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Moving To MC28 From An Older Version

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ferrarabrainpan:
I want to move the JRiver folder where the library backups are stored to a different location. I want it in my Documents folder. How do I change the default location so it doesn't keep recreating the folder every time I launch the program?

ferrarabrainpan:
I found a skin I like and the basic organization of the library views and playlists looks identical. Lots more work to do here under the hood but there is a whole lot RIGHT about this upgrade so far, so thanks for that to the developers.

I feel I am going to be posting a lot more in this thread so please bear with me and I will try to be calm and agreeable in my communications.

JimH:

--- Quote from: ferrarabrainpan on December 29, 2021, 06:59:20 pm ---I followed the procedure to upgrade for my Windows version and downloaded the file "Media Center28 Windows-541572.mjr" and when I double click I get a popup saying "your license file is for a different product"

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Download and install MC28 first.  I think that's in the instructions in the first post.

ferrarabrainpan:
Pleased to report that it seems that most settings were copied perfectly from MC24: libraries and library views, column views, zones and zone switch rules, even play history. There is something screwy about the 2nd library I created in MC24 not working properly but I think I did something wrong in setting my that library. I need to look at the wiki page for instructions on adding a new library to make sure I'm doing this right.
In particular, in both MC24 and MC28, I was not seeing certain vitally necessary sort criteria when trying to enter the sorting scheme for the library view: missing the Artist Name Sort option that I use to keep artists organized alphabetically by last name (it is there in my main library but missing from the available sort options in the new alternate library). Got to play around with it some more and see what I can find...

dtc:
Sorting Artist by last name is not a standard MC feature, due to the vagaries of determining the last name in some instances, like The Beatles or Jon Bob Jovi.  Along the way, you probably added new library fields to allow your own determination of last name. Look at Tools - Options - Library & Folders and Manage Library Fields.   There are probably fields you added, which you can identify since they are user fields with appropriate definitions. Standard fields will be grayed out.  Compare the fields from your old and new libraries and add the ones that are missing in your new library.  Those fields you defined should carry over from 24 to 28, but they have to be defined in your new MC 24 library.  Make sure you check Save in File Tags so that the values are stored both in the library and in the file. That allows you to move them to a new library, since they are in the files themselves.

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