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TopDownDriver

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Moving Location of Music Files - Need to rescan?
« on: September 09, 2021, 12:01:26 pm »

Hi,

I have a rather large music database and want to move the files to another location.  The structure will stay the same, but it is being moved to a NAS from a local HD.

Is there a way to change this in JRiver or do I need to do a complete rescan of the library and rebuild the database?

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Re: Moving Location of Music Files - Need to rescan?
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2021, 12:13:58 pm »

The wiki has a topic called Moving Files.
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Re: Moving Location of Music Files - Need to rescan?
« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2021, 12:26:35 pm »

Got it.  However, don't think it answers my question.

PC running Media Center is using music stored on a NAS which has just quit (PC is fine).
Putting Backup of music (in same structure) onto a different NAS.

Is there a way to simply point JRiver to the new location, remember the install of JRiver is not changing.

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Re: Moving Location of Music Files - Need to rescan?
« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2021, 12:38:12 pm »

It does answer the question.  MC can do it.
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Re: Moving Location of Music Files - Need to rescan?
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2021, 12:44:49 pm »

What am I missing?

JRiver has no access to the files anymore as the NAS is kaput.
So, I can not use JRiver to Rename, Move or Copy the Files to the new location.
I don't think I can use the Find and Replace (the top level directory/NAS) as it says it will attempt to move the files and it can not.
Can I use Drag and Drop or will it also try to move the files?
Don't want to Move to another Application, and nor am I changing the JRiver install and moving to a new computer.

What am I missing?
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Re: Moving Location of Music Files - Need to rescan?
« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2021, 12:47:12 pm »

Rename, Move, & Copy Files has the option to only update the database location.  Look at the top left.  Find and replace is another way.
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Re: Moving Location of Music Files - Need to rescan?
« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2021, 12:47:44 pm »

Look at Library Tools - Rename, Move and Copy. You can select all the files and make a global change, like d: to e:, with the Find and Replace option. Try a few first before doing the whole library.  The window on the right shows you the changes to be made.
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Re: Moving Location of Music Files - Need to rescan?
« Reply #7 on: September 09, 2021, 12:49:26 pm »

Thanks will try.

Uploading files now to NAS and it is SLOW GOING!
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Re: Moving Location of Music Files - Need to rescan?
« Reply #8 on: September 09, 2021, 12:53:28 pm »

Stop the manual upload and use MC's Rename, Move, and Copy tool to do the move.
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Re: Moving Location of Music Files - Need to rescan?
« Reply #9 on: September 09, 2021, 01:04:21 pm »

Moving them from a backup to a new NAS.  The old NAS is dead and this is what JRiver was pointed to...
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