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[LisaRCT]

I am trying to set up seperate groups of view schemes based on hard drive locations, but cannot find how to create the proper rules/modifiers.
I have tried filename (path) but either had the wrong syntax or it was the wrong field to use.

I also checked in the native schemes for Disk Location but the field use there Location (root) is not an available option.

Can anyone help?

[Deivit]

Have you tried using "Filename=" (available under keywords)  and then put the path, such as:

[Filename]=E:\Music
or
[Filename]=F:\Music\Complete Albums\

or whatever...
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Listening to: 'Anywhere Out of the World' from 'A Passage in Time' by 'Dead Can Dance' on Media Center 10

[Deivit]

... you can even create a playlist group named "location" and then populate it with as many smartlists as locations you would like to control, as per the above criteria.  [Filename]=X:\xxxxx

Then you can set a view scheme whose left column is your playlist group "location" and browse at your convenience.

Hope it helps.

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Still Listening to: 'Anywhere Out of the World' from 'A Passage in Time' by 'Dead Can Dance' on Media Center 10

[LisaRCT]

Ahhhh Yes, I thought I had a syntax error or something else minor . . .  but your second post was the key!  Thanks Deivit

Apparently you cannot use the location filter in the ViewScheme Group directly, but when you set up Smartlists based on location you can call them in the View Scheme to do the filtering.

Seems a bit like going the long way around the block, but it gets you there and gas is cheap, right?

[Deivit]

Glad it worked for you Lisa  

You actually can use the location filter directly in the view scheme group. There is (I think by default) a "hard disk location" view scheme group under the "Advanced" group when browsing in "All Media" Mode. Perhaps it's not precisely what you'd want but check it out if you haven't done so yet.


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Listening to: ''cause Cheap Is How I Feel' from '200 More Miles - Live Performances 1985-1994 (CD 1)' by 'Cowboy Junkies' on Media Center 10

[LisaRCT]

Actually I am still not quite able to achieve my goal. . . . I need to have something similar to the 'Media Mode' switch, only by Disk Drive instead of media type.

For example . . .  
'Drive C' has about 1000 songs,
'Drive I' is removable and contains another 5000 song files,
'Drive G' is a mapped drive in my server (which is not always running).
So if Drive G is not available I want to 'shield' the files from view as:
1- they are not available to be played,
2- to prevent attempts to access them
3- to prevent attempts to change them
4- to prevent changes to the database in any way regarding these files.

I am hoping to create VS's so that I should be able filter files easily from view and modification while rataining access to the available files.

[LisaRCT]

Currently the best I can do to achieve my goal is to place a column in each view scheme calling the Smartlist I created for locations.  
I can then filter by location as I wish, however, it costs me an additional column in each View Scheme.  
Since we are as of yet unable to re-size the VS columns this causes a loss of valuable real-estate.
A less-than-optimum solution.  

[Zarius]

If I understand correctly, ye olde View Filter should have been able to do what you want (ie once you set up the smartlist, just filter that smartlist out until you rehook g: back up)... alas it is now Access Control, which I believe can still do what you want, however in a round about way with passwords and more things to click each time (though it's new, so give it time).

[LisaRCT]

sometimes it seems that 'ye old way' was better and we are moving backwards in time . . . .
but who knows, perhaps it is only a flashback  

[bmunroe]

Actually I am still not quite able to achieve my goal. . . . I need to have something similar to the 'Media Mode' switch, only by Disk Drive instead of media type.

For example . . .  
'Drive C' has about 1000 songs,
'Drive I' is removable and contains another 5000 song files,
'Drive G' is a mapped drive in my server (which is not always running).
So if Drive G is not available I want to 'shield' the files from view as:
1- they are not available to be played,
2- to prevent attempts to access them
3- to prevent attempts to change them
4- to prevent changes to the database in any way regarding these files.

I am hoping to create VS's so that I should be able filter files easily from view and modification while rataining access to the available files.

Boy, I really miss the old "view filter"

Lisa - I have exactly the same situation at work.  Other people have their music shared, which I imported into my MC.  When they were not online, and their music not available, I would just filter out their computer based on location.  Much harder to do now.  In fact, I had an entire series of smartlists that were in a group called "filters" that I used all of the time.  

Brian