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Title: Lost library
Post by: zelma on January 10, 2015, 08:58:08 am

Hi all!
I've used JRiver about six months. Cant say that I'm handy with a computer so the answer might be easy. I'm using a PC laptop and have had a library containing about 15000 files/songs housed on a hdd connected to the laptop with USB. Last week I bought a Buffalo NAS and I mounted IT as a harddrive to the laptop connected with cat5 cable. After a couple of hit and misses I managed to copy all of my music from the hdd to the NAS and import all songs into JRiver. Named " new library".
So to the problem. Each time I turn off the laptop and then turn it on the library is empty. So I have to import again, taking about one hour. So frustrating.. What can I do?

Title: Re: Lost library
Post by: Matt on January 10, 2015, 09:18:10 am

Is something emptying the library folder?  Deleting files is the only thing that would cause that which I can think of.

Title: Re: Lost library
Post by: CountryBumkin on January 10, 2015, 09:26:27 am

Could the NAS be changing drive letters each time you restart the computer?

Title: Re: Lost library
Post by: zelma on January 10, 2015, 10:52:52 am

Yes something empties the library and have no Idea what to do. The drive letter is always L.

Title: Re: Lost library
Post by: ~OHM~ on January 10, 2015, 11:43:23 am

Quote from: zelma on January 10, 2015, 08:58:08 am

Hi all!
I've used JRiver about six months. Cant say that I'm handy with a computer so the answer might be easy. I'm using a PC laptop and have had a library containing about 15000 files/songs housed on a hdd connected to the laptop with USB. Last week I bought a Buffalo NAS and I mounted IT as a harddrive to the laptop connected with cat5 cable. After a couple of hit and misses I managed to copy all of my music from the hdd to the NAS and import all songs into JRiver. Named " new library".
So to the problem. Each time I turn off the laptop and then turn it on the library is empty. So I have to import again, taking about one hour. So frustrating.. What can I do?

shouldn't this actually be connected to your router?

Title: Re: Lost library
Post by: zelma on January 10, 2015, 01:10:50 pm

Sorry. IT is. The router is between the NAS and the laptop.

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Post by: gvanbrunt on January 10, 2015, 02:02:25 pm

Where is the library folder?

Title: Re: Lost library
Post by: zelma on January 10, 2015, 03:45:36 pm

Not sure I understand properly. It's on a NAS used as a hd with the name L.

Title: Re: Lost library
Post by: CountryBumkin on January 10, 2015, 07:19:21 pm

Usually the Library is on the computer (like "C" drive) and the actual music/movie files are somewhere else (could be a NAS or other internal drives). So you install the program MC20 on your computer and tell it where the music, movies, etc., files are located. Look at Tools>Options>Library & folders, open the "configure auto import" and see if it setup for collecting library data from your NAS (drive L).

Title: Re: Lost library
Post by: zelma on January 11, 2015, 03:45:40 am

Ok. Right now the library is on the NAS (L). Maybe I'll add a new library on C and import from L. Kudos for your thoughts!

Title: Re: Lost library
Post by: zelma on January 11, 2015, 06:26:02 am

Worked like a charm:))