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[audunth]

Hi!

Is it possible to add a progress bar when moving files inside MC?

I'm about to move some 500 gig of videos to a new hard drive. To avoid having to import and tag them all over again, it seems the easiest way is to move them inside MC using Rename, Move & Copy files. Since moving from a USB drive, it'll take a while, and I'd really like to see a progress bar saying how long that's left and the option to abort and do the rest of the files later if it takes too long and I have to reboot my computer in the meanwhile, leave the house and turn off the computer etc.

Could such a feature be added?

Or is there a way to move the files in Windows Explorer and then just batch change the tags to point to the new location? I tried copying one file to the new disk and then changing the tag, but it then wanted to move the file over again overwriting the already copied file. When I selected don't move, MC gave an error.

I do NOT want to use the auto import feature that scans the library and updates for external changes, because I have some files in my library that is on a temporarily disconnected drive that then would be removed from the library, and I don't want to have to re-import them when I connect the drive again.

[fitbrit]

Great idea!

[wig]

I'm about to move some 500 gig of videos to a new hard drive.

Or is there a way to move the files in Windows Explorer and then just batch change the tags to point to the new location?

The easiest way to this is to move the files, then use the Find & Replace library tool to update the filename.

For example, if you are moving files from f:\music to g:\music, copy the files and then use Find & Replace on the Filename field to find f:\music and replace with g:\music

See the Wiki for more info:

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

[audunth]

The issue can be worked around, but I'd still appreciate a progress bar/box.