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I am finding that when I add more .flac files to my external hard drive or PC hard drive accessed, through wi-fi connection, the squeezebox won't recognise the files. The files are playable on PC using foobar but they are not found by the Sqeezebox. Both hard drives are more than half full but miles from being near full up.

This is downright annoying.

They are 'virgin' .flacs, not copies, they haven't been placed in new folders or moved and dBpoweramp gives an accurate rip seal of approval. I have tried re-recording to no avail.

I can't think of what to do. This is downright pissy!

HELP! :? :cry:
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Have you told the Squeezebox server (assuming you're using it) to rescan the directories to add the new files?
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As Clive says. I usually just stop squeezebox server and then start it again. Any new files will then be added. If that doesn't work, try a wipe and rescan.
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As Clive says. I usually just stop squeezebox server and then start it again. Any new files will then be added. If that doesn't work, try a wipe and rescan.
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If using slimserver:

the only way to see newly added files without doing a rescan is to browse the music folder.....

that should show all newly added files......any other way fo accessing will use the slimserver index which only shows what a rescan has added
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I also had this issue.

It turned out that I had LAME encoder incorrectly configured and it was not appending the track data to the ripped files, although they were named correctly. Slim server could not identify the tracks so they could not be found on the squeezebox.

Took a while to work that one out !

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Clive & Ali - yeas I do do that.

James, this resonates with me. What is LAME? If it is this problem, how do I set about fixing it? It is as if something is not fully added to the rip.
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Hi Andrew,

I use EAC & LAME to RIP CD's to MP3's. (yep, I know flac is better but I never did get around to changing)

EAC extracts the CD data and Lame encodes it to MP3 Files.

EAC Calls the LAME encoder as a command.

In the tools tab of EAC, there or some options to create CUE sheets and .m3u playlists on extraction. I ticked these boxes and it fixed my problem.
I am not sure exactly how the track data is recovered and passed to the encoder, but this certainly fixed my problem.

It only arose after reinstalling LAME and EAC on a new computer, so maybe the default settings in lame have changed with the versions.

I found the issue because if I looked at my ripped files in windows 7, it did not display the track data at the bottom of the screen. After ticking these boxes and re-ripping it did, and slim server then "found" the tracks.

I am not sure which software you are using, but it may me a similar issue.

I also had a problem with slim server not searching for new music some years ago, But that was on a linux server and is more than likely a solved issue now.

I now use slim server running on windows home server and this works without issue for at least 4 years.


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Hi Andrew,

I use EAC & LAME to RIP CD's to MP3's. (yep, I know flac is better but I never did get around to changing)

EAC extracts the CD data and Lame encodes it to MP3 Files.

EAC Calls the LAME encoder as a command.

In the tools tab of EAC, there or some options to create CUE sheets and .m3u playlists on extraction. I ticked these boxes and it fixed my problem.
I am not sure exactly how the track data is recovered and passed to the encoder, but this certainly fixed my problem.

It only arose after reinstalling LAME and EAC on a new computer, so maybe the default settings in lame have changed with the versions.

I found the issue because if I looked at my ripped files in windows 7, it did not display the track data at the bottom of the screen. After ticking these boxes and re-ripping it did, and slim server then "found" the tracks.

I am not sure which software you are using, but it may me a similar issue.

I also had a problem with slim server not searching for new music some years ago, But that was on a linux server and is more than likely a solved issue now.

I now use slim server running on windows home server and this works without issue for at least 4 years.


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Hi Andrew,

I use EAC & LAME to RIP CD's to MP3's. (yep, I know flac is better but I never did get around to changing)

EAC extracts the CD data and Lame encodes it to MP3 Files.

EAC Calls the LAME encoder as a command.

In the tools tab of EAC, there or some options to create CUE sheets and .m3u playlists on extraction. I ticked these boxes and it fixed my problem.
I am not sure exactly how the track data is recovered and passed to the encoder, but this certainly fixed my problem.

It only arose after reinstalling LAME and EAC on a new computer, so maybe the default settings in lame have changed with the versions.

I found the issue because if I looked at my ripped files in windows 7, it did not display the track data at the bottom of the screen. After ticking these boxes and re-ripping it did, and slim server then "found" the tracks.

I am not sure which software you are using, but it may me a similar issue.

I also had a problem with slim server not searching for new music some years ago, But that was on a linux server and is more than likely a solved issue now.

I now use slim server running on windows home server and this works without issue for at least 4 years.


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Tell me three times eh! :D

I'm using dBpoweramp and it is exclusively to .flac . It sounds like this is the same problem and I guess I'll have to experiment round and see if I can get to it work properly.
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Have you tried turning it off then on again?

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Yes. It doesn't work when it's off, but it works when I turn it on again. :D
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Ali Tait wrote:Yes. It doesn't work when it's off, but it works when I turn it on again. :D
There's a future career in IT for you Mr Tait :lol:

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:D :D :D
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