MinimServer Communication Issue

[simoncn]

(15-03-2015 19:36)joeeac Wrote:  When I assign the content directory to /volume1/ the MinimWatch app on my PC constantly says that it is "Starting" with a yellow icon. If I assign a different content directory for example, /volume1/DSD_MUSIC, the MinimWatch app will show that it is now running and display in a green icon.

The yellow icon and the Starting message mean that MinimServer is scanning your files. If your content directory is set to the whole of /volume1, this will take longer than if your content directory is set to a subfolder within /volume1 because there are more files to scan.

After the first complete scan, MinimServer creates a cache file to make future scans faster. The time taken by the scan depends on the speed of the CPU and disks(s) in your NAS and the number of folders and files to scan.

If you have subfolders within /volume1 that contain a lot of non-music files, it would be a good idea to exclude these folders from scanning. You can do this by creating a /volume1/music subfolder as stampie has suggested.