Official moOde 8 support thread

[TheOldPresbyope]

@Relocated2007

Call me crazy, but I think it would be a lot easier to fix whatever your problem is using .mpdignore files. (Note that the filename begins with a period/fullstop character.)

Here's an example of a USB thumbdrive I just stuck some files on.

Code:

pi@m8pi3bplcd:~ $ ls -laR /media/PNY1GB1
/media/PNY1GB1:
total 36
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 Dec 31  1969 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root  4096 Mar 25 08:55 ..
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 16384 Mar 31 08:06 Music

/media/PNY1GB1/Music:
total 64
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 16384 Mar 31 08:06 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 Dec 31  1969 ..
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 16384 Mar 31 08:07 GoodMusic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 Mar 17 19:06 Robin

/media/PNY1GB1/Music/GoodMusic:
total 80
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 16384 Mar 31 08:07 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 16384 Mar 31 08:06 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 Aug  8  2021 brubeck-dave-1954-jazz-goes-to-college-side-a-blp-cr-02
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 Aug  8  2021 byrd-charlie-1968-sketches-of-brazil-side-a-archive-04
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     2 Mar 31 08:07 .mpdignore

/media/PNY1GB1/Music/GoodMusic/brubeck-dave-1954-jazz-goes-to-college-side-a-blp-cr-02:
total 293552
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    16384 Aug  8  2021  .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root    16384 Mar 31 08:07  ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   758392 Aug  8  2021 'Brubeck College cover.jpg'
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 65320680 Aug  8  2021 'Brubeck, Dave (1954) - Jazz Goes to College, side A (BLP)-cr-01.flac'
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 72323791 Aug  8  2021 'Brubeck, Dave (1954) - Jazz Goes to College, side A (BLP)-cr-02.flac'
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37649637 Aug  8  2021 'Brubeck, Dave (1954) - Jazz Goes to College, side B (BLP)-cr-01.flac'
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 33808806 Aug  8  2021 'Brubeck, Dave (1954) - Jazz Goes to College, side B (BLP)-cr-02.flac'
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 49352698 Aug  8  2021 'Brubeck, Dave (1954) - Jazz Goes to College, side B (BLP)-cr-03.flac'
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 41295719 Aug  8  2021 'Brubeck, Dave (1954) - Jazz Goes to College, side B (BLP)-cr-04.flac'

/media/PNY1GB1/Music/GoodMusic/byrd-charlie-1968-sketches-of-brazil-side-a-archive-04:
total 313824
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    16384 Aug  8  2021  .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root    16384 Mar 31 08:07  ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   332606 Aug  8  2021 'Byrd Brazil.jpg'
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 47964917 Aug  8  2021 'Byrd, Charlie (1968) - Sketches of Brazil, side A (archive)-01.flac'
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32391540 Aug  8  2021 'Byrd, Charlie (1968) - Sketches of Brazil, side A (archive)-02.flac'
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29073515 Aug  8  2021 'Byrd, Charlie (1968) - Sketches of Brazil, side A (archive)-03.flac'
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 59953113 Aug  8  2021 'Byrd, Charlie (1968) - Sketches of Brazil, side A (archive)-04.flac'
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23733264 Aug  8  2021 'Byrd, Charlie (1968) - Sketches of Brazil, side B (archive)-01.flac'
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35498996 Aug  8  2021 'Byrd, Charlie (1968) - Sketches of Brazil, side B (archive)-02.flac'
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29034782 Aug  8  2021 'Byrd, Charlie (1968) - Sketches of Brazil, side B (archive)-03.flac'
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25339885 Aug  8  2021 'Byrd, Charlie (1968) - Sketches of Brazil, side B (archive)-04.flac'
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37568424 Aug  8  2021 'Byrd, Charlie (1968) - Sketches of Brazil, side B (archive)-05.flac'
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   332606 Aug  8  2021  cover.jpg

