Xbox 360 Lists Erratic Numbers of Music Folders & Files

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zazzymcgrazz
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Joined:Wed Mar 17, 2010 7:21 am
AV Hardware:TwonkyMedia version: 5.1
Server hardware: My Book World Edition II 2GB
Operating System: Linux
If you are running as a system service (Windows only): N/A
Client(s) and their software version: Xbox 360 (Dashboard 2.0.8955.0)
Type(s) of media you are having problems with: mp3s (in folders)
How many files you have in your database: 5723
Network type (Wired/Wireless): Wired
Xbox 360 Lists Erratic Numbers of Music Folders & Files

Post by zazzymcgrazz » Wed Mar 17, 2010 7:37 am

Twonky server runs on my My Book World Edition II NAS, where I store my iTunes media. I set up Twonky to scan the folder that contains dozens of subfolders organized by artist with the albums inside them. The total file count is over 5000.

When I play videos off of the server via Twonky, it works great. Every file is listed on the Xbox. But when I attempt to load my /Shared Music directory, only some of the folders are listed -- and the number changes each time I restart the Twonky server and it does a rescan of the library. Only rarely does it list the full 316 folders in the directory, meaning I can usually only access a fraction of my music.

I have tried:
- restarting the Twonky server
- rebuilding the Twonky server database file
- rebooting the MBWE server
- minor edits to the twonkyvision-mediaserver.ini file (increased cache size)
- played with 'Media Receivers' settings for the Xbox 360 (which the server detected fine)
- pretty much everything else that i can think of

Nothing has worked. I can never get the server to consistently display all of the files in my Music directory.

I've tried other servers, and none has been as easy to deal with as Twonky, but this is a big problem. Please help! :?:

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TwonkyMedia ver: 5.1
Server: My Book World Edition II 2GB
OS: Linux
Client(s) and their software version: Xbox 360 (Dashboard 2.0.8955.0)
Media you are having problems with: mp3s (in folders)
Files you have in your database: 5723
(Wired/Wireless): Wired

jtrevill
Posts:22
Joined:Sun Oct 25, 2009 4:13 am
AV Hardware:Dlink DNS-343
Dlink DGS-2208 Gigabit Router
XBox 360
Windows SBS
Location:California

Re: Xbox 360 Lists Erratic Numbers of Music Folders & Files

Post by jtrevill » Mon Mar 22, 2010 12:34 pm

Hello. I've been having the same issue. I posted as well but didn't get a reply. I'm using a DLink DNS-343 and XBox 360 and have approximately 8k songs, but can only see about 300 or so as well. I did email support and after a couple of emails back and forth - this is the reply I rec'd:

Hi,
we will investigate this issue and if necessary add a bug fix in one of the next releases.
Thanks,
The TwonkyMedia Team


Just curious... How many videos do you have? I haven't reached that magical 300ish number of videos... I'm getting close and hope I don't have the same problem with videos that I'm having with audio!

jtrevill
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AV Hardware:Dlink DNS-343
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XBox 360
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Location:California

Re: Xbox 360 Lists Erratic Numbers of Music Folders & Files

Post by jtrevill » Sat Apr 03, 2010 11:26 pm

Well, today I began seeing the same problem with videos. If I go to the Server Status, I have 420 videos. However, when I go to pull them up on the Xbox I only can find 402...

Has anyone else besides us run into this problem? I'd like to stick with Twonky (as I paid for it), but not if I'm going to have this sort of limit...

Gesus
Posts:8
Joined:Fri Jan 29, 2010 7:22 am
AV Hardware:XBOX 360
Thecus N5200BR w/ Twonky module

Re: Xbox 360 Lists Erratic Numbers of Music Folders & Files

Post by Gesus » Sun Apr 18, 2010 10:57 am

Hey... I also posted on this issue. Thinking that maybe I should have searched before I posted...

I am having this problem: Listing only 974 artists in my music folder which it should be more like 3150.

I am not having it with video, and fingers-crossed it doesn't happen with that.

Unfortunately TMS is the only option (as far as I can tell) for my NAS, Thecus N5200BR Pro to stream to XBOX 360.

RL Tokyo
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Joined:Tue May 11, 2010 4:26 am
AV Hardware:Western Digital My Book World Edition (white light)
Xbox 360
Windows 7/WMP12

Re: Xbox 360 Lists Erratic Numbers of Music Folders & Files

Post by RL Tokyo » Tue May 11, 2010 4:41 am

Having the same issue as the OP (same hardware too), and have tried most of those resolutions as well.. Are there any other tricks to try while waiting for a bug fix?

Cheers,

RL

BGJ
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Joined:Sat Nov 05, 2011 11:53 am
AV Hardware:MD-254, PC AMD-A8, XBOX360 , IPHONE4

Re: Xbox 360 Lists Erratic Numbers of Music Folders & Files

Post by BGJ » Sat Nov 05, 2011 12:55 pm

I suggest to use playlists!

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