amarok colection scan

[wezhira]

i have this wierd problem with amarok 1.4 i just installed it on opensuse 11.1 i just realised there is no option too change the database for scanning files so its obscenely slow and i cannot even get it too scan my music

 

[wezhira]

i have been using linux for 4 years i am very comfortable its not my first time running amarok . any way on the settings -> collection there is normaly an option too choose the database you wanna use Sqlite or msql or postgrep (something like that ) i knw sqlite is slow so i normally setup mysql and within an hour my whole collection has been scanned spanning 3 partitions . yet now its 3 hours later and its still scannining

 

[wezhira]

its all good i had this version of amarok working on opensuse 11 without a hitch but think it has somethin to do with 11.1

 

[flarkit]

I got Amarok to use MySQL on Ubuntu Hardy and Intrepid, so it should be fine on OpenSuse too. I dropped Amarok because it isn't producing any audio after I upgraded though.

 

[wezhira]

Think you missed what i said . What i said is that there is no option too choose the database so i'm not able to switch to mysql

 

[koffiejunkie]

you could always delete amarok's files from the .kde/ directory and just run the wizard again.

 

[wezhira]

ok i will try that thanx

 

[wezhira]

didnt help still no option

http://mybroadband.co.za/photos/showphoto.php?photo=9210&cat=500

 

[koffiejunkie]

you'll have to find all its files. I don't know what the kde4 config file structure is like, but in kde3 there are two places under .kde - don't remember which though.

 

[wezhira]

i deleted the ones i. .kde /share/apps nd the config folder

 

[koffiejunkie]

it's clearly still reading something. Try this in your .kde directory:

find . -iname amarok*

That should show any files starting with "amarok"

Oh and make sure Amarok is not running in the tray!

 

[Uncle]

Hi,

If anyone has this unresolved issue, check out the following tutorial. This is what I did because my scanning was incredibly slow, and it completely solves this issue (using a MySQL DB as was suggested). It's just a nice, easy to follow tutorial

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/linux/speed-up-amarok-with-large-music-collections/

 

[wezhira]

uncle the problem with mine is that there is no option to change database

 

[koffiejunkie]

OK, I just checked this on my work box - Amarok 1.4.10 on KDE 3.5.10. Under Settings --> Configure Amarok, I have this:

http://mybroadband.co.za/photos/showphoto.php?photo=9351&cat=500

You don't have this?

 

[wezhira]

as i stated earlier

http://mybroadband.co.za/photos/showphoto.php?photo=9210&cat=500

 

[MyWorld]

Sorry, can't be of any real assistance, Gentoo has Amarok 2.0.1 on KDE 4.2

 

[wezhira]

i think its an opensuse 11.1 issue because even my amarok 2.0.1 does not have the option just would like someone else who is running opensuse too confirm

 

[Icarus]

I have amarok 1.4.10 on Gentoo and it does not have the sql option... ooh never mind I needed to merge with sql options, maybe opensuse needs option added as well.

 

[wezhira]

could you explain please icarus how you did this

 

[MyWorld]

USE="mysql" emerge amarok
That is what he meant.