I am hoping for advice on syncing two PCs with MC 19.
My main audio library is on my Windows desktop machine at home. I have been mirroring the media files onto my laptop with a file utility, for use (also with MC 19) at work.
I have read a little about Library Server Sync but am confused as to precisely what it does.
- Does it sync the media (flac) files, the unknown set of files that MC uses for its tag database and indices, or both?
- Stacks are generated by MC when I sync my iPod at home. Can I configure LSS not to copy the low-res files, only the originals?
- Does LSS work well when the machines are networked only occasionally?
- Any issue with different drive letters on the two machines?
- What are the gotchas to watch out for?
I am hesitant to start playing around with this before I understand it better.
And on a related question:
- How can I find out what files MC considers to be its "library" and where they are stored?
The terminology of music programs differs from the real world. I'm not sure, but if I understand right: What music programs call a "library" is actually the
library catalog. The library itself (files with content) doesn't seem to have a name. This apparently started with Apple (as so much of this stuff does), though it has precedent:
"I don't know what you mean by 'glory,' " Alice said.
Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. "Of course you don't—till I tell you. I meant 'there's a nice knock-down argument for you!' "
"But 'glory' doesn't mean 'a nice knock-down argument'," Alice objected.
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less."
THANKS FOR ANY HELP!