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More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 25 for Mac => Topic started by: Lodewijk_Ramon on June 04, 2019, 06:27:36 am

Title: What happens to the JRiver library after the the disappearance of iTunes
Post by: Lodewijk_Ramon on June 04, 2019, 06:27:36 am

I wonder what is going to happen when Apple terminates iTunes in MacOS 10.15 Catalina. JRiver MC uses the iTunes library. Will the new Music app work with the same library structure, so JRiver MC will operate in the same way?

Title: Re: What happens to the JRiver library after the the disappearance of iTunes
Post by: JimH on June 04, 2019, 06:29:45 am

JRiver doesn't use the iTunes library.  It just imports the same files.

Title: Re: What happens to the JRiver library after the the disappearance of iTunes
Post by: Lodewijk_Ramon on June 04, 2019, 07:02:32 am

Hi JimH, thanks for your reply. But I fail to understand something and perhaps you can explain or direct me to an explanation. I import music files on my music server by using the "add to library" function from iTunes. After doing that a few seconds later I see the album appear in JRiver MC. That's why I thought the library of iTunes is used. I would appreciate to be enlightened. Thanks. Lodewijk

Title: Re: What happens to the JRiver library after the the disappearance of iTunes
Post by: JimH on June 04, 2019, 07:10:44 am

https://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Import

Title: Re: What happens to the JRiver library after the the disappearance of iTunes
Post by: Lodewijk_Ramon on June 05, 2019, 03:37:08 am

Thanks, I understand now what I am doing. I import manually in the iTunes library and auto-import takes care of the import in MC

Title: Re: What happens to the JRiver library after the the disappearance of iTunes
Post by: RD James on June 05, 2019, 05:31:35 am

Something important to note is that, by default, when iTunes "imports" files it copies them to its own storage location.
When Media Center "imports" files it adds a reference to them in its database. It does not make copies of the files.

So if you were to delete your "iTunes library" (the files) they would also disappear from Media Center (references to those files).

Title: Re: What happens to the JRiver library after the the disappearance of iTunes
Post by: Lodewijk_Ramon on June 12, 2019, 08:30:07 am

Thanks, I understand. I will not delete the current library :) :) :)