Bugzilla – Bug 483
"Browse Songs" causes crash with iTunes Library
Last modified: 2011-03-16 04:18:47 UTC
Simply trying to use the "Browse Songs" feature, or by selecting one of the other "Browse" options and then pressing play to play everything... The server seems to crash (nothing happens on the player and the web interface won't refresh) and the SlimP3 player seems to cycle on and off... If left long enough (15-30 minutes) the server and the player will re-boot? And be ready to play. Here is a small sample of the log.... Looks like its stuck in a loop. There are thousands of these lines. 2004-08-01 09:23:47.0947 useiTunesLibrary(). 2004-08-01 09:23:47.0953 canUseiTunesLibrary(). 2004-08-01 09:23:47.0957 using itunes library: 1 2004-08-01 09:23:47.2431 useiTunesLibrary(). 2004-08-01 09:23:47.2437 canUseiTunesLibrary(). 2004-08-01 09:23:47.2443 using itunes library: 1 2004-08-01 09:23:47.3664 useiTunesLibrary(). 2004-08-01 09:23:47.3670 canUseiTunesLibrary(). 2004-08-01 09:23:47.3675 using itunes library: 1 2004-08-01 09:23:47.4634 useiTunesLibrary(). 2004-08-01 09:23:47.4640 canUseiTunesLibrary(). 2004-08-01 09:23:47.4645 using itunes library: 1 2004-08-01 09:23:47.5752 useiTunesLibrary(). 2004-08-01 09:23:47.5757 canUseiTunesLibrary(). 2004-08-01 09:23:47.5762 using itunes library: 1 2004-08-01 09:23:47.6770 useiTunesLibrary(). 2004-08-01 09:23:47.6775 canUseiTunesLibrary(). 2004-08-01 09:23:47.6780 using itunes library: 1 2004-08-01 09:23:48.0610 useiTunesLibrary(). 2004-08-01 09:23:48.0617 canUseiTunesLibrary(). 2004-08-01 09:23:48.0622 using itunes library: 1
I'd hazard to guess you have one cycle of those messages for each song.
loading a very large playlist can cause the server to work so hard that the players lose the connection. This would appear as if they shut off. Try server settings->additional->performance, click wipe cache and let it fully rescan. Try this with iTunes, and without ITunes and see if there is a difference. Also, how many songs are in your library?
Hmmmm..... I had copied those logs a few days ago... I have since had to re-format and re- install stuff on my HD. Now everything is working fine! I'll keep an eye out to see if this problem re-appears. I still haven't installed all my other software and stuff... maybe one of those is the culprit, or maybe it was a bad install or HD was fragged... I'll keep you posted!
ah, it may have been some stale data from the caching. Let us know if it starts happening again. Browse Songs is a feature that severely taxes the server. Locating probllems in that might help many other searches, but show up more clearly in Browse Songs.
whenmy computer running the slimserver decided it was time for a re-formatting and re-install, I had iTunes use the "keep my Librabry Organized" feature. This seems to re-write some of the MP3 tags. I also consolidated the files into one place. Perhaps one of these differences is what fixed this issue.
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