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Need help setting up Portable Library for an external HD
Matt:
It's a riddle to me that the slashes aren't getting replaced, because we should be trying. I sent your library on to the Mac team here and hopefully they'll have some insights.
Matt:
It looks like the library you sent me does not have a platform.jmd file to say what platform it is from.
This is probably why it's not converting the slashes. It needs to say it is from Windows, Apple, Linux, etc. so we know.
Can you double-check to see if a platform.jmd file is in your library path? Is it in a backup?
It should look like this on Windows:
[Platform]=Windows
Thanks.
RoderickGI:
Matt, would the lack of a Platform.jmd file also cause a problem with Special Characters?
We have been having a conversation about the Portable Library functionality separately for Windows and Mac, with the Special Characters (accents and so on) issue appearing again in Windows. See post https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,126128.msg874737.html#msg874737
EDIT:
In fact, how does the Platform.jmd file work with the Portable Library functionality?
A user take a Library Backup on a Mac, then Restores that to Windows and sets up the Portable Library rule. But the Restore has now set the platform to Apple, instead of Windows. How is that handled?
Matt:
If you restore a different platform's library, it keeps the platform and tries to make all changes compatible.
tangolovers:
--- Quote from: Matt on July 24, 2020, 12:21:52 pm ---It looks like the library you sent me does not have a platform.jmd file to say what platform it is from.
This is probably why it's not converting the slashes. It needs to say it is from Windows, Apple, Linux, etc. so we know.
Can you double-check to see if a platform.jmd file is in your library path? Is it in a backup?
Thanks.
--- End quote ---
Not being at all familiar with the .jmd files or where to find them, I had to do some digging around...
On my PC#1 (source PC)
I did a search as best as I could through the entire directory structure and did not turn up a file named "platform.jmd". Then I searched what I could manually in hidden files. I located folder "C:\Users\susie\AppData\Roaming\J River\Media Center 23\Library" which contained many .jmd files but no platform.jmd. Is that the Library path you were referring to?
On my Mac (much more efficient at searching)
Since I've only used Mac for a few years, I'm not as familiar with location of application files or where to look for them. So, I did a search and it only turned up "local" Library Backup zip files. I unzipped one of those and walla! There was a platform.jmd file!
So, I then I did the following:
On external HD "E" (files from PC#1): Unzipped Library Backup and no platform.jmd file.
On PC#1: I checked other Library Backups and none contain platform.jmd. This is a brand new PC with a brand new installation of MC26, so what could be the cause and the remedy for missing platform.jmd file?
On PC#2: I ran Library Backup, and what do you know... inside the zip file was a platform.jmd file.
Observation: The only Library Backups that do NOT have the platform.jmd file is on the source PC#1, where Portable Library Rule was never used. Is it possible that platform.jmd is only created if the Portable Library Rule is used?
Just a thought regarding the Portable Library Rule... what having user select their platform (i.e. check boxes or drop down) for both Source & Destination so MC isn't having to figure this out?
--- Quote from: Matt on July 24, 2020, 12:21:52 pm ---It should look like this on Windows:
[Platform]=Windows
Thanks.
--- End quote ---
Where would I find this [Platform]=Windows? Is this the contents of platform.jmd, or is it something else? I have no idea where to look for this otherwise. On my Mac, I was unable to open the platform.jmd file by clicking on it.
I hope I've answered your questions... :P
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