Wiim Ultra USB disk and folder viewing from Notebook.

[lisa]

From my Notebook, I see the Wiim Ultra disk and can explore its folders with Music Albums. Of these, however, I only see the music files. I don't see other files like .txt .jpg etc.etc.
Furthermore, it is not possible to move albums from one folder to another, add folders, etc. as in a normal unit. Isn't it possible to do this?

 

[Burnside]

What do you mean by the WiiM Ultra disk - a usb drive attached to the Ultra?

When you attach a drive to the Ultra, it presents its media contents as a UPNP media server to other devices on your network, so you’ll only see those audio files that media server can handle. Text and image files are not audio so are not indexed or presented to other UPNP clients.

Also, since the attached drive is presented as a media server, not as a file system, you can’t move files or folders around.

 

[rccarguy]

That's normal, unless they add "NAS" type support where USB HDD is seen as a drive, where you can access and modify the files.

Would be useful feature

 

[lisa]

Ok, thanks for the replies. However, it would be useful to have this possibility to move, add, sort your USB disk without having to disconnect it every time, work offline and then index it again.

 

[Jon Ray]

It would be good to have the flexibility that you describe Lisa.

I have also found that after a rescan of a usb library, the Wiim Ultra duplicates some albums. This means that, in the better case, two albums appear in the list, or, in the worst case, one album appears but each track appears twice. It would be great if there were flexibility to delete the unwanted 'second' album entry. I guess this is not possible becuse of the Wiim rrading the usb as a server. Right now, to remove the unwanted second entry, I have to take everything down, go back to the database, on a PC, delete the file, then rescan the disk on the Ultra. Very clunky and time-consuming.

I notice too that album artwork does appear after ripping a CD using Windows player 11. The Wiim Ultra also refuses to add a pdf file of an album cover. Not much point in having a screen capable of displaying artwork if the machine does not pick it up.

I'm sure these are all 'first-world' problems but frustrating nevertheless. Overall I'm happy with the Ultra.

 

[harkpabst]

PDF is not a graphics format. From the top of my head I don't know any music server accepting PDF for cover art.

If you notice duplicate database entries after a rescan (quick scan, I suppose?) you should let WiiM know about it directly. On the "More" tab select "Feedback". You can describe your issue, upload any relevant screenshots and the WiiM Home app will automatically include device logs.

A full rescan should fix any such issue as well. If it doesn't, I'd call this another bug.

 

[simbun]

A full rescan should fix any such issue as well. If it doesn't, I'd call this another bug.

Doesn't this potentially break bookmarks and playlists though (assuming it's equivalent to a MiniDLNA full rebuild)?

 

[Jon Ray]

Hi Harkpabst

Thank you for this. Good point about pdf; I must try harder!
Yes, to its being the case both on quick and full scans. In fact, I have, after adding an album, to my usb, plugged it into the Ultra, and I found that the newly added album appears without any scanning.
As an experiment, after plugging the disc back in, I did a quick scan to find that the same album is added again.
Sadly, a full scan does not fix the issue. Maybe it is a bug.
Thank you for taking the time to reply BTW.

 

[hgo58]

Hi Harkpabst

Thank you for this. Good point about pdf; I must try harder!
Yes, to its being the case both on quick and full scans. In fact, I have, after adding an album, to my usb, plugged it into the Ultra, and I found that the newly added album appears without any scanning.
As an experiment, after plugging the disc back in, I did a quick scan to find that the same album is added again.
Sadly, a full scan does not fix the issue. Maybe it is a bug.
Thank you for taking the time to reply BTW.

You probably have the album in two places now. Before adding it the second time, it was already included from another path.

 

[Jon Ray]

Thank you for this. I will check.

 

[harkpabst]

Doesn't this potentially break bookmarks and playlists though (assuming it's equivalent to a MiniDLNA full rebuild)?

Potentially, yes. But if the duplicate albums were due to indexing errors, at least one path might be broken already.

@hgo58 could be on the right track, though. I don't see how a really new album could occur with no rescan at all. Duplicate files in different locations make matters more complicated, of course.

 

[rccarguy]

It would be good to have the flexibility that you describe Lisa.

I have also found that after a rescan of a usb library, the Wiim Ultra duplicates some albums. This means that, in the better case, two albums appear in the list, or, in the worst case, one album appears but each track appears twice. It would be great if there were flexibility to delete the unwanted 'second' album entry. I guess this is not possible becuse of the Wiim rrading the usb as a server. Right now, to remove the unwanted second entry, I have to take everything down, go back to the database, on a PC, delete the file, then rescan the disk on the Ultra. Very clunky and time-consuming.

I notice too that album artwork does appear after ripping a CD using Windows player 11. The Wiim Ultra also refuses to add a pdf file of an album cover. Not much point in having a screen capable of displaying artwork if the machine does not pick it up.

I'm sure these are all 'first-world' problems but frustrating nevertheless. Overall I'm happy with the Ultra.

Just use a off board music server, I don't have issues like that with LMS.

It'll detect any changed, removed and new files and update the database.

I think the music scanner is a good addition to the product but no way would I use it for large music collection nor for advanced features of superior music servers.

It's fine for a 64GB USB stick..but not 4TB+ HDD full of music.

As for PDF for album art? LOL just use jpg.

Or use LMS that scans , resizes and downloads album and artist art.