2 or ext3 the new media files are shown almost instantly because linux has another way to do that.

 

[linkmaster]

The wierd thing is , now I'm getting duplicate file entries for the video media , 6-8 entries for some...luckly I found where the index is held and deleted it...but it's a wierd one.

 

[huotg01]

The wierd thing is , now I'm getting duplicate file entries for the video media , 6-8 entries for some...luckly I found where the index is held and deleted it...but it's a wierd one.

...and where is it held ?

GH

 

[linkmaster]

...and where is it held ?

GH

Look inside the minidla folder inside the media folder , file there called files.db .

Deleting that and then re-selecting the media folder in the routers UI reindexed everything and fixed the duplicates problem.

 

[linkmaster]

I've decided to give ext3 a try as the duplicates problem slowly re-appears over time...does anyone know an easy way to format an external USB drive on a windows PC to ext3?

 

[TeHashX]

Try Minitool partition manager or Easeus partition master free edition.
Format directly from router:
# umount /dev/sda1
# mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1
With any method, you will lose all files on the usb disk

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[linkmaster]

Much better with ext3 , indexing working a treat now and streaming doesn't jitter any more....sweet.