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"Media Center Failed To Load the Library "Default".
« on: August 17, 2005, 11:02:20 pm »

I've been using Media Center 9.1 for a few years now, but all of a sudden it won't open...it says that it's backing up the library, then it gives the error message: "Media Center Failed To Load the Library "Default".  No matter what I do, I can't get it to open.  I looked in the Library folder, and everything seems to be intact.  Any help??  I'm not really interested in 11 right now, I'm content with how 9.1 was working for me...

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Re: "Media Center Failed To Load the Library "Default".
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2005, 01:27:35 am »

So I downloaded MC11 and it said that my library was corrupted, then it asked me if I wanted a "fresh start"...I didn't know what else to do, so I said yes.  Three years of putting everything in the proper order, just the way I like it, doing replay gains on every track, and building up a Top Hits list...all gone.  This along with all my playlists, too.

After reloading a "fresh" new library, is it possible for me to just go back to MC 9.1 / 10 the way I had it set up?  I miss the "back" and "forward" buttons...is there some way to get those working again on MC 11?

Really sad right now...
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Re: "Media Center Failed To Load the Library "Default".
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2005, 07:02:40 am »

Do you have a library backup?  MC11 makes one before it converts anything but that may have been too late.
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Re: "Media Center Failed To Load the Library "Default".
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2006, 10:03:28 am »

Same thing happened to me (version 9.1) today. I got a dialog box that allowed me to redirect Media Center to another library. In 2004, I copied the "data" folder to "my documents."  So I tried that and it worked -- Media Center runs now. But I lost two years worth of playlists. (In all of the years that I have used Jukebox, then Media Center, I never noticed the File | Library | Backup Library option until today, dammit.)

Media Center Library Manager still refuses to open the data folder at C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\Data, although it is marked "default." It is using the folder from 2004 at C:\Documents and Settings\My Documents\Data.

Are all of my playlists at C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\Data? Where exactly? They are not in the "playlists" folder. If I could find them, maybe I could copy them to the C:\Documents and Settings\My Documents\Data folder.
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Re: "Media Center Failed To Load the Library "Default".
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2006, 01:10:35 pm »

All library files, including playlists, live in the library folder.  You can't mix-and-match.

MC 11.1 makes automatic backups so hopefully this can't happen anymore.
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