Serviio

The automatic updater in Servioo 1.5.1 will no longer add playlists (.m3u files). It gives the following error.

"The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process"

At first I thought it had attempted to add the file while I was copying it. But it gives the same error for the m3u file on all subsequent runs. As a test I added a couple of video files to the directory. The updater ran automatically and added them to the library but still gave the same error for the m3u file.

If you force a library refresh the m3u files are added with no error.

In a nutshell the auto updater will not add m3u files. The manual updater will.

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cisop

In version 1.6.1 I get exactly the same issue.

... And still in 1.8.0 - is no one else getting this problem?

java.io.FileNotFoundException: D:\Playlists\Primal Scream - Give Out But Don't Give Up.m3u (The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process)
at java.io.FileInputStream.open0(Native Method)
at java.io.FileInputStream.open(FileInputStream.java:195)
at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:138)
at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:93)
at org.serviio.library.playlist.PlaylistParser.getPlaylistBytes(PlaylistParser.java:84)
at org.serviio.library.playlist.PlaylistParser.parse(PlaylistParser.java:59)
at org.serviio.library.local.indexing.PlaylistFileIndexer.addNewPlaylistFile(PlaylistFileIndexer.java:66)
at org.serviio.library.local.indexing.DefaultLibraryMonitor.fileAdded(DefaultLibraryMonitor.java:53)
at org.serviio.library.local.indexing.pipe.PipeManager$PipeProcessingConsumer.lambda$run$27(PipeManager.java:174)
at java.util.Optional.ifPresent(Optional.java:159)
at org.serviio.library.local.indexing.pipe.PipeManager$PipeProcessingConsumer.run(PipeManager.java:169)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

My playlists are in pls format, so are not the same as yours. Mine seem to work fine.

This would be cause by something having the read lock on the file. Not sure what it could be on your system.

Yes, I understand the error, but the reason why I was getting this with just Playlists was odd. However, I've worked out the cause. I use Playlist Creator to make my playlists and for convenience was having it save them straight into the folder that Serviio has mapped as a library. By saving the playlists into a different directory and moving them I don't have the issue.

It's strange though as I rip the CDs the playlists relate to straight into a library folder with no issue but I guess there is something about how Playlist Creator creates its file locks that causes Serviio to fail.

Strange, I use Playlist Creator and save the files into a Serviio media folder. haven't had any issues with locked files. Aren't computers fun?

For anyone else stumbling into this issue I've found that setting the library folder I have for my playlist files to use Serviio's poller mechanism works fine so I have enabled this which then removes the need for me to manually force a refresh each time.