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Library update after file rename?

I just renamed a bunch of files (using foobar) to have the track number at the start of each name.  I then tried to play some of them from the library tree, and it would not do anything.  It wasn't even sending the filenames to the playlist.

I am suspecting that it was still updating the library in the background, even though the status of the file location in the library  preferences page was "monitoring".  I restarted foobar, and the status changed to "initializing".  Soon after I was able to play the files.

Making the situation worse I suspect, is that the files are remote on a windows share, and there were quite a lot of them.

Am I thinking correctly here, and did I have to restart foobar (or would it have sorted itself out after a longer period of time)?

Re: Library update after file rename?

Reply #1 –
File change monitoring doesn't tend to work that well over remote shares. You can also right click on a media library path and force an update.
 

Re: Library update after file rename?

Reply #2 –
Quote from: kode54 on
File change monitoring doesn't tend to work that well over remote shares. You can also right click on a media library path and force an update.

Didn't know about that context menu, so thanks.

OTOH I thought I'd read somewhere that foobar would be aware of file operations like renaming carried on by itself, so I thought maybe the library would keep track, rather than rely on the monitoring for a change.

Re: Library update after file rename?

Reply #3 –
It uses a Windows API for monitoring changes, one which is not really perfect when it comes to network shares.

Re: Library update after file rename?

Reply #4 –
thanks for the clarification

Re: Library update after file rename?

Reply #5 –
It also depends on whether the SMB network share is hosted by another Windows machine, or if Samba, depends on how old it is. I'm not sure if any version of Samba reliably reports file changes to clients.

Re: Library update after file rename?

Reply #6 –
Quote from: kode54 on
It also depends on whether the SMB network share is hosted by another Windows machine, or if Samba, depends on how old it is. I'm not sure if any version of Samba reliably reports file changes to clients.

Yep, you picked it, it is a version of Samba running on a Thecus NAS.