Hello,
I used MPad for several years prior to recently switching to ROON.
The update Database option is needed in order to show newly added music rips to the watched folder if you would rather not wait for whatever the default interval is by the music server program to recheck the same folder. In other words, if you ripped a CD now, and didn't run the Update DB command you may not see it as an available album for playback for 24hrs...as an example
The update cache option basically sync's the local DB stored on your iPad to reflect the current "as of now" contents of the watched folder.
Keep in mind that if you didn't run the Update DB option first, the contents available for playback on the iPad may be missing newly added albums that arrived after your last update DB cycle occurred.
The purpose of the local Cache on the iPad is to help speed up browsing of large, remotely hosted libraries found on things like a NAS.
I really enjoyed using MPad in combination with Voyage Linux MPD for many years and still miss some of its features today that ROON seems to ignore and or not find the need to involve themselves with.
I used MPad for several years prior to recently switching to ROON.
The update Database option is needed in order to show newly added music rips to the watched folder if you would rather not wait for whatever the default interval is by the music server program to recheck the same folder. In other words, if you ripped a CD now, and didn't run the Update DB command you may not see it as an available album for playback for 24hrs...as an example
The update cache option basically sync's the local DB stored on your iPad to reflect the current "as of now" contents of the watched folder.
Keep in mind that if you didn't run the Update DB option first, the contents available for playback on the iPad may be missing newly added albums that arrived after your last update DB cycle occurred.
The purpose of the local Cache on the iPad is to help speed up browsing of large, remotely hosted libraries found on things like a NAS.
I really enjoyed using MPad in combination with Voyage Linux MPD for many years and still miss some of its features today that ROON seems to ignore and or not find the need to involve themselves with.