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Fixing Paths and Filenames with special characters (Accents, etc.) Mac/PC
tangolovers:
Q1: These files in the M22 folder definitely appear to be the most recent. See attached a screen shot of the most recent ones (sorted in that order).
Q2: Playing now says playing a From MC Library Backup. Is that normal? There are selectable options below are as follows (see attached screen shot):
Main Library path for 1st one is "/Users/susiemelo/Library/Application Support/J River/Media Center 23/Library\"
Main Library path for 2nd one is "/Users/susiemelo/Library/Application Support/J River/Media Center 23/Library/"
DIRECTV2PC Media Server path is not listed
MC Library Backup path is /Users/susiemelo/Documents/My Backups/Media Center 22 on MAC/Library Backups/
Add Library
Q3: Always load default library is Unchecked.
I will live with having to move my playlists around, definitely better than what I thought I was up against yesterday!
Regarding export of playlists, on MAC it does not give me any option when I Export All. It automatically goes to this Media Center 22 folder. Can you please let me know which format is better ( .m3u or m3u8) when exporting all? I have no idea where to find this info.
As for the location of where these things get stored, unless you convince that's bad, I prefer not to have these important files/data hidden under AppData (PC) or hidden Libraries (MAC). I feel I'm not in control of backing up those important files in the event of a catastrophe or just having to reformat. In the past, I have had to reformat Windows machines too many times, just one reason for going to MAC! Somehow, I mysteriously got MC 22 folder of .jmd files under My Backups but I don't recall when or how I did this. For sure, I will never move anything again w/o using MC to do so. Of all people, I should know better. :P
FYI, MC has been freezing a bit too often. It just froze up when I did this. So I Quit and reopened. Each time I come back to Playing and try to click on some of the other options below, MC freezes, requiring an ungraceful quit/restart.
p.s. sorry for never producing the screenshot you requested of the duplicates (which are no more) - it was on my new PC and I was overwhelmed & having brain freeze.
Thanks again for all of your effort to get me straightened out. I hope I can repay some day.
Susie
RoderickGI:
You missed my Q3 and answered Q4 as Q3. Please answer Q3, with a screenshot. It is the last piece of the puzzle.
Q5: You only intend to run one Library, correct? That is, on say this Mac, you don't want to have multiple Libraries for MC, just one, right?
You didn't actually post a screenshot for Q1 as you said above, but your answer is enough.
The screenshot you did post plus the answers to Q1, Q2 and Q4, "Always load default library", shows that you are indeed running your Library from "/Users/susiemelo/Documents/My Backups/Media Center 22 on MAC/Library Backups/". We can fix that soon, once you answer Q3 and Q5 above.
Either m3u or m3u8 is fine. Use m3u if you create new export Playlist files. The only difference in the two is how many bits are used to encode characters. No influence here. If you were exporting individual Playlists, and transferring them between unrelated MC Libraries, then the mpl format would be better as it carries metadata about the files as well. But you aren't transferring them between unrelated MC Libraries, just recreating Playlists in an existing Library that already has all the metadata, so no need to use mpl files.
Don't worry about the freezing at the moment. That will be a completely separate issue. Let's keep it simple and concentrate on one thing at a time.
I'm happy to help. The only way you can repay me is to help other people on the forum in the future, if you can. Perhaps speak kindly of JRiver MC to others, because the more people who like and use it, the more likely JRiver will stay in business as a great Media Center application, which benefits me as a user.
tangolovers:
Q3: See attached screenshot. Forgive me for the mixup... ::)
Q5: Yes, I only intend to run one Library. I can't think of any reason why I'd ever run two, but I have no idea what purpose that would serve.
Q1: Screenshot re-attached (with jmd files)... I see why you didn't get it - I didn't see the (more attachments) link and kept clicking Choose File over and over again.
I'm a little confused... If I am constantly (at the moment) doing a backup/restore in "/Users/me/My Backups/Media Center/Library Backups/Media Center/” then how can it be that I'm running my Library from "Media Center 22" folder as you say? The only thing I see in that folder are the .jmd files and the exported playlists - is this what you are referring to as running my Library? I think of the Library as the .zip file that I am backing up and restoring, but it sounds like you are referring to it in the sense of these .jmd files. Am I on the right track?
In a separate message, I will include a screenshot of my backup/restore folder as well as the 2 screenshots for each of the 2 Main Library(s) listed under "Playing from MC Library Backup" so you can see the difference in the path name. Seems like all these attachments won't transmit in one message.
Lastly, In Options > Startup > "Always load default library" - should this be checked or unchecked? The default seems to be unchecked.
tangolovers:
Here is a screenshot of my backup/restore folder.
tangolovers:
Here are the 2 screenshots for each of the 2 Main Library(s) listed under "Playing from MC Library Backup" so you can see the difference in the path names - one ends with "\", the other ends with /". Should there really be two of these listed? Both say they're not loaded.
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