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Using exFAT format for library devices
macdonjh:
I searched and didn't find a thread with an answer for my particular question, so here it is:
I would like to use external hard drives, formatted in exFAT, for my library and back-up. Will MediaCenter for MAC operate properly like this? The other thread I found addressed a problem with DSF files, which I don't have, and tagging. Are there any other issues, like poor playback, poor synchronization between audio and video, things like that?
The reason for this is I use MediaCenter on a MAC, but I'd like to be able to transfer files to other devices in my house and everything else here is a Windows device.
bob:
--- Quote from: macdonjh on November 11, 2018, 03:39:47 pm ---I searched and didn't find a thread with an answer for my particular question, so here it is:
I would like to use external hard drives, formatted in exFAT, for my library and back-up. Will MediaCenter for MAC operate properly like this? The other thread I found addressed a problem with DSF files, which I don't have, and tagging. Are there any other issues, like poor playback, poor synchronization between audio and video, things like that?
The reason for this is I use MediaCenter on a MAC, but I'd like to be able to transfer files to other devices in my house and everything else here is a Windows device.
--- End quote ---
I think you should be OK as long as your filename/paths are compatible with both Windows and Mac.
For the tagging to work, the files have to be writable as the your Mac user.
You may not really need to tag on Mac, it might be better to restrict tagging to one machine.
chrisc:
I'm using exFAT and it works 100% in Mac and Windows
macdonjh:
Excellent. That is good news. Thank you.
Awesome Donkey:
Yeah, exFAT works fine. Just make sure no directories/folders that store your media files contain a period or periods preceding the folder's name (something like ...Hits), or else macOS (and Linux) will consider it a hidden directory and MC won't import it by default.
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