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Media Library across two or more discs
cochinada:
Hello,
I guess this should be possible but I'm not sure if it is as simple as I think...
Am I right to assume that all that is needed is to add another path/folder inside the new disc by using this button or what?
If so, is this seamless to the user experience?
I would like to split my collection into two discs as it has grown too big for one already and I was considering one disc for classical music and the other for non-classical.
mwillems:
I'm not 100% sure what you're asking here, so apologies if this isn't what you're asking, but that window on top isn't a JRiver specific user interface, it's just the OS's filepicker (like explorer on Windows). If you press the button you're pointing at, the filepicker will make a new subdirectory in that directory, but that has nothing to do with physical discs and won't tell JRiver anything.
To be clear, the "file location" category you've chosen tells JRiver where to put new audio rips that you do with MC (i.e. that's the folder that MC will put new CD rips and podcasts in per the title). If you just want MC to index existing files, you can add different watched directories under Library & Folders-->"Configure auto-import" configuration. MC's user interface there is pretty straightforward and allows you to monitor multiple different directories at once.
If you need MC to import files from multiple discs on Linux, you should just mount the two discs and then point the MC auto importer to the mount paths. If you're trying to move existing files onto a second disc using MC, try using the "rename, move, copy" tool, but be sure to test it out using a just a few files first before you do very many. It's a very powerful tool, and you can make serious trouble for yourself if you're not careful.
cochinada:
--- Quote from: mwillems on February 22, 2023, 12:01:58 pm ---If you need MC to import files from multiple discs on Linux, you should just mount the two discs and then point the MC auto importer to the mount paths. If you're trying to move existing files onto a second disc using MC, try using the "rename, move, copy" tool, but be sure to test it out using a just a few files first before you do very many. It's a very powerful tool, and you can make serious trouble for yourself if you're not careful.
--- End quote ---
I'm sorry I was not clear enough. This is exactly what I want to do! :)
I'm scared to death of that "rename, move, copy" tool as I used it once when I migrated from Windows to Linux and needed to "convert" the disc folders in the way that Linux was able to read it. It was a very tough process so this time, I would like to keep it as simple as possible to minimize the chances of me screwing things up.
Also, this time I suppose I don't need to convert anything. I just need to initialize or mount as you say the brand new disc (not sure yet how...) and copy part of my files into it.
BTW, in which menu exactly can I find this "MC auto importer"? They are so many that I often get lost...
Is this the way?
...and in step 5 I should fetch the folder on the new disc, right?
mwillems:
You're close, but step 5 will just create an empty folder (see above). Remember that's not JRiver's user interface there, just the file picker. You need to select an existing folder after step 4.
You should first mount the new disc outside of JRiver using the file manager for your linux distro, and then pick where you mounted the disc after step 4.
cochinada:
Got it!
Linux is very weird. I have two physical discs, one of 2TB and another of 250GB and this is what shows:
Some things don't make much sense to me, like why do I have one '*-disk' and 3 '*-namespaces:x'?
I also notice that the mounting point where my current library files reside is called '/media/Joaquim/Multimedia'.
Now, when I'm ready to install the new disc, I suppose I need to create a new mounting point.
What should I call it?
I found this page with some hints:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingANewHardDrive
I think I have to follow the "Command Line Partitioning" instructions, then the "parted" as opposed to the older "fdisk" and then "Command Line Formatting" but here I don't quite understand what this means:
As always, substitute "/dev/sdb1" with your own partition's path.
Should I use this command or what?
sudo mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sdb1
Last thing to take care off I guess is section "Automatic Mount At Boot".
This is certainly a lot harder than installing a disk on Windows for as much as I hate Windows...
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