[SOLVED] Media files Directory

[dcubox1]

Hi All,

I am new to LinuxMCE however have been a programmer for a number of years.

I am having a bit of trouble with LinuxMCE picking up audio files that I copy into a directory on the KDE4 OS.

Am I putting the files into the wrong directory? or do they have to be a particular type of extension?

I would appreciate any help as I am really keen on using LinuxMCE as I love the UI and have a real interest in home automation.

Thanks in Advance...

[wombiroller]

Hi dcubox1,

Assuming this is the core or hybrid box - audio should be in:

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/home/public/data/audio/

For the most part all your data will go in some place after: /home/public/data/ (unless it is private)...

Where did you put it?

[dcubox1]

Hi wombiroller,

Thanks for your reply.

I was initially unsure of the directory that the files should go in so what I did was put a cd in the hybrid box and ripped
a few tracks. I then checked the directory these files went to so I tried to copy a music file into this directory.

I rebooted the router but when I search my audio it did not find this new file!!

Does the file have to be a particular extension (.ogg, .mp3) or should it find all types?

[wombiroller]

LMCE will support pretty much everything. Both .ogg and .mp3.

What version of LMCE are you running? I seem to recall there might have been a bug in 0710 with the ripping from disk. Can you try adding some files manually to the aforementioned to test?

Also take a look at the admin page (check if any files are under audio but not tagged):
http://192.168.80.1/lmce-admin/index.php?section=mediaFilesSyncFrameset

[dcubox1]

SOLVED....

Thanks for the help, I was putting the files in /home/username/public/data/audio instead of the home directory under the root!

Cheers for the help