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Devices => JRiver Id -- Hardware by JRiver => Topic started by: davisford on December 26, 2016, 08:50:06 pm
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Quick question on how the Id behaves with NAS. I have maybe a terabyte of music on a NAS. One of the reasons iTunes is horrible is because when you choose "import" from a drive it actually tries to copy all the music to a local drive. I know Media Center doesn't do this, but I figure I'd ask before I consider buying an Id. When you "import" from a NAS does it actually copy the files or just create a reference in a local db?
Thanks
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MC never copies the files when it imports.
MC can copy files with the Rename, Move, Copy tool but it doesn't do that unless you tell it to.
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Have fun exploring:
http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Category:Frequently_Asked_Questions (http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Category:Frequently_Asked_Questions)
http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Import (http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Import)
Someone's been doing work on the Import entry. So you're in a better spot than I was when I started the journey.
Enjoy the read.. ;)
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MC never copies the files when it imports.
MC can copy files with the Rename, Move, Copy tool but it doesn't do that unless you tell it to.
Hi Jim, If I understand you correctly, the Id is essentially a copy of Media Center running on Linux and a custom piece of hardware or hardware variants. So when I trigger it to import a library from, let's say a NAS drive, it is doing the same thing Media Center does on the desktop -- scanning through the files, pulling meta-info and building a local database with a pointer to the actual file..is that a correct assessment?
Thanks in advance
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Yes.