Re: [xwax-devel] Ideas for xwax

[Fabrice L. <fab...@gm...>]

David,

There was a typo in mark's reply you need back quotes to have the
content of the cache-file fed into the command line.

xwax -s `/bin/cat cache-file` -t serato-2a -m 4 -a plughw:1,0 -a plughw:1,1

for your info you can read
http://freeengineer.org/learnUNIXin10minutes.html#CommandSubst

Regards,
Fabrice.

On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 12:15 AM, David Silva <sca...@ho...> wrote:
> It doesn't work!
>
> I was able to create the file succesfully, but when i want to start xwax
> with:
>
> xwax -s /bin/cat cache-file -t serato-2a -m 4 -a plughw:1,0 -a plughw:1,1
>
> it return an error:
>
> 'cache-file' argument is unknown; try -h.
>
> I'm with Xwax 0.7.
>
> What am i doing wrong???
>
>>You're right, the reason whhy I decided to use filenames is the speed at
>>which they can be read.
>
>>As Fabrice suggests, you can do a scan to a file, then read that into xwax
>>(instead of doing a full scan each time). The easiest way to do this is:
>
>>  $ /usr/libexec/xwax-scan ~/music > cache-file
>>  $ xwax -s /bin/cat cache-file
>
>>You'd need to update the cache file whenever your music directory changes.
>
>>--
>>Mark
>
> ________________________________
> From: sca...@ho...
> To: xwa...@li...
> Subject: Ideas for xwax
> Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:39:14 +0000
>
> Hi everyone.
> I've been testing xwax this weekend and i have to say this is a great DVS!
> I would like to share my ideas for next version:
> Crates should be the subfolders in the directory we state on command line
> (-l <directory>).
> This if far more easy than adding a -l <directory> for each crate.
> I've tested Yves Adler's Playedtracks 0.7 version and i think this patch and
> deck protection patch should be in the next version.
> 0.7 with Playedtracks worked beautifully during my 1h30 mix (i didn't test
> deck protection patch).
> ID3 should be implemented too. Maybe as a parameter in command line (-id3).
> If i was a programmer, xwax would have all my knowledge for sure!
> Again, congratulations to Mark and all contributors for this amazing
> software!
>
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