/media/PNY1GB1/Music/Robin:
total 302624
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    16384 Mar 17 19:06  .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root    16384 Mar 31 08:06  ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24434542 Apr 14  2021 '01 - The Rolling Stones - Jumpin_ Jack Flash.flac'
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22240047 Apr 14  2021 '02 - The Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man.flac'
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 41959776 Apr 14  2021 '03 - The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil.flac'
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20265384 Apr 14  2021 '04 - The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women.flac'
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29846106 Apr 14  2021 '05 - The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter.flac'
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 59927431 Apr 14  2021 '06 - The Rolling Stones - Midnight Rambler (Live).flac'
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 47951498 Apr 14  2021 '07 - The Rolling Stones - You Can_t Always Get What You Want.flac'
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27397127 Apr 14  2021 '08 - The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar.flac'
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35444242 Apr 14  2021 '09 - The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses.flac'
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   310951 Mar 17 19:06  Cover.jpg
pi@m8pi3bplcd:~ $

See that .mpdignore file in /media/PNY1GB1/Music/GoodMusic ?

Code:

pi@m8pi3bplcd:~ $ cat /media/PNY1GB1/Music/GoodMusic/.mpdignore
*

Et voilà - neither subdirectory in /media/PNY1GB1/Music/GoodMusic is scanned by MPD. Only the tracks in /media/PNY1GB1/Music/Robin have been added to the MPD database during the update.

ETA - Forgot to say, the coverart displays everywhere it should.

Regards,
Kent

I tried that it did not work for me at all, I do not know why. ***I noticed that it is an empty text file (or some kind of specific file system?).*** I was so tired to try as I wrote in my posts that this is not working so I made this workaround (which I might not like but it is working well apart of those bloody thumbnails. [emphasis added]

Empty? The .mpdignore file? Its size is two bytes which are "*" and "\n" (e.g., asterisk and new-line characters). That's a shell wildcard which matches any file or directory name.

I could have achieved the same effect by instead placing a .mpdignore file in the next higher directory /media/PNY1GB1/Music. The content of this .mpdignore file would be a single line naming the subdirectory to ignore, in this example "GoodMusic".

Regards,
Kent

[the_bertrum]

@Relocated2007 The mpdignore route does work and if it isn't working for you then you have something else wrong with your installation, so I agree with @TheOldPresbyope (when does one ever do otherwise?) that you should address that problem rather than trying further modifications.

The easiest way to create a file that works is to navigate to the folder you want to exclude in the command line:

Code:

cd /path/to/folder/

Then run this command to make the file:

Code:

echo "*" > .mpdignore

The in the moOde interface, go to the Library tab and press the "Regenerate Music Library" button.  Note the instruction to stay on this screen until the spinner clears (move too soon and you will not get all the library, go drink coffee for 20 minutes to be safe).  If once the library is rebuilt you are still seeing files in the directory with the ignore file in it, please post the results of:

Code:

ls -la
cat .mpdignore

From within the folder where you made the file.
If you are doing this from the Pi, you might need to use the /mnt/ directory to be able to write to the folder rather than through the /tmp/ and it's symlink.
For eg, my exlcuded folder on my NAS is this:

Code:

pi@Orpheus:/mnt/NAS/Claudia/zzz_EXCLUDE

[inthemoode]

Has anyone else noticed the circles representing track progress and also volume, sometimes appear smaller and don't fit around the text bits? Really not sure how to trigger it, but I will report if I find a way to reliable cause it to happen.

Enjoying moOde 8 thanks

[OldNick]

Has anyone else noticed the circles representing track progress and also volume,   sometimes appear smaller and don't fit around the text bits?   Really not sure how to trigger it, but I will report if I find a way to reliable cause it to happen.

Enjoying moOde 8 thanks

I saw that on 7.6.1 using an Android tablet.  The device was too slow to display library images in an efficient manner so I dumped it in favour of a w10 pc for that purpose..it's ok now so I'll guess it's a gui refresh issue but not sure about that.

