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More => Old Versions => Media Center 15 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: Nilsi on July 20, 2010, 03:50:40 pm
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Hello you all,
is there a way to keep/transfer the MC Directrory structure during a sync to Handheld/Synced HD? Is there a "switch" or something in the respective option of "Handheld - File & Paths" instead of a fixed definiton of Folder-Structure like "Music\[Artist]\[Album]"?
Background is, that i like to transfer my favorite MC Playlists to an external device (on which I have synced files) and therefore need the same file path on the external device as on the MC-PC. Or is there another way to do it? Talking about this, results of exported MC Playlist are not very satisfying, as for exsample drive letter needs to be removed manually and converted files need to be renamed e.g. from *.flac to *.mp3!
Thanx in advance
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is there a way to keep/transfer the MC Directrory structure during a sync to Handheld/Synced HD? Is there a "switch" or something in the respective option of "Handheld - File & Paths" instead of a fixed definiton of Folder-Structure like "Music\[Artist]\[Album]"?
This is gross, but will work. For the folder rule, enter this to preserve two path levels:
ListItem([Filename (path)], Math(ListCount([Filename (path)], \) - 2), \)\ListItem([Filename (path)], Math(ListCount([Filename (path)], \) - 1), \)
Background is, that i like to transfer my favorite MC Playlists to an external device (on which I have synced files) and therefore need the same file path on the external device as on the MC-PC. Or is there another way to do it? Talking about this, results of exported MC Playlist are not very satisfying, as for exsample drive letter needs to be removed manually and converted files need to be renamed e.g. from *.flac to *.mp3!
The handheld engine allows you to select the playlist format in Options > Handheld. It sounds like you want a format that uses relative paths.
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I would *love* a sync option that simply copied EXACTLY the same file paths and file names to the external device, nothing to configure, just check the box. My use is to sync from desktop to an external USB drive that I then connect to my laptop.
The current methods require so much configuring of sync options (and updating whenever the "main" paths/names gets changed) that instead I use an external backup program to do my syncing. It would be wonderful if MC could do "less" -- just use existing paths on the synced device, no changes.
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Thanks Matt, I'll try it out!