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Title: external storage
Post by: cmb on May 15, 2012, 04:20:28 pm

How do I transfer my music library to an external hard drive, remove the music from my laptop internal drive  and still access from mc.
Cheers Chri

Title: Re: external storage
Post by: NickF on May 15, 2012, 04:25:22 pm

Check out this brief article in the wiki.

http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Library_Transfer

Do it with a few files first, just to make sure it works OK.

Nick.

Title: Re: external storage
Post by: cmb on May 16, 2012, 01:33:51 am

Thanks will have a look.
Chris

Title: Re: external storage
Post by: cmb on May 16, 2012, 11:09:24 am

Hi successfully copied the files, but they all appear now as individual songs rather than albums and artists albums are no longer grouped together . Any ideas where I have gone wrong. Can I also send nnew rips straight to the external drive without renaming. Cheers Chris.

Title: Re: external storage
Post by: NickF on May 16, 2012, 11:32:14 am

It may just be how you are viewing them.  In Standard View, go to Audio then Albums.  Do your albums show here?  Go to Audio then Files.  On the fields header bar, click first on Artist then on Track # then on Album.  For all your album tracks, all of these fields should be populated.  Are they?

Nick.

Title: Re: external storage
Post by: cmb on May 16, 2012, 12:22:54 pm

Hi nick,
Everything in mc is ok. What I meant is on the externa drive every song is individual. Did I need to designate a name on the external drive for everything to be sent to.
Chris

Title: Re: external storage
Post by: NickF on May 16, 2012, 02:00:55 pm

I'm not sure what has happened here.  Do you still have the original files in the original folder?

Take a look at this thread.  It may be helpful:

http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=72037.0

I have seen this subject discussed elsewhere.  Two options were discussed, one using MC to move the files and one using Windows Explorer then updating MC to point to the new location.  The thread referenced above covers pointing to the new location.  One advantage of using Windows Explorer is that any files associated with the music files will also be moved whereas with MC, some may not.

Nick.