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A web based file browser is introduced in Blind Testing U8 (1.1.8).

This feature gives you another option to manage your music and playlists, compared to the more traditional way of file sharing. Here is the look and layout of the File Manager:

File Browser

Created initially as a simple way to copy music files to your RAM disk, it has slowly expanded into a full file management module. The File manager is split into 3 logical components: Summary, Contents and Command Panel. Read on to find learn the functionalities of each panel.

System Limitations

A HTML5 based application has limitations, here is a non-exhaustive list:

Limitation	Description
Modern Browser	This is a HTML5 application, and thus require a modern HTML5 browser. Internet Explorer or Safari will be hit and miss. Please use modern browsers as recommended here.
File Permissions	File operations are performed by the root user. The root user need to have full access to the music and playlists folder. This means you need to grant READ/WRITE permissions to your share folder if you are mounting this from a NAS.
Single File Operation	You can only drag and drop one file at a time. Only the first file is uploaded when you drag and drop multiple files.
Overwrite Existing Files	Existing files with the same name will be overwritten. Overwritten files will be gone forever.
File Encodings	This is tested only with UTF-8 filenames. Please file a bug if the manager has problem managing your files that's using a different encoding system.
No Recycle Bin	There is no recycle bin. Any files deleted will not be recoverable.
Double Clicks	You need to use a mouse to navigation the directory structure. Not sure if MacOS have double clicks?

You can always fallback to the traditional methods for file management duties if the above limitations are unacceptable,

Summary

The summary panel contains all the information associated in the files currently viewed under the Contents panel.

File Manager Summary

RAM Disk Status

This shows whether RAM Disk is working properly or not. The commands Add To RAM and Replace RAM will be available if this is ticked (✓). This is a sign that your RAM disk is configured and working normally.

Ram Disk Status

A cross (✗) indicates one of the following:

1. RAM Disk is disabled
2. RAM disk creation failure

Refer to the Snakeoil RAM configuration for details. Note that RAM disk is an experimental feature for now and only configurable if you're Snakeoil is activated. Refer to this wiki for more information about activation,

Refresh File Contents

Click on this button to refresh the file contents.

Refresh File Contents

Useful if you have managed files from another interface and want the contents to be updated here. Or you want to reset your selections.

Switch Views

You can switch between Music and Playlists to manage your media library.

Switch Media View

MusicPD (MPD) and Logitech Media Server (LMS) are configured to look under the Music share for music content (wav, flac, dsd, dsf, etc) and the Playlists share for playlists (.m3u). Other players do not necessary follow this convention. You are free to manage your media library any way you see fit. The file locations are as follows:

View Name	File Path
Music	/media/music
Playlists	/media/playlists

Path

This shows you file path you're currently in (i.e. how "deep" you are from the root).

Summary Panel Path

You can move around the directory structure easily by double clicking on any path here. In the example above you double click on two to switch to /media/music/two, and so on. To return to the root, click the Home (🏠) button.

Contents

This panel display the files under the path. The items here scrollable remember to scroll down or up if the file you are looking for is not in view.

File Listing

Navigating The Contents

Sub-directories have a folder icon (🗀) prefixed to the name. You can double-click the folder to go in, or single-click to select all the contents in this folder. You can quickly move around the directory structure by clicking on any path in the Summary panel. You can also click on the up arrow (🠙) to return to the parent folder.

Double click here to return to the parent folder

Everything else are files, and they can only be toggled on or off. The Command Panel will change accordingly. Refer to the next section for more details.

Command Panel changes According to file selections

You can always reset your selection by clicking the refresh button in the Summary panel.

Command Panel

Replace RAM

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