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MikeO3

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Can the Conversion Cache Folder Be Moved?
« on: April 23, 2020, 08:06:10 pm »

I want to change the location of the conversion cache to a different drive partition. I have a cache >1TB and rather not have to delete it as it would pretty painful next time I sync my Walkman and car SSD drive.

Will the Stacks automatically update/search the new location or would I have to update the database entries on the stack locations or just delete the files if the loosely coupled with the original file in the DB.

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Re: Can the Conversion Cache Folder Be Moved?
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2020, 02:29:47 am »

Tools->Options->File Location->Conversion Cache
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MikeO3

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Re: Can the Conversion Cache Folder Be Moved?
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2020, 06:34:45 am »

Yes I am aware of this and how this points to a different folder.

My question is can I move the current files in the cache to the new location and will the location adjust in the database for the stacks.
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marko

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Re: Can the Conversion Cache Folder Be Moved?
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2020, 12:24:52 pm »

Yes I am aware of this and how this points to a different folder.

My question is can I move the current files in the cache to the new location and will the location adjust in the database for the stacks.
I'm not 100% sure about that. What you could do though, is...

Build a view or create a smartlist....

This...
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-[Stack Top]=-1will list all stacked files.
Select all and expand the stacks.

This (in the search bar)...
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[=isempty([stack files])]=1will list only the stacked (cached) files.

Use rename, move and copy files tool to move these files to the new conversion cache folder.

When done, collapse stacks and you're all done.

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Re: Can the Conversion Cache Folder Be Moved?
« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2020, 12:59:55 pm »

If it helps, the attached contains a saved view that might help you to keep track of things as you go, as I'm guessing you won't be initiating this en-masse on the whole Tb+ of files.

It groups the files by stack. If you want that, then, before you load the view, first, create a new expression based library field, called "Stack Locator", using the expression
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if(isequal([stack top],-1),Not Stacked,[stack top])
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