INTERACT FORUM

More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 25 for Linux => Topic started by: DonP on November 07, 2019, 02:33:25 pm

Title: Showing Folders Outside the Media Folder
Post by: DonP on November 07, 2019, 02:33:25 pm
It seems that Media Center has taken the liberty to search through every nook and cranny of my network rather than just looking in the folder it is pointed to.  How can this be stopped and all "excess" files removed from it?  This is unexpected and undesired behavior!
Title: Re: Showing Folders Outside the Media Folder
Post by: JimH on November 07, 2019, 03:19:14 pm
Configure auto import.  Tools > Options > Import...
Title: Re: Showing Folders Outside the Media Folder
Post by: DonP on November 07, 2019, 04:20:18 pm
I see no such folder but I do see Tools->Options->Library & Folders. Is that what you meant? In it I see it is pointing to folders all over my hard drive network that I did not tell it to look at and I see no facility there to remove them. When I set it up a few days ago, I pointed it only to a single folder and its subfolders which is the only place it should be looking so its not clear why it is looking anywhere else!
Title: Re: Showing Folders Outside the Media Folder
Post by: mwillems on November 07, 2019, 05:42:39 pm
I see no such folder but I do see Tools->Options->Library & Folders. Is that what you meant? In it I see it is pointing to folders all over my hard drive network that I did not tell it to look at and I see no facility there to remove them. When I set it up a few days ago, I pointed it only to a single folder and its subfolders which is the only place it should be looking so its not clear why it is looking anywhere else!

You can remove them by selecting them and clicking the large remove button on the right hand side of the dialog.  When JRiver first runs it automatically runs a one-time search to see where there might be media files.  There's a countdown in the lower left hand corner, but it's easy to miss if you're not looking for it.

If you want to avoid anything like that happening again, uncheck auto-import on empty libraries.  If you don't want anything to happen automatically, uncheck auto-import in the background.  Then there should be no automatic importing.