What is media scanner plugin?

[mickyblueys]

Apologies if this is in wrong section.
Just wondered what is the plugin media scanner? Which is default to vix.
Pardon my ignorance but it sounds like it should scan for media!!

I only ask because I have just ftp's some music files to my duo. I then thought I would use thus plugin to scan for them, but when I run it it just says "no displayable files on this medium found"

Any answers appreciated.

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[judge]

It does what it says on the tin, scans media.

Insert a USB stick with playable files & it scans giving you the option to play them.

[mickyblueys]

It does what it says on the tin, scans media.

Insert a USB stick with playable files & it scans giving you the option to play them.

Ahh...... so the media has to be external to the box.

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[judge]

Not exactly, it will scan the root of any device, so if you had playable media on the root of /media/hdd/ or any of the other bookmarks shown, it will scan & give you the option to play them.
I do use it to view movies on USB though, copy a movie to usb stick, stick the usb in the front of a duo, watch the movie.

[mickyblueys]

So because my music is inside a folder in media/hdd/music it won't find it.....
But if it were in just media/hdd/........then the mp3 or avi file.
It would find it then.

Is that right.

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[judge]

Yes, but why not use the default media player to play your media files, atleast that way you can keep them organised.
Also YAMP in the plugin feeds is good for MP3s, it does playlists & cover art.

[mickyblueys]

I do I just wanted to know what media scanner was, and why you would need to use it.

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[Rob van der Does]

The primary purpose is to do an automated quick scan for playable media files when you attach a device.
Install the plugin and attach an USB-stick with/without those files and you'll see the result in a pop-up.