> 1) If this (7.9.x?) is worthwhile, why?
Because it's the latest and greatest! :-P
> Synology's software showed LMS 7.7.6 as available. Installation was as
> easy as clicking that button. But I glanced at something that claimed
> library scanning was faster with 7.9, and that would certainly be
> worthwhile even though it seem scanning speed is mostly limited by the
> hard disk and NAS hardware processing speed?
Because the harddisk is slow, there are optimizations in LMS to use the
disk less ;-). It all depends on your system, of course. How much
memory, what CPU etc.
> 2) I have a SB Touch running 7.8.0 but with Triode's EDO. Nearly all
> other plugins/applets are disabled. The only thing this thing does is
> stream music from LMS and I don't want to break that (including what EDO
> does.)
In 7.9.1 there are even more plugins you can disable if you want.
> 3) If #1 = "yes," (worthwhile) how to update?
Synology offers 7.9.1 in the beta channel.
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Michael
Because it's the latest and greatest! :-P
> Synology's software showed LMS 7.7.6 as available. Installation was as
> easy as clicking that button. But I glanced at something that claimed
> library scanning was faster with 7.9, and that would certainly be
> worthwhile even though it seem scanning speed is mostly limited by the
> hard disk and NAS hardware processing speed?
Because the harddisk is slow, there are optimizations in LMS to use the
disk less ;-). It all depends on your system, of course. How much
memory, what CPU etc.
> 2) I have a SB Touch running 7.8.0 but with Triode's EDO. Nearly all
> other plugins/applets are disabled. The only thing this thing does is
> stream music from LMS and I don't want to break that (including what EDO
> does.)
In 7.9.1 there are even more plugins you can disable if you want.
> 3) If #1 = "yes," (worthwhile) how to update?
Synology offers 7.9.1 in the beta channel.
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Michael