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Title: Folder Import
Post by: maid on June 11, 2024, 06:58:21 pm

How can I stop a folder from Importing please

Title: Re: Folder Import
Post by: Awesome Donkey on June 11, 2024, 07:43:42 pm

By making sure the folder you don't want imported isn't in a folder that is being watched by MC for auto-import.

You can't exclude folders within folders being watched for auto-import. You have to make sure they're not in a watched folder.

Title: Re: Folder Import
Post by: maid on June 11, 2024, 07:47:22 pm

MMM that makes it hard, It is a folder that is in a watched folder.

I thought maybe if I put a dot or star in front of that folder it would ignore it

Title: Re: Folder Import
Post by: zybex on June 11, 2024, 08:33:19 pm

It would be nice if MC could skip folders that contain some marker file like ".mcignore" for instance. Sometimes I just need a temporary skip while playing with the folder structure/content, or when there's a particular movie/series folder that is not yet ready for import.

Title: Re: Folder Import
Post by: JimH on June 12, 2024, 12:35:06 am

Quote from: maid on June 11, 2024, 06:58:21 pm

How can I stop a folder from Importing please

Set up Auto-Import.  Check the wiki.  You can edit and exclude folders.

Title: Re: Folder Import
Post by: maid on June 12, 2024, 01:20:34 am

On the drive that I scan I have 3 folders,
1. Movies
2. TV
3. Documents
I wanted to exclude 3 Documents
I went to auto import but could not see any of the folders

Title: Re: Folder Import
Post by: JimH on June 12, 2024, 01:23:28 am

Add the folders there.
Add anything you want to exclude there.

Title: Re: Folder Import
Post by: maid on December 02, 2024, 09:18:26 pm

I have excluded this folder and all child folders using S:\documents
This is still scanning the folder and it added two music files
How do i fix this please

Title: Re: Folder Import
Post by: marko on December 02, 2024, 10:34:35 pm

I don't know. Is there a NAS involved?

Quote from: Awesome Donkey on June 11, 2024, 07:43:42 pm

By making sure the folder you don't want imported isn't in a folder that is being watched by MC for auto-import.

You can't exclude folders within folders being watched for auto-import. You have to make sure they're not in a watched folder.

Hi AD, I have, amongst others...
Watched: F:\Incoming\Music
Excluded: F:\Incoming\Music\Upgrade

Watched: D:\Pictures\ [System Images Folder]
Excluded: D:\Pictures\Lightroom

And these have both worked perfectly for more than a decade. Why might your experience be different?

Title: Re: Folder Import
Post by: maid on December 02, 2024, 10:55:34 pm

think I just worked it out.
I had not unticked the  tasks underneath