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More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 19 for Windows => Topic started by: bugeyed on August 22, 2014, 11:59:33 am

Title: Renamed music folder, now need to point MC19 to it.
Post by: bugeyed on August 22, 2014, 11:59:33 am

I renamed my main music library folder in explorer & I can't figure out how to point MC19 to that new folder to use as the mail library folder. Do I have to import it, or is there a way to just tell MC19 where the new folder is?

Thanks,
kev

OK, I had renamed the "main Library" in MC19 I think what it was called and MC wasn't finding any files. After I ate lunch I tried again, everything looks fine. I guess I missed the lunch part in the instructions. :)

Title: Re: Renamed music folder, now need to point MC19 to it.
Post by: fredele on August 22, 2014, 06:04:51 pm

Go to tools > Library Tools > Rename,Move,Copy

Select the option 'Find and Replace'  and fill in what is required

This should work ..

Title: Re: Renamed music folder, now need to point MC19 to it.
Post by: bugeyed on August 25, 2014, 10:51:33 am

OK, Thanks. I really don't understand why MC has to be so unintuitive. Under Library Tools, I should be able to see where my current music library resides & via a browse function, point to a different location. Many other media players make it that simple. The steps you outline require me to select a file, arbitrarily, otherwise clicking on Tools, Library tools says "No file selected". Then there is no browse feature to point to a new library location. Why do the JRiver developers keep trying to reinvent the wheel? I appreciate all that MC19 has going for it & enjoy using it, but I don't appreciate that it makes some operations more complicated than necessary.
Rant over.  :P
Thanks,
kev

Title: Re: Renamed music folder, now need to point MC19 to it.
Post by: BryanC on August 25, 2014, 11:03:51 am

Quote from: bugeyed on August 25, 2014, 10:51:33 am

OK, Thanks. I really don't understand why MC has to be so unintuitive. Under Library Tools, I should be able to see where my current music library resides & via a browse function, point to a different location. Many other media players make it that simple. The steps you outline require me to select a file, arbitrarily, otherwise clicking on Tools, Library tools says "No file selected". Then there is no browse feature to point to a new library location. Why do the JRiver developers keep trying to reinvent the wheel? I appreciate all that MC19 has going for it & enjoy using it, but I don't appreciate that it makes some operations more complicated than necessary.
Rant over.  :P
Thanks,
kev

I will briefly point out that MC's method of doing this is far superior to the method that you describe, for the simple fact that you might want to point your database at locations that do not currently exist (e.g. for networked or removable drives) or with altered filesystem structures. It is much more powerful.

Title: Re: Renamed music folder, now need to point MC19 to it.
Post by: fredele on August 30, 2014, 06:23:33 am

To me it is perfect as it is : supposes you have moved only few files ? Whith other implementations, how would you correct the path only of this files ?
Nothing to change to me