Many thanks. I am sure I have seen this before but there are a bewildering number of options - and finding them is not simple.
There are a lot, and that is good. But sometimes finding the right one, even with search, and understanding what they do, can be an issue. Searching the forum sometimes finds the answer quicker than looking around or searching the Options page.
One other question if you don't mind. Under "Audio" there are a number of default Library Views. I believe there is a place where the ones displayed can be selected. If true can you tell me where?
I'm not aware of any way to select which default views are displayed. However, you can delete any view you don't want to use. Just right click on it and use Delete on the menu.
You may want to hold off on that until you have spent a bunch more time with MC though. You are only six weeks in or so!
Or, you could:
Option One.Perhaps set up a new top level group (at the same level as Audio) and copy or move the views you don't want into there, so you can check later how they are configured as you learn to modify views in MC. I keep all the default views for that reason. If you do delete any views, they can be seen again by creating a new, separate library (don't delete or overwrite your main library!) and having a look at the views in that library.
To create a top level group to save views under;
1. Right click on any view.
2. Select "Add Library View".
3. In the "Location" drop down at the bottom of the dialogue, select (Root), which is at the top of the list.
4. Click on the "Empty View" template.
5. Give your top level view, which will be viewed as a group of views like Audio, a name in the box near the bottom of the dialogue.
6. In the Customise View dialogue that pops up, uncheck the "Allow tree selection" box.
7. You can change any other settings if you wish, such as changing the Image to display to "Folder", or putting restrictions on the lower level views using "Set rules for file display...", or tick the "Advanced > Lock view" checkbox, but you don't need to.
8. Click the OK button.
Now you can click and drag any views you don't want to this new group. When you drop the View, you will be given the option to Move or Copy the view.
Done. Just be aware, once I moved a view from Audio to a new group, I had some trouble moving it back. In fact MC wouldn't do it, probably because I was testing on a MC Client, which doesn't allow saving of View changes. On a local library, or on a MC Server PC, dragging Views back to their original location works fine. Even if you can't move the View back, you can still view the View configuration and use it as a guide for recreating the View under the Audio group though, so nothing is lost.
Option TwoUnder the View menu in the menu at the top of the Standard View window, you will find a sub-menu to Save and Load views. That has some quirks, but it works.
So before deleting any view, first Save it, and name the saved view so you can tell what group it belongs in. i.e. "Audio-Albums". The you can reload the view any time you want. It will be saved in an external file though, in a location like "C:\Program Files (x86)\J River\Media Center 22\Data\Saved Views", so make sure you don't lose the file during future upgrades.
