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bob:

--- Quote from: bjurry on August 17, 2018, 03:22:25 am ---Thanks Bob. I'll give it a try.
For my understanding: why do you recommend read-only? As I want to use the  "Rename, Move, and Copy Files" function - which requires write access I expect.
Alternatively, I'm even more fine if I can use the  "Rename, Move, and Copy Files" function from the Windows laptop, but here I'm struggling with the Library: the function does not work when I load the Libary on the Id server.
So I have now created a new local Library on my Windows laptop, hoping I can now edit file names/directories. But obviously it is not easy to maintain two different Libraries and keep them in sync... (I know MC offers a Library Sync option, but if I understand correctly, this copies files to the Windows laptop, which clearly is not what I want to do.

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I recommend read-only because the Id doesn't need read-write permissions to access the files and do you really want more than one MC instance to write tags on your files?
What are you planning on using "Rename, Move, and Copy Files" for BTW?

If you've mounted the NAS and done an import using either importing a single folder (browsing to /mnt/name_of_your_nas_share) or adding that as an auto-import you should see the Id build a library from them.
If not, try clearing the library on the Id (it's empty anyway, right?) and re-try the import.

bjurry:
Bob,
I cleared the Library a 2nd time: now it is importing.

With regards to need for "Rename, Move, and Copy Files":
- I need to do this as some files are residing in "Unknown Artist" folder: the metadata now has the correct Artist name, but I need the folder directory updated too.
- I would prefer to do all metadata and file naming maintenance from my Windows laptop rather then on the Id (as my goal has always been to have the Id just run without screen, keyboard, mouse), but "Rename, Move, and Copy Files" doesn't work when I load the Library of the Id onto MC running on the Windows laptop. And per a previous post, I am also not able on the Windows laptop to add missing album covers.

bob:

--- Quote from: bjurry on August 17, 2018, 11:06:38 am ---Bob,
I cleared the Library a 2nd time: now it is importing.

With regards to need for "Rename, Move, and Copy Files":
- I need to do this as some files are residing in "Unknown Artist" folder: the metadata now has the correct Artist name, but I need the folder directory updated too.
- I would prefer to do all metadata and file naming maintenance from my Windows laptop rather then on the Id (as my goal has always been to have the Id just run without screen, keyboard, mouse), but "Rename, Move, and Copy Files" doesn't work when I load the Library of the Id onto MC running on the Windows laptop. And per a previous post, I am also not able on the Windows laptop to add missing album covers.

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Instead of loading the library of the Id into MC running on the laptop it would be a better bet to just connect to the NAS share from the Windows laptop and move the directory through windows explorer.

As for adding the cover art on the Id, since it doesn't have drag and drop implemented yet you can't do it that way (you can have it search for cover art and add it that way if it can find the cover art on yadb).

If you need to add cover art through a drag and drop process you'll need to import the library on your windows machine directly from the share and add it that way (updating the tags).

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