Re: [gentoo-user] Re: amarok can't use mysql collection

[Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>]

On Montag 16 November 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Monday 16 November 2009 21:26:02 Doug Hunley wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 03:24, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>
> 
> wrote:
> > > Does anyone here successfully use amarok-2.2.0 with mysql-5.0.84-r1?
> >
> > I haven't had any issues w/ amarok 2.2.0 and mysql 5.0.84-r1 (once I
> > figured out how to get amarok to _not_ use the embedded mysql)
> 
> That's a common complaint about amarok lately. The devs reckon they must
>  use multi-user mysql because it's almost impossible to get sqlite to do it
>  properly and totally impossible to get it to do it remotely.
> 
> This puzzles me. How many users out their use their music player in
>  multi-user mode with a collection db on a remote machine? Apart from LTSP
>  installs, I'll bet it's none. And LTSP is better off using mpd, so why
>  didn't the amarok devs simply include mpd support?
> 
> To answer your question, does Settings -> Collection -> enable check box &
> fill in bottom half of dialog do what you want?
> 

there had been other reasons. Many people have huge collections - and sqlite 
sucks with huge collections.