Phil Leigh;319499 Wrote: > Dave, > > You said that "Browse Music Folder" is the only way you can navigate > your collection - I took that to mean that your files didn't have any > tags in them, since if they did there are various ways (search > artist/album/song, browse artist/album/song etc) you could navigate > without using the "Browse Music Folder" option. The unique thing about > the "Browse Music Folder" options is that it doesn't use tags or the > database scan at all - it just reads your directory & file name > structures. > > > So I'm a bit unclear on what you mean. ANyway,I'm presuming the scan > completed and you can now see all of your collection (using one of the > above methods)? > > ****actually it is the only practical way of navigating my music > collection. i have 2TB of music... being able to hit the browse album > button works and all my albums show up... but that's the point.....ALL > my albums show up... all 10,000 of them and then i have to scroll thru > them for a long long long time.... whereas if i navigate my folder tree > i can go into music folder and then into classical subfolder and then > into my baroque folder and then into my bach folder and then into > my.... you see what i mean... having a tiered folder tree means a > faster navigation of all the forks in the road, rather than having > 10,000 cd's just thrown into a room in alphabetical order, i've got > different shelves in that room for dif music and different boxes on the > shelf for specific things. so the folder navigation is essential > > AFAIK your setup sounds OK (shortcuts etc), provided