Deleting Music from NAS Share

Posted by: Bill_nyc on 14 November 2011

It appears the Desktop Client (DC) does not enable deleting music stored on a NAS share -- that option is grayed out. What is the recommended procedure? I can delete the music easily using Windows but it still appears in the DC database. I would prefer not to go through a database rebuild because the last time I tried that it took three or four days, many reboots of the server, etc.

Posted on: 14 November 2011 by aysil

You should certainly not delete music from a 'Share' using DC if it is not a 'Store'. You should delete it using Windows. In the next periodical rescan, it will disappear from DC. If it is a Store, the reverse is true, don't modify contents with Windows.

Posted on: 15 November 2011 by Bill_nyc

Thanks for the info. Is the 'periodical rescan' something that happens automatically? If so, how frequently?

Posted on: 15 November 2011 by aysil

the periodic scans are automatic, according to the manual. I am not sure about its frequency. It may be a continuous process, but it may take some time until a change is identified (depending on the size of your collections), but it should never take "days". Rescan can also be initiated manually.

Posted on: 15 November 2011 by Guido Fawkes

On a Vortexbox you just su to root and type rm -r "*Phil Collins*" from the root directory as a general housekeeping command to delete unwanted tracks.