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zelma

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Lost library
« on: January 10, 2015, 08:58:08 am »
Hi all!
I've used JRiver about six months. Cant say that I'm handy with a computer so the answer might be easy. I'm using a PC laptop and have had a library containing about 15000 files/songs housed on a hdd connected to the laptop with USB. Last week I bought a Buffalo NAS and I mounted IT as a harddrive to the laptop connected with cat5 cable. After a couple of hit and misses I managed to copy all of my music from the hdd to the NAS and import all songs into JRiver. Named " new library".
So to the problem. Each time I turn off the laptop and then turn it on the library is empty. So I have to import again, taking about one hour. So frustrating.. What can I do?
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Re: Lost library
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2015, 09:18:10 am »
Is something emptying the library folder?  Deleting files is the only thing that would cause that which I can think of.
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Re: Lost library
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2015, 09:26:27 am »
Could the NAS be changing drive letters each time you restart the computer?
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zelma

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Re: Lost library
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2015, 10:52:52 am »
Yes something empties the library and have no Idea what to do. The drive letter is always L.
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Re: Lost library
« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2015, 11:43:23 am »
Quote from: zelma on January 10, 2015, 08:58:08 am
Hi all!
I've used JRiver about six months. Cant say that I'm handy with a computer so the answer might be easy. I'm using a PC laptop and have had a library containing about 15000 files/songs housed on a hdd connected to the laptop with USB. Last week I bought a Buffalo NAS and I mounted IT as a harddrive to the laptop connected with cat5 cable. After a couple of hit and misses I managed to copy all of my music from the hdd to the NAS and import all songs into JRiver. Named " new library".
So to the problem. Each time I turn off the laptop and then turn it on the library is empty. So I have to import again, taking about one hour. So frustrating.. What can I do?

shouldn't this actually be connected to your router?
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zelma

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Re: Lost library
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2015, 01:10:50 pm »
Sorry. IT is. The router is between the NAS and the laptop.
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« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2015, 02:02:25 pm »
Where is the library folder?
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zelma

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Re: Lost library
« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2015, 03:45:36 pm »
Not sure I understand properly. It's on a NAS used as a hd with the name L.
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Re: Lost library
« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2015, 07:19:21 pm »
Usually the Library is on the computer (like "C" drive) and the actual music/movie files are somewhere else (could be a NAS or other internal drives). So you install the program MC20 on your computer and tell it where the music, movies, etc., files are located. Look at Tools>Options>Library & folders, open the "configure auto import" and see if it setup for collecting library data from your NAS (drive L).
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zelma

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Re: Lost library
« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2015, 03:45:40 am »
Ok. Right now the library is on the NAS (L). Maybe I'll add a new library on C and import from L. Kudos for your thoughts!
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Re: Lost library
« Reply #10 on: January 11, 2015, 06:26:02 am »
Worked like a charm:))
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