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rsg:
Yes, thank you for the detailed response. I can see the advantages of the Client/Server set-up, and I am quite comfortable using it.

However, with separate computers each using MC23 with their own files on their own external drive (I can connect them to the network as required), how do I copy only new files over to the second computer. If I go File--Library--Sync Library I can indeed copy files over, no problem. It starts with the most recent and does the job, but then it keeps going adding dupes to the second machine. The only way to solve it is for me to remember "Oh yes, I have 56 new files to copy over today, so I must quit copying when the count reaches 57". Any thoughts?

~OHM~:
You just need a sync program that will work over a network...I also keep separate files on a computer or two as separate from my main music server. I like and use Goodsync...it's not free but then most of the good stuff in life isn't

RoderickGI:

--- Quote from: rsg on November 10, 2017, 12:10:28 pm ---Any thoughts?
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I suspect that MC needs to do one complete file sync first so that it knows what it has synced, in a similar way to the Sync Handheld functionality, and then after that it would just sync the new files. But as you already have copies of most files on the second PC, that isn't what you need. You could probably make that work by deleting all the files off the second PC (or moving them somewhere MC doesn't see them), and then doing a full sync. That would be a bit of an experiment though, and you should backup everything, files, Library, etc. before attempting that if you wanted to try it.

It isn't even clear to me if he Library Sync function copies over the Library from the first PC or not. It may just copy the files and you would still need to create and maintain the Library on your second PC. Of course you could just do a Library backup on the first PC and restore it on the second PC, but then you would have to be using exactly the same paths for everything on the second PC...


--- Quote from: ~OM~ on November 10, 2017, 02:35:05 pm ---You just need a sync program that will work over a network...I also keep separate files on a computer or two as separate from my main music server. I like and use Goodsync...it's not free but then most of the good stuff in life isn't
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I think this is the answer you need for copying files over. But it won't copy across changes to the library, for example, tag, view, or Cover Art changes. It may assist in those processes if tags are saved to files, and the synchronising tool you use copies the files across again if the "Date Modified" has been changed, or a file event is detected if the sync software uses that method.

So if you just use a file sync tool then you will still need to do some Library maintenance on each PC. Or the Library backup and restore.

rsg:
I think the simple and free method is to know that I am copying over a specific number of files in any one session and to stop MC23 syncing after it copies those files. It seems to start with the most recent files, so that is possible. Interestingly, I am a convert to JRiver from Itunes, and while JRiver beats ITunes in every possible way and then some, the ITunes 'Home Share' feature was very nice...just copied files from the first to the second computer (that aren't yet on that computer) and doesn't try to make duplicates. With JRiver, it seems bizarre that one feasible option is to carry my external drive over from the client computer to the server and manually copy files in Windows Explorer...

Still looking for other suggestions....

NorthGeorgiaWX:
I know this is old, but I had little response to my questions about Sync.

I use a program called TreeComp to keeps all of the hard drives synchronized among my three computers. I also have batch files to do the same thing, so while it's somewhat of a pain to keep things similar, it's not perfect and copies are relatively slow across my fast network.

I am using the playlist sync feature and that seems to work well. I wasn't sure about using the Library backup and restore or clone simply because I wasn't sure of the ramifications of doing such.

I'm just trying to find the best "automated" way of keeping my three library servers and files in sync using MC. The details of what goes on behind the scenes with Sync seems to be mysterious at best. I'm just hoping that someone can give me more specifics about how it operates/limitations/best practice for use so I can decide what I need to do.

I'm retired with 30 years in technology as a systems engineer, so I can generally figure things out, but without just playing with it to see, I'm not sure how else to find out how it works. What I don't want to do is experiment with my music. I guess I'll try to create a small library and play with it to see what happens.

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