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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: dank133 on May 24, 2005, 01:46:01 pm
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Is there anyway to have Media Center 10 automatically scan a designated drive for newly added media? The media is being added to the drive by client compters on my nework. I am also running media server and want media server to also “sync” with the freshly updated library automatically. Is this possible?
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MC10 cannot do this currently, because it's automation options don't support folder "searching". You can import files from the command line, but only by specifying each particular file. In MC11 you can do this by setting up an entry in Windows' Task Scheduler that runs:
c:\windows\system32\mc11.exe /SilentImport [path_to_files]
In this way, you can set MC to update as often as you'd like by using the Windows Task Scheduler capabilities. MC does NOT have to be running for this method to work, though you do have to be logged into Windows (I believe).
If you are feeling particularly lazy, and don't feel like using the Windows Task Scheduler, you can also use KingSparta's great auto-import plugin which can be found on his web site (http://www.spartasoftware.com/MC-Plugins/index.html). It works essentially exactly the same, except that MC may have to be running at the time for his method (I'm not sure, King?).
Both of these options are version 11 only though. :(
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Thanks, I might be upgrading.
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MC may have to be running at the time for his method (I'm not sure, King?).
yes
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Thanks, I might be upgrading.
I would (oh wait, I did). Version 11 has a lot of very nice changes. Some are subtle like this one, but many are very, very useful.