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indieke:
Hi, my native language is not english, so sorry, if somesimple things, look a bit difficult to understand...

I am using my Windows 8.1 computer for playing back my music.  When  the music is on the internal disc, I get nice cover view, what the player seemd to have added itself searching internet.  When I plug in an external disc, the music on that disc is not integrated in the libary. I tried to synchronise (although I never understood, what that is exactly), and all I got is having the files of my internal disc, also on my external one.

So all I ask in a simple way, if I can have all the covers displayed in my music library. I can see what is on the hard disc by selecting "devices", but then I got the name of the songs, with a small cover on the left of each song.

Also, I have an Android tablet, is there a way to see on it what is on J river, and select it through there?

Thank you!

P.S, I never upgraded, because I think paying once is enough, and I am just too numb to use and understand all features.  

MrC:
Add the music folder on the external drive to Tools > Import > Configure Auto-Import.

MrC:

--- Quote from: indieke on January 27, 2014, 05:45:10 am ---Also, I have an Android tablet, is there a way to see on it what is on J river, and select it through there?

--- End quote ---

Try Gizmo.

indieke:
I still have some issues. I have several discs, nto always used same time, and also I have some Cd's on internal hd, that are the same then the one's on the external disc.  Problem is that in the library, it shows twice in the folder. If it were seperate folders no problem but it shows for example.

1. Madonna -holiday
1. Madonna -holiday
2. Madonna - Like a virgin
2. Madonna - like a virgin

etc.

So every time I choose a disc, I get everything played twice. Is there also a way to build the libary again and start from srcatch?

MrC:
You can certainly rebuild the library, but the problem will persist if you use the same drives and folders again.

The problem is that you have the same files (albeit with different letter case), in two different file system locations.

So you either have to remove from MC's library the ones you don't want, or you could start fresh and don't add certain drives or paths to your imports (manual- or auto-import).

You can also just filter out certain folder paths or drives.

Since I don't have an understanding of your reasons for having the duplicated albums/tracks on different drives, no advice can be provided for the best way for you to move forward.

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