Let me clarify:
the first-time LMS setup process asks for specifying the folder for local music files - then file scan automatically begins
This brings you to the main page, where one of the first things you want to do is install plugins eg. the invaluable Chromecast bridge,
meanwhile, if you specified local music file folder at the initial setup step, then scan has autostarted,
Installing plugins requires server restarts (all or most plugins requires LMS to restart), this causes the initial local music folder scan to be interrupted and in my experience crash/hang
Therefore, best procedure is:
1. Just click next on inital setup on the step where it asks where local music files are, don't specify any folder at this step, leave it empty
2. Go on to main LMS page, install all the plugins you want, one by one, "restart now" (NOT "restart later") after each plugin install
3. THEN, after you have all the plugins you want up and functioning (I have Bandcamp, Mixcloud, Youtube, TuneIn, Tidal, Wefunk all working successfully)
- go from main LMS page - Settings (bottom right hand corner) - Basic settings - specify media folder - autoscan will start and complete successfully (and quickly, 6 hours for 4TB of approx 300.000 files over a SMB NAS connection from xu4!)
This is the only way I've had everything work perfectly. Another way would probably be, of course, to let initial setup scan finish before you begin installing plugins but that's not my way
Currently looking for a way to access LMS remotely over 4G or remote wifi with phone/tablet/another PC as audio out device - there are Android apps for this (but they're ugly, old and expensive as far as I've been able to find) - I had it working on one late night occasion I think, with an Android device on a 4G connection playing from the at home xu4 LMS, but need to do more experiments
