Thread: A couple of Mediabox questions
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Originally Posted by VulcanRidr View Post
I am trying to convert myself from canola to mediabox, because it seems to require less resources to use.
This is a good decision!

Originally Posted by VulcanRidr View Post
1. I have about 10 movies on my tablet, in /home/user/MyDocs/.video (which is symlinked to /media/mmc1/user/MyDocs/.video). mplayer sees them just fine, but in mediabox, it comes up with 0 files found. The files are in .avi format. How do I get mediabox to detect them?
MediaBox uses the filename extension for detecting filetypes (simply because this is the fastest way).
Extension .avi is recognized. Do these files have .avi as filename extension?
Do they appear in MediaBox' file browser when browsing the local filesystem (Video Clips)?

Originally Posted by VulcanRidr View Post
2. I have tried to use mediabox in the past, and had a bunch of podcasts on the tablet. I ended up listening to them in canola, and deleted them in the file manager or on the command line. Since I have reinstalled mediabox and started using it again, I find that these files are still listed in mediabox. Is there a way to sync mediabox with the media that is actually on the tablet at the current time?
Go to the preferences view and select the mediascanner settings. There you can force a rescan of the files.


Note: MediaBox only scan for media in the places that you specify. To add places to this library, go to the desired place with the filebrowser and press the [+] button when you are there. The "Library" tab in the filebrowser lists the folders that are selected for scanning. There you can specify for what media types (video, image, and audio) MediaBox should look for. By default, it scans for all three of them.
 

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