is there a way to make plugins auto-reload while developing?

[whizziwig]

I'm getting sick of restarting slimserver every time I make a code change, is there a way to make slimserver auto-reload plugins on file changes (like many web development frameworks do win debug/devel mode)?

thanks,
--dave

[Triode]

No

-----Original Message-----
From: whizziwig
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 3:55 PM
To: developers (AT) lists (DOT) slimdevices.com
Subject: [Developers] is there a way to make plugins auto-reload
whiledeveloping?


I'm getting sick of restarting slimserver every time I make a code
change, is there a way to make slimserver auto-reload plugins on file
changes (like many web development frameworks do win debug/devel
mode)?

[bpa]

No, but you can set up a test LMS setup on a proper PC (not as a service) with minimal plugins, no photo or video and as little music as possible so that LMS starts up in seconds.

[whizziwig]

thanks. Already have a minimal local LMS and am stopping/starting it from the command line so it's pretty fast

perl "/Volumes/LogitechMediaServer 7.7.1/Install Files/Squeezebox.prefPane/Contents/server/slimserver.pl"

[JJZolx]

No, but you can set up a test LMS setup on a proper PC (not as a service) with minimal plugins, no photo or video and as little music as possible so that LMS starts up in seconds.

Minimizing plugins is good, but I've never noticed a difference in startup times with SBS run as a Windows service vs. run as user process. I'm not sure that library size affects startup time very much, since no scan is done when starting (except for TinyLMS on Touch). Using a smaller music library is a good setup, though, if you want to run full scans for testing purposes.

[bpa]

I've never noticed a difference in startup times with SBS run as a Windows service vs. run as user process. .

No but you can get more debug info especially startup stuff or transcoding processes that die or libraries that crash from a command line which will disappear when run as a service.