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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: seanb724 on January 07, 2004, 09:00:38 am
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I'm rebuilding my computer on a new OS, and would like to transfer my library (with play counts and ratings especially!) and play lists. I'm actually doing this on a new partition on the same physical hard drive, and my music is all on it's own separate physical drive.
What is the best way to do this so I don't lose all the info from my old library and play lists? Can I just export the old library in the old OS and then import that into the new OS build? Or, since I can "see" the old OS partition on the new one, can I just copy the old files, and if so, where are they located? I couldn't find them looking under program files-> j river-> media center. I saw the current play list under Data, but not the saved play list or the library file.
Thanks,
Sean
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How about asking it this way. What if the drive letter of where your music is changes due to adding a new partition? Can you update all the files in the library to change to the new drive letter? Or is there a "find broken links" type tool?
Thanks,
Sean
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Use Library Tools > Find and Replace on the filename. (D:\Music\ with C:\Music\) for example.
Do it after moving the music or else MC will start moving it for you. (which may be alright too)
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Well, I have 5000+ files in my library, so unless there's a batch way, that wouldn't be very fun!
I was able to get windows to change the drive letter, though, so I'm all set. I copied all the files in /data from the old partition to the new, and then got windows to change drive letters, and I'm all set.
Thanks,
Sean
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The 'Find & Replace' command is the batch way :) You could select all the files and just run it once on them.
The only thing I've found difficult is updating the cover art... since you can't do a find & replace on the 'image file' field :( You can use the 'Image/Quick Find in Cover Art Directory', but this only works if your covers are named properly (I scanned all mine and gave them the shortest names I needed to recognise them), otherwise you have to re-add each album cover individually. I'll add 'Find & Replace' on the image file field to the MC10 feature suggestion thread.
A 'Find Broken Links' tool would be handy... I'd like a smartlist of all files that are broken, so I can go through them and see which don't exist and which have been moved (eg if you moved only a subsection of your library), but this would be used only rarely, so I can see it happening any time soon.
Glad you managed to move all the files & library over safe & sound though... :)