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More => Old Versions => Media Center 15 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: phoenix91 on December 07, 2010, 11:11:50 am

Title: How to sync my libray to another pc
Post by: phoenix91 on December 07, 2010, 11:11:50 am

I do all the tagging and ripping on my PC. The music files are stored on a NAS, filepath x:\Music\Artist\Album\...
I used to periodically distribute this library to our living room PC using libray backup/restore.
 
Is is possible to sync the content of my library to the other PCs throughout our house using the library server service?
Since no of the PCs is running all the time, a manual sync would be fine.

I tried it, but with no success:

• I start the server service on my PC
• I start |File|Library|Sync Library...| on the client PC with the correct IP address
• The sync process is established

But:

• As long as "Merge Files" (client option) is not ticked, the sync process starts an stops in no time
  Result: the client library gets no updates from the server library content
• When "Merge Files" is ticked, the server starts copying all the music files to the client (default directory)
  I would like that only the library gets synced 

What can I do to get new library content to the clients?
Maybe I missed an option in MC15 or tried it with the wrong function.

Any help is appreciated. Thank you in advance.

Title: Re: How to sync my libray to another pc
Post by: avpman on January 13, 2011, 04:25:10 pm

Bump-
Same question here.

Title: Re: How to sync my libray to another pc
Post by: sunfire7 on January 14, 2011, 03:15:19 am

I have the exact same question & request as the original poster, please put real library sync on the wait list for MC16 !
other topic about this: http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=61633.0

Title: Re: How to sync my libray to another pc
Post by: JohnM on January 14, 2011, 06:31:00 am

Hi!

You can copy the library from your PC to the NAS into an appropriate folder... Then from the client map the NAS with the same drive-letter (x). In MC goto to Library manager and load the copied library from the NAS. Using UNC-paths works also...

Title: Re: How to sync my libray to another pc
Post by: phoenix91 on January 14, 2011, 08:06:11 am

Hi JohnM, thank you. Good idea!
Which MC folders have to be copied?

@JRiver
Please let me sync the library only (maybe with MC16).

Title: Re: How to sync my libray to another pc
Post by: JohnM on January 14, 2011, 11:56:15 pm

If you have it in the default location you can find your library in
C:\Users\"your username"\AppData\Roaming\J River\Media Center 15\Library

That is, copy the Library-folder. When done you can enter the Library Manager and create a new library and point it to the newly copied library.

[EDIT] take a look at this: http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=57403.0

Title: Re: How to sync my libray to another pc
Post by: phoenix91 on January 18, 2011, 11:33:36 am

@JohnM
Thank you. I appreciate your help. I'll give it a try.