![]() ![]() ![]() With Minim it scans for tags, so only seems to take a couple of dozen seconds to get up and running following a restart. The one big pain with Twonky though, was it rebuilt your library every time you restarted the server, so you’d have to wait several minutes (depending on the size of the library of course) each time you restarted the machine. Now there’s always been the potential to install MinimServer, via a download and USB transfer onto any of the Melco range, which made it possible to search via artist or genre a little easier, although to be honest, I didn’t bother to use it as was pretty happy with Twonky. ![]() I gather that the average user is less anally retentive than me, so it’s easy to see how specific parts of a user’s collection might get forgotten. On the Melco you’ve always had the option of searching in the ‘CD Import’, ‘Import’ (ie where your USB or Network transfers end up), or ‘Download’(where purchased files directly sent to the Melco end up). Personally, I have a ridiculously good memory for what files I’ve got where, so it’s never been an issue for me to find a given album. It works and works well, allowing easy basic navigation of your library. This has been available for years and often found installed as the library manager on many a NAS drive. The Melco range has been around now for 6 or 7 years and initially, it came pre-installed with the Twonky Server. ![]()
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