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Need help setting up Portable Library for an external HD
tangolovers:
Matt --- I have one last important question on Portable Library...
I realized that by keep PC#1 as my original source then every time I want to edit something, I have to go to that computer, do the edits and recopy all music and an updated library backup to the external HD. Not very practical... although I could live with it.
Now that Portable Library is working, can I delete all of music & library from PC#1 and just use the external HD as my main and only repository, where all edits are made directly to the portable HD, from whatever platform I'm on at the time?? If Yes, what would my new Portable Library Rule look like?
The reason I ask is because I was experimenting with RM&CF to rename one of the non-playing files with special characters (on Mac), but RM&CF changes the original path (C:\Users...) to /Volumes/E... that's when I realized it may not be possible to do edits on he external HD.
HaWi:
With RM&CF, when you want to actually want to change folder or file names you need to put the Path to the actual media folder there into the Base Path
tangolovers:
I've started a new thread for the special characters issue... https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,126308.0.html
Matt -- have one last important question on Portable Library... (sorry for repeating, but I think it got lost among other unrelated posts.)
I realized that by keep PC#1 as my original source then every time I want to edit something, I have to go to that computer, do the edits and recopy all music and an updated library backup to the external HD. Not very practical... although I could live with it.
Now that Portable Library is working, can I delete all of music & library from PC#1 and just use the external HD as my main and only repository, where all edits are made directly to the portable HD, from whatever platform I'm on at the time?? If Yes, what would my new Portable Library Rule look like?
The reason I ask is because I was experimenting with RM&CF to rename one of the non-playing files with special characters (on Mac), but RM&CF changes the original path (C:\Users...) to /Volumes/E... that's when I realized it may not be possible to do edits on he external HD.
RoderickGI:
--- Quote from: HaWi on July 28, 2020, 04:03:48 pm ---With RM&CF, when you want to actually want to change folder or file names you need to put the Path to the actual media folder there into the Base Path
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No, no, no. Leave the Base Path alone. Using that will mean that you need to set up the rule for the path, and potentially move files. Uncheck all checkboxes other than the "Find & Replace" checkbox.
Just use the Find & Replace function in RM&CF, and the "Update database to point to new location (no file rename, move, or copy)" option, rather than actually renaming or moving the files. That is the fastest and best option when actually changing the location in the Library where MC will look for media files.
--- Quote from: tangolovers on July 28, 2020, 02:50:30 pm ---Now that Portable Library is working, can I delete all of music & library from PC#1 and just use the external HD as my main and only repository, where all edits are made directly to the portable HD, from whatever platform I'm on at the time??
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Yes. But before you do that, get the external drive working with PC#1. On PC#1 use RM&CF with the "Update database to point to new location (no file rename, move, or copy)" option to change "C:\Users\susie\" to "E:\". Make a Library Backup first, because the PL functionality may not work after this change, as per below. Restart MC and check it is working. It should work exactly like PC#2. You should be able to leave the current PL rules as they are during this change. They won't come into effect.
--- Quote from: tangolovers on July 28, 2020, 02:50:30 pm ---If Yes, what would my new Portable Library Rule look like?
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Once you have PC#1 working properly, change your PL rule in PC#1 to only include E:|/Volumes/E. The alternate form for the rule would be E:\|/Volumes/E/, but the extra slashes aren't required.
However, once you have deleted the old rules and created the one above on PC#1, restart MC and check that MC is still working on PC#1. Check on PC#2 as well. The reason to check the PCs first is that the media is now actually stored on the E:\ drive, and the MC PL rule may automatically change the media file paths to start with /Volumes/E. i.e. MC could change:
E:\Music\My Music
to
/Volumes/E/Music/My Music
which would be wrong. Use the Locate on Disk and RM&CF functions to check what MC is doing. I hope that MC checks if E:\ exists first, before applying the rule, in which case the rule will work fine on the PCs.
Then test that on the Mac. It should work fine.
--- Quote from: tangolovers on July 28, 2020, 04:58:51 pm ---Meanwhile, I still need help with my Reply #55
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Hey, I was still proof reading! ;D
RoderickGI:
Matt, the special characters issue happened well before the Portable Library functionality was put to use in November 2019. That was after it was introduced in September 2019, but I don't think it contributed. I've seen issues with accents going back before November 2019.
The original thread discussing the issue was here: https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,123158.0.html
Anyway, we can use the new thread now.
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