![]() ![]() I did once look at using Minimwatch to change settings in Minimserver but was easily put off by the assumption that I have knowledge of computer programming. I have used MinimServer in its basic form for a couple of years. However, one thing that really appeals about the new version is the "simple way to find albums that have been added recently to your library". I'm fine with step by step guides but often assumptions are made that leave me lost. Happy to pay for it also.Īs someone with a phobia of most things IT and computer set-up in general, the statement on The Minimserver website which states "is simple to use "out of the box" fills me with dread! I read this often but very seldom experience it for myself. Simon has said on the MinimServer forum that at present his work is focused on making MinimServer 2 ready for the full range of supported platforms. I expect that he will not start to pull the plug on MinimServer 0.8 until this work is substantially complete. Existing installations of 0.8 will continue to run, but they will cease to be updated and their access to MinimStreamer will expire. Longer term, the downloads will become unavailable, so the only free version of MinimServer will be the limited Starter edition (not configurable and without MinimStreamer). What happens to existing installations of MinimServer 0.8? in the short term, nothing really. Usefully, profiles can be exported to and imported from files ![]() You might, for example have different menu layouts for different family members, or you might have one profile for the FLAC library you use with your Linn streamer, and another for the MP3 collection you use with Foobar2000 on your phone. This page also gives you access to the Activation page and the new Profiles feature which allows you to create, manage and change to different sets of settings. The start of providing the promised web-based control interface is already visible in that the page has become less rudimentary happily, like its predecessor, it is visible in Konfig, which provides a useful means of accessing it. There are not that many changes from MinimServer 0.8 to MinimServer 2 the point of buying the new version, as previously discussed in this thread, is to support Simon Nash so that he in turn can continue to support the software. However, as always, you will need to specifically activate MinimStreamer if you want to use it this is done from the Properties dialog, as before. When you activate, or start a 30 day trial of, the full version, your settings from MinimServer 0.8 are helfully copied over to MinimServer 2. ![]() When you install initially, you get the free Starter Edition of MinimServer 2, which cannot be configured with your own settings. Installation, interrupted only by an unhelpful false positive from Windows Defender, was, as usual with MinimServer, a doddle, particularly as Java was already installed. Bliss is US$79 while Media Monkey is US$49.I can revive this thread with the news that MinimServer 2 has become available for Synology NASs and (while I wasn't looking) for Windows too - all versions from XP on, which means that an old laptop somewhere can be repurposed as a music server. I do use MinimServer on Windows (mainly to test the metadata on new downloads before I copy them over to my NASs), so, in line with my previously stated intent, I signed up and paid for a 5 device licence (£40 it's only £28 for a three device licence, which will be fine for many people). I am willing to pay for the software, if needed. If anyone has experience with either Bliss or Medai Monkey (or other good software), I will welcome suggestions and experience notes. The server has to be focused on music,so I am not looking at Plex, JRiver, and similar candidates. In a way both these have been suggested by the servers I am shortlisting including Subsonic and others. ![]() My search has narrowed down to two software pieces - Bliss ( ) and Media Monkey. I am looking for suggestions to manage the audio files. I have added 8TB of HDD space to my audio PC. Nearly 90% of them are in FLAC format cutting across rock, jazz, western classical, instrumental, fusion, Hindustani, Carnatic, Hindi and Tamil film songs. I will also be adding another 3 to 4 TB though CD rips over the next 6 to 12 months. Though I have still not finalized what software I am going to use, the priority right now is to clean up, order, and tag my 4TB or so files properly. I have decided to focus on my Audio PC and convert that into a music server. ![]()
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