<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>What if you uncheck the 'watch my library for new files' box in Rhythmbox' preferences? I don't see Rhythmbox doing any scanning on my computer, unless I tell it to - though I don't have even close to 25k songs so perhaps I am just not noticing it.<br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Darcy Casselman <dscassel@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> KWLUG discussion <kwlug-disc@kwlug.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, February 26, 2012 9:13:21 AM<br> <b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kwlug-disc] Suggestions requested for high performance music players supporting large music libraries running on a Ubuntu 10.04 system.<br> </font> </div> <br>Nope, it's totally different software. It just shares many of the<br>same design goals. It does have a small collection of its own<br>plugins, though.<br><br><a href="http://deadbeef.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">http://deadbeef.sourceforge.net/</a><br><br>Darcy.<br><br>On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 8:25 AM, Colin <<a ymailto="mailto:goodgreen@gmail.com" href="mailto:goodgreen@gmail.com">goodgreen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Darcy you da man I always wanted foobar in Linux and wind was just hating.<br>> Can it handle the same addons?<br>><br>> On Feb 26, 2012 1:15 AM, "Darcy Casselman" <<a ymailto="mailto:dscassel@gmail.com" href="mailto:dscassel@gmail.com">dscassel@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>><br>>>
DeaDBeeF is a Gnome clone of foobar2000. I use it. It's awesome.<br>>> Not quite as awesome as foobar (sadly), but still awesome. It's a<br>>> minimalist player and handles large playlists fairly well. Give it a<br>>> try...<br>>><br>>> Darcy.<br>>><br>>> On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Darryl O'Neill <<a ymailto="mailto:ldoneill@golden.net" href="mailto:ldoneill@golden.net">ldoneill@golden.net</a>><br>>> wrote:<br>>> > I have the same problem but at only 17000 tracks. Haven't found a Linux<br>>> > Music player that handles it well.<br>>> > I am using foobar (windows program) but I have not tried to get it<br>>> > working<br>>> > under wine yet.<br>>> > It comes up almost immediately then scans for updates in the background.<br>>> > It has excellent searching capability,<br>>> > allows for
programmable plugins and extensions. Multiple people are<br>>> > using<br>>> > it on different machines to access music on<br>>> > my DLink DNS-323 NAS.<br>>> > The NAS also has an ITunes/UPnP media servers but I have not found<br>>> > anything<br>>> > that works well with them. Amarok gives permission problems for me.<br>>> ><br>>> > Darryl<br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> > Dan's Newsletters wrote:<br>>> >><br>>> >> Hi<br>>> >><br>>> >> I am requesting a recommendations for a Music player that will support<br>>> >> a<br>>> >> large amount of files.<br>>> >> Currently I am using Rhythmbox and I really like it however I am having<br>>> >> a<br>>> >> problem with it.<br>>> >> Rhythmbox wants to scan
all the files music files every time Rhythmbox<br>>> >> is<br>>> >> started up.<br>>> >> As a result it can take literally hours for it to scan all the music<br>>> >> files, I have over 25000 music files.<br>>> >> I store my music the flac file format so they sound high quality.<br>>> >><br>>> >> I am using a attached storage pogoplug with a USB drive connected to<br>>> >> it.<br>>> >> I tried connecting the USB drive to the computer to see if the network<br>>> >> was<br>>> >> the bottleneck. I found no<br>>> >> noticeable increase in speed, so the Pogoplug is not the problem.<br>>> >><br>>> >> I have looked on line and all the forums say this is a common caveat<br>>> >> for<br>>> >> Rhythm box.<br>>> >><br>>> >> I've tried Amarok but
it seems rather sluggish in performance. I am<br>>> >> using an old 1.6Ghz IBM thinkpad laptop<br>>> >> for my media player connected to my stereo.<br>>> >><br>>> >> If someone in the list has a setup in Linux that works well can you let<br>>> >> me<br>>> >> know what you've done?<br>>> >> I could install windows and use winamp, but I really dislike the user<br>>> >> interface for winamp and I despise Windows.<br>>> >><br>>> >> To date the loading of my CD's on the system seems to be a<br>>> >> disappointment<br>>> >> due to the file scan / performance issues.<br>>> >> It's still faster to find the CD and put in the CD player than waiting<br>>> >> for<br>>> >> the software to do it's thing so I can play a song off<br>>> >> my network storage
drive.<br>>> >><br>>> >> Any suggestions are truly appreciated.<br>>> >><br>>> >> Dan Hergott<br>>> >><br>>> >> _______________________________________________<br>>> >> kwlug-disc mailing list<br>>> >> <a ymailto="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org" href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a><br>>> >> <a href="http://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org" target="_blank">http://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org</a><br>>> >><br>>> ><br>>> ><br>>> > _______________________________________________<br>>> > kwlug-disc mailing list<br>>> > <a ymailto="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org" href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a><br>>> > <a href="http://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org"
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