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[davisford]

Quick question on how the Id behaves with NAS.  I have maybe a terabyte of music on a NAS.  One of the reasons iTunes is horrible is because when you choose "import" from a drive it actually tries to copy all the music to a local drive.  I know Media Center doesn't do this, but I figure I'd ask before I consider buying an Id.  When you "import" from a NAS does it actually copy the files or just create a reference in a local db?

Thanks

[JimH]

MC never copies the files when it imports.

MC can copy files with the Rename, Move, Copy tool but it doesn't do that unless you tell it to.

[astromo]

Have fun exploring:
http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Category:Frequently_Asked_Questions
http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Import

Someone's been doing work on the Import entry. So you're in a better spot than I was when I started the journey.

Enjoy the read.. 

[davisford]

MC never copies the files when it imports.

MC can copy files with the Rename, Move, Copy tool but it doesn't do that unless you tell it to.

Hi Jim, If I understand you correctly, the Id is essentially a copy of Media Center running on Linux and a custom piece of hardware or hardware variants.  So when I trigger it to import a library from, let's say a NAS drive, it is doing the same thing Media Center does on the desktop -- scanning through the files, pulling meta-info and building a local database with a pointer to the actual file..is that a correct assessment?

Thanks in advance

[JimH]

Yes.