[inthemoode]

Has anyone else noticed the circles representing track progress and also volume,   sometimes appear smaller and don't fit around the text bits?   Really not sure how to trigger it, but I will report if I find a way to reliable cause it to happen.

Enjoying moOde 8 thanks

I saw that on 7.6.1 using an Android tablet.  The device was too slow to display library images in an efficient manner so I dumped it in favour of a w10 pc for that purpose..it's ok now so I'll guess it's a gui refresh issue but not sure about that.

So, maybe it happens more on slow display devices?   I use it on a fast PC, and on a slower tablet and phone, so I will take note if that is the case.  Thanks.

[Tim Curtis]

Has anyone else noticed the circles representing track progress and also volume,   sometimes appear smaller and don't fit around the text bits?   Really not sure how to trigger it, but I will report if I find a way to reliable cause it to happen.

Enjoying moOde 8 thanks

I've seen it happen on occasion and a refresh or slight resize of the window fixes it. 

Not sure what the cause is...

[inthemoode]

Has anyone else noticed the circles representing track progress and also volume,   sometimes appear smaller and don't fit around the text bits?   Really not sure how to trigger it, but I will report if I find a way to reliable cause it to happen.

Enjoying moOde 8 thanks

I've seen it happen on occasion and a refresh or slight resize of the window fixes it. 

Not sure what the cause is...

On my tablet, running full-screen,  a refresh doesn't help, and of course I can't resize the window  .  I have only noticed it since version 8.  Still, just a cosmetic thing

[Tim Curtis]

What Browser and and what is meant by "full screen"?

Are you adding the Browser as a "Home Screen app" like on IOS or Android or some other way to get full screen without the Browser frame, address bar etc?

[Relocated2007]

@Relocated2007 The mpdignore route does work and if it isn't working for you then you have something else wrong with your installation, so I agree with @TheOldPresbyope (when does one ever do otherwise?) that you should address that problem rather than trying further modifications.

The easiest way to create a file that works is to navigate to the folder you want to exclude in the command line:

Code:

cd /path/to/folder/

Then run this command to make the file:

Code:

echo "*" > .mpdignore

The in the moOde interface, go to the Library tab and press the "Regenerate Music Library" button.  Note the instruction to stay on this screen until the spinner clears (move too soon and you will not get all the library, go drink coffee for 20 minutes to be safe).  If once the library is rebuilt you are still seeing files in the directory with the ignore file in it, please post the results of:

Code:

ls -la
cat .mpdignore

From within the folder where you made the file.
If you are doing this from the Pi, you might need to use the /mnt/ directory to be able to write to the folder rather than through the /tmp/ and it's symlink.
For eg, my exlcuded folder on my NAS is this:

Code:

pi@Orpheus:/mnt/NAS/Claudia/zzz_EXCLUDE

I tried but I am getting 

Code:

.mpdignore: Permission denied

even with Sudo command. My USB is in the media folder there is nothing in the mnt dir (I mean no USB there are only NAS  SDCARD  UPNP).
My path looks: 

Code:

pi@moode:/media/7b952e33-7045-4155-9865-e7962f56faa4/media/music $

But I tried again and went to the music path and Hallluja I made this command to the full library folder, so when I regenerate lib there is only the Stereo test as supposed to be cool.
I did the ls command and I could see .mpdignore file, cool. So remove it and made an echo command in the Amiga folder which I want to exclude (folder contains only files no subfolders).
Again permission was denied even with sudo, I do not know what to do?
I am just I reckon given up. My workaround with symlink to the proper music folder on USB is working well, only those thumbnails but screw it, I am listening nod watching.

[inthemoode]

What Browser and and what is meant by "full screen"?

Are you adding the Browser as a "Home Screen app" like on IOS or Android or some other way to get full screen without the Browser frame, address bar etc?

Yes.  Chrome, with a bookmark added to the homescreen - so it appears full screen.  I will experiment with it other ways and see what happens.