[SOLVED] Library update issue

[TheOldPresbyope]

@radu- 

MPD has a habit of stopping its update process for reasons of its own without telling the user what and where. Problems range from such things as improper directory permissions to corrupt metadata in one or more files.

One trick you can use to narrow down your search is to

• in one window, start tail -f /var/log/mpd/log from the command line
  
• in another window, using the WebUI: m > Configure > Library: REGENERATE the Music Database
  
• at some point, /var/log/mpd/log will stop updating. The last line represents the last file which MPD could reach and consider a valid music file before it bailed out
  
• examine your music directory to see where MPD should have scanned next.
  

Yes, I'm assuming MPD can still scan the library you already had and, yes, this is an annoying troubleshooting process, but that's the way MPD is.

Regards,
Kent