In an Id build that is being released this week, we've added support for external drives. This allows you to use MC's auto import to watch drives and import new content. There are several uses for this:
NAS Drives
Any network drive visible on the network can be added to the Id. This is called "mounting" a drive.
USB Drives
Both USB hard drives and thumb drives can be used. MC will auto import if asked to.
Network Shares
A folder that has been shared on another machine can now be used as an MC folder.
Setup Instructions
The Id text menu has a new option called "External Media".
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This menu allows you to add or remove locations that will then be available to MC for import purposes. In the first step, you use one of the sections below to tell the OS to "mount" (add) a drive. In the second step, you then use MC's Import options to add the locations to auto-import.
USB Drives require no configuration, but you can choose whether to allow MC to write to the drive or not.
Enable Read Only
Enable Read Write
Disable USB Drives
Display Status
Network Drives (shares) require answering several questions about their location.
Add
Delete
Display Configuration
Status
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Questions for Network Shares
When you choose "Add", you will be asked the following:
Name of the share. This is a machine name followed by a directory name. It's in the form of //BOPEEP/music, where BOPEEP is the machine name and music is the name of the directory. It is not case sensitive. (See IP address below.)
Name of the directory on the Id. This is a name like "bopeep". It is case sensitive
Will the directory be writeable? If you want to write information to the metadata in the actual files, for example, this must be set to rw.
Is it a Windows share?
Will you use it as "guest"?
If not, you will be asked for a username and password. If this isn't right, the process will fail. Try logging into the directory from another machine where you can see the results first.
Important: After receiving the message that the share was added successfully, you must reboot the Id before you will be able to access files on the share.
IP Address
If machine name doesn't work (sometimes Windows is stubborn), you can replace it with the IP address of the share. You can get this by running a CMD window (Windows Key + R, then "cmd) and ipconfig.
The IP address must be static, meaning that if you use DHCP to assign addresses, you must tell your router to give the machine the same address. This is done by linking it to the MAC address of the machine. This is often called a static or fixed lease.