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RoderickGI:
Yes, I was talking about adding the exclusions to every View and Smartlist individually. It is a solution that exists today, and meets your requirement, except for the data being in the Library.

But that doesn't matter. The Library is fast and doesn't require disk access to individual files or external programs. The Library was recently made even faster, after a user with 800,000 audio files provided a copy of his Library and some optimisations were found. So having a whole bunch of these extra files in your Library, unseen, should not be an issue for MC.

Try it.

kane2:
They already have a check box to "ignore special files" on the auto-import dialog. It doesn't define what all the file names that they use are, it just gives folder.jpg as an example. They could just simply offer a list of files name and also allow you to enter your own (including folder names) to avoid. The mechanism for this feature is already in the product.

kane2:

--- Quote from: kane2 on July 08, 2019, 07:26:55 am ---They already have a check box to "ignore special files" on the auto-import dialog. It doesn't define what all the file names that they use are, it just gives folder.jpg as an example. They could just simply offer a list of files name and also allow you to enter your own (including folder names) to avoid. The mechanism for this feature is already in the product.

--- End quote ---

Does anyone know where this information is stored? What are the other file names (since they only give folder.jpg as the example) that MC ignores with this check box, and how can we see to the list?

wer:
It seems to me having these extraneous directories is not a problem, even if they are scattered through thousands of other folders, as long as they are named using a well defined scheme.

Simply import the whole lot, use a search view to list everything in the directories that match a search expression, then delete them.  It's the work of two minutes.

RoderickGI:

--- Quote from: kane2 on July 08, 2019, 07:26:55 am ---The mechanism for this feature is already in the product.
--- End quote ---

No, it isn't. The special files are files that MC knows are part of its library processes, such as Cover Art image named {filename}.jpg and .png, and external tag files like {filename}_JRSidecar.xml, and most files associated with the JTV recording format. There is no list of files to be excluded so that they can be viewed, edited, or added to. It is all done in code.

You have been given two very viable solutions for the issue you have. Why don't you use one of them? Deleting the library records of the directories requires ongoing maintenance, but is very easy. Customising your Views, Smartlists etc. takes a bit more work up front, but requires no ongoing effort.


I know your proposed solutions seem simple and easy to implement, but haven't we mentioned the word "Kludge" often enough yet? I don't think JRiver is going to implement any of them.

To quote JimH, who is the owner and CEO of JRiver, "Sorry".

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