Predixis MusicMagic

28th May 2006, 16:24

just wanted to ask if anyone had some experience with that plugin...

im analysing my collection (~17000 songs).... and its already taking quite long...

how long can i expect the inital analysing to take?

thanks for any information

Mr Jones · 28th May 2006, 16:30

Somewhere between a long time and forever.

I used it when it came with the first betas , asked it to look at a directory of about 100 songs, took about 3 hours to finish, totaly gagged my CPU and for what? a small random playlist.

Groovy.

DrO · 28th May 2006, 16:32

how long... how long's a piece of string. the results on analysis speeds vary immensely with that plugin and i'd say you're looking at a good day or more to do it (potentially a lot longer though in all honesty). on the whole though, processing takes an age

-daz

28th May 2006, 16:35

i'm noticing that the progress bar is pretty useless... it seems to slow down exponentially... a tad annoying

will · 28th May 2006, 16:37

A few users on this forum dislike it.

I for one don't install it.

Koopa · 28th May 2006, 17:56

Quote:

A few users on this forum dislike it.

Just a few??

CraigF · 29th May 2006, 02:56

Ive seen about two people make comments about it that weren't outright negative.

It wants to consume 100% cpu for two weeks to analyse all my music. And all that work to just spit out a 20? track playlist thats random.

Id rather just queue up everything I have, hit shuffle, then play; thanks.

papadoc · 29th May 2006, 03:45

So how do you remove it without doing another install?

DJ Egg · 29th May 2006, 03:53

Delete plugins\ml_xpdxs.dll

nb. my main beef with it is that it uses 99% cpu whilst processing, which can take a fair few days or more with large databases.... and especially since this issue got fixed in v1.1/2 of the plugin, but then got broken again in v1.3/4, heh.

papadoc · 29th May 2006, 04:03

Thanks DJ Egg!

DrO · 29th May 2006, 12:07

i prefer this but that's for my personal sanity to make sure just incase i mess up my installer settings

-daz

Koopa · 29th May 2006, 15:37

Quote:

Delete plugins\ml_xpdxs.dll

It doesn't remove the folder in Winamp\Plugins and the settings stored in the winamp.ini.

I recommend DrO's plugin for a clean uninstall.

28th May 2006, 16:24	#1
OdessaCubbage Guest Posts: n/a	Predixis MusicMagic just wanted to ask if anyone had some experience with that plugin... im analysing my collection (~17000 songs).... and its already taking quite long... how long can i expect the inital analysing to take? thanks for any information

28th May 2006, 16:32	#3
DrO Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 27,873	how long... how long's a piece of string. the results on analysis speeds vary immensely with that plugin and i'd say you're looking at a good day or more to do it (potentially a lot longer though in all honesty). on the whole though, processing takes an age -daz WACUP Project <‖> "Winamp Ramblings" - Indie Winamp Dev Blog

28th May 2006, 16:37	#5
will Nullsoft Newbie (Moderator) Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sheffield, England Posts: 5,569	A few users on this forum dislike it. I for one don't install it. DO NOT PM ME WITH TECH SUPPORT QUESTIONS

29th May 2006, 03:53	#9
DJ Egg Techorator Winamp & Shoutcast Team Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 35,894	Delete plugins\ml_xpdxs.dll nb. my main beef with it is that it uses 99% cpu whilst processing, which can take a fair few days or more with large databases.... and especially since this issue got fixed in v1.1/2 of the plugin, but then got broken again in v1.3/4, heh. Playlist -\|- Twitter

29th May 2006, 12:07	#11
DrO Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 27,873	i prefer this but that's for my personal sanity to make sure just incase i mess up my installer settings -daz WACUP Project <‖> "Winamp Ramblings" - Indie Winamp Dev Blog

28th May 2006, 16:30	#2
Mr Jones Nothing to say... Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: UK Posts: 23,098	Somewhere between a long time and forever. I used it when it came with the first betas , asked it to look at a directory of about 100 songs, took about 3 hours to finish, totaly gagged my CPU and for what? a small random playlist. Groovy.

28th May 2006, 16:35	#4
OdessaCubbage Guest Posts: n/a	i'm noticing that the progress bar is pretty useless... it seems to slow down exponentially... a tad annoying

29th May 2006, 02:56	#7
CraigF Passionately Apathetic Administrator Join Date: May 2000 Location: Hell Posts: 5,435	Ive seen about two people make comments about it that weren't outright negative. It wants to consume 100% cpu for two weeks to analyse all my music. And all that work to just spit out a 20? track playlist thats random. Id rather just queue up everything I have, hit shuffle, then play; thanks.

29th May 2006, 03:45	#8
papadoc Comfortably Numb (Forum King) Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 4,619	So how do you remove it without doing another install?

29th May 2006, 04:03	#10
papadoc Comfortably Numb (Forum King) Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 4,619	Thanks DJ Egg!

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