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Fixing Paths and Filenames with special characters (Accents, etc.) Mac/PC
RoderickGI:
The jmd files are the Library. They are the files that contain all the information that your Library contains. That is why when you open MC the Date Modified of those files is changed to the current date and time. Those files have just been opened by MC.
The zip files are Library Backup files. They contain copies of the jmd files, and MC settings.
As you are only intending to run one Library, that Library (jmd files) should be stored in the default location that MC uses, and it will be called the "Main Library". This will simplify your use of MC. Somehow, at some time, you have created a Library "MC Library Backup", and that is what you are using right now. We are going to remove that Library and put it back where it should be.
Now to your "File Location" image. As a result of you moving the Library between Windows and Mac, you have some issues in the paths defined in there, which will have been causing some strange issues.
Some paths end with "\/", and some folder rules have a backslash "\" instead of a forward slash "/" as required by OSX on a Mac. I have attached a modified version of your image with highlights where I can see problems. They will all need to be fixed on the Mac. We will address the transfer to Windows issue later.
So, we are going to fix your Mac first. Do the following. Exactly.
Read all these steps a couple of times before starting any of them, so that you know what we are doing. Every step must be done, and in sequence. You may want to print out these instructions so that you can refer to them easily while performing them.
1. Open MC and look around your Library. Confirm that this is the correct Library that you want to use, and that it has the fixes you have been doing. This is important, because this is the only Library that you are going to keep.
2. Manually run a Library Backup. Your back location is fine, so this will work.
3a. Edit your "File Location" settings so that they only include single forward slashes in the appropriate places.
Note that MC will pop up a Browse dialogue, and you have to fix these paths by browsing to the correct folder. This may give you a bit of trouble, but persist. The "Folder rules" can be directly edited though. Click OK to save those changes.
3b. While we are looking at "File Location" settings, do you want to make your Cover Art MC version independent? Okay, then reopen the "File Location" settings and change your "Cover Art" folder to "/Users/susiemelo/Library/Application Support/J River/Cover Art". You will have to browse to the "/Users/susiemelo/Library/Application Support/J River" folder, create a new "Cover Art" folder in there, and then select that folder.
Click OK out of Options, and MC will then move all your Cover Art from the old folder to the new folder for you, and delete the old folder. Wait for it to finish. Then in future upgrades MC will use this version independent Cover Art folder.
4. Manually run a Library Backup again. Name the backup file so that you will recognise it in future, and not delete it accidentally.
5. Now we are going to rename the bad version of the "Main Library", so that we can recognise it properly in the next step.
Under Playing Now in the left Navigation Bar, select the first "Main Library" listed, and check that it is the one that has a backslash at the end of the path. Click the "Rename" button. The name of the Library will open for editing. Rename it "Bad Main Library".
6. As I don't have a Mac myself, I am using the Windows version to get these steps right. Your images show some differences between the two, but the steps should be correct.
Under Playing Now in the left Navigation Bar, select "Playing from MC Library Backup".
Click the "Delete Library" button. Don't panic, all will be fine.
Click on the "Bad Main Library" name. There should be a confirmation message pop up. Click "yes".
7. Click on the Library called "Main Library" under Playing Now in the left Navigation Bar.
Click the "Load Library" button.
Once it is loaded, have a look around this Library. If you realise that this is in fact the correct working Library that you were using in the past, and you want to keep it, stop now and ask for help.
Run one last manual Library Backup on this Library, in case it was the one you wanted to keep after all. Name the backup file so that you will recognise it in future, and not delete it accidentally.
Click on the "Restore Library" button, and restore the Library Backup you made in step 4 above.
Now a copy of your good Library is loaded into the default Main Library location, and it is called "Main Library". Good.
8. Under Playing Now in the left Navigation Bar, select "Playing from Main Library".
Click the "Delete Library" button. Don't panic, all will be fine.
Click on the "MC Library Backup" name. There should be a confirmation message pop up. Click "yes".
Now we have deleted the copy of the Library you have been using, but don't panic, because it is now in the "Main Library".
9. Go to "Options > Startup > Library" and check the box for "Always load default library".
That will mean that whenever to start MC, the "Main Library" that we just set up will always load. I have not addressed the "DIRECTV2PC" Library as I assume that points to a MC Library Server you have running on your Windows PC. That should still be fine, if it was working before.
10. Close and restart MC. Check that the correct Library is loaded. (It will be.) Also check that all the fixes you have been doing are in place and working. Report back if anything is wrong. Be specific.
11. Manually run a Library Backup again. This time MC will name the zip file correctly as the "Main Library". Something like "MC Library Backup (Main Library - 2019-12-01 12-05).zip".
Once you are happy with the above, we can move on to fixing the transfer between your Mac and PC.
tangolovers:
Wow... I had no idea how bad it was!
Step 3a question/comments:
I seem to have misplaced my external drive (H:) with all of my Videos!! So, for now I have modified it to point to My Movies on my MAC. Under Conversion Cache, Video only had a "J River Conversion Cache\" folder, so I did Rename & removed the "\". I notice there are 2 Conversion Cache folders, one inside the other - the parent one being "J River" rather than "JRiver". Is it supposed to be this way or can I get rid of one of these? I will attach a screenshot of my completed changes.
Step #7 question: Let me see if I understand....
You say after deleting the bad Library and I load the one from Main Library, if that one turns out to be the Real McCoy (i.e. different from the one I backed up in Step 2, I should NOT proceed, I should stop and post again. Am I correct in assuming this newly loaded library will be different from the one I backed up in step 2 & 4?
Step #9 comment/question:
I have never done anything with DIRTV2PC. I've never seen this before (not that I can recall) and have no idea what this is or where it came from. Could it be a default on MAC? That said, should I delete it or do anything with it?
FYI, lots of freezing, quitting & restarting the app during this process. Sure hope this doesn't have any ill effects.
tangolovers:
**** HELP... CURRENTLY STUCK ON STEP 6 **** :o
When I select "Playing from MC Library Backup", all libraries are grayed out and not selectable! HELP! NEED YOUR HELP TO CONTINUE. SEE SCREENSHOT.
Also added screenshot of Bad Main Library.
RoderickGI:
Your screenshot is a zero byte file. Didn't work. No image.
Okay, second screenshot worked.
RoderickGI:
Try clicking on the "Bad Main Library" item, and see if there is a delete button shown.
If not try just pressing the Delete (or Mac equivalent) key while the "Bad Main Library" item is selected.
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