aeo12;270247 Wrote: > I just got a new Mac with the 10.5 OS and have been attempting to scan > my music library on the Mac version of Squeezecenter 7 (the 2/16/2008 > nightly). My music library is split onto 3 different hard drives. The > Squeezecenter scan reads the files in the music folder on my primary > drive with no problem. However, it will not read the alias files in > the same folder that link to the music folders on the other drives. > When I click on the alias files, I can open the music files on the > other drives, so I think I've created the alias files correctly. Any > suggestions as to what I may be doing wrong? My total Mac experience > is now about 30 hours elapsed time (with some spent sleeping), so I'm > assuming "user error" of some type is the most likely problem.
SlimServer/SqueezeCenter can't use OS X aliases... you need to create a symlink. There's no easy, GUI-based way to do this with 10.4 (I haven't upgraded to 10.5 yet so I don't know if they've added that functionality). I use a third-party application called Make Symlink (found 'here' (http://www.naratt.com/MakeSymlink.html)). It installs as a context menu (accessed via either a right-click or Ctrl-Click) and is easy to use. Install Make Symlink, right-click on the other music folders, and select Make Symlink from the context menu. That's pretty much all you need to do! Copy the symlink into the folder SqueezeCenter is set to use for music and rescan your library. You should be all set. -=> Jim -- JimC "well, she wasn't all of that, but she sure was some of that." -- BKlaas' college buddy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JimC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43567 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
