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Need help setting up Portable Library for an external HD
tangolovers:
Hi Matt -- Thanks for checking into this. I'm a bit puzzled why you're testing on Windows rather than Mac, since the playback problem I'm having is on the Mac. Nevertheless, I understand the need for a new thread. I really want to keep the momentum going and get these problem solved, but unfortunately, I have some other really critical issues on my plate that need my attention. I may have to come back to that issue later. Thank you again for all your help!!
Matt:
--- Quote from: tangolovers on July 28, 2020, 12:25:27 pm ---Hi Matt -- Thanks for checking into this. I'm a bit puzzled why you're testing on Windows rather than Mac, since the playback problem I'm having is on the Mac. Nevertheless, I understand the need for a new thread. I really want to keep the momentum going and get these problem solved, but unfortunately, I have some other really critical issues on my plate that need my attention. I may have to come back to that issue later. Thank you again for all your help!!
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You had said "On Windows: MC Rename displays Filename(name) "01 - Gólgota.mp3" as "01 - Go´lgota.mp3".
So I tried to reproduce on Windows.
Like I said, please post some more information when you get time in a new thread. Thanks.
HaWi:
Sorry to barge in on your thread. Hope you don't mind. I have practically the same problem with special characters on the Mac, to the extent that I had to manually change them all back to "not so special" e.g á to a and ë to e etc. in all fields that are represented in the /file path/file name. Especially when there is a special character in a folder name, that file would not play in any exported playlist (but that is probably a convoluted issue between MC and the file system on my NAS).
Some of the issues, I believe, are MC specific, for example the generation of spaces instead of the special character, as mentioned before.
I am willing to do anything to help sorting this out. Matt, what can I do to help?
many thanks,
Hans
Matt:
Does the problem only happen when a Portable Library rule is used?
So is there a Windows filename like C:\á.mp3 and that doesn't work on the Mac?
Or is it even if you import a á.mp3 file on the Mac you have problems?
Thanks.
HaWi:
Hi Matt,
I am only talking about Mac (and Linux when it comes to the NAS). It happens when no portable rules exist. I haven't tested with portable rules, yet. What I noticed is that if I import a file å.mp3 it works. Then, when I rename it to Må.mp3 and using F6 to save the filename change to disk as well, the problem starts. Now my files are stored on the NAS so that might be an issue with the file system there but apart from MC, files with the name å.mp3 look normal on the NAS and when they are generated by DS Audio (the NAS resident audio renderer), for example, they play without issue. So, although I haven't any concrete evidence, I believe that there may be something off in the way MC saves special characters from the Mac. I also believe that it is not all special character all the time. Clearly, ñ, ë, ê are always a problem. ó, á seem to behave better but that is only a feeling from previous experience as I haven't specifically tested. Also, there are several versions of apostrophe, (') and (՚) for example, the latter of which, when imported as part of a file name from a downloaded track, generates a problem in MC and shows up as a blank when saved again from MC.
How about I set up a test library with portable rules on the Mac and then experiment with some file names on the Mac and NAS (sorry, I don't have a Windows machine.
many thanks,
Hans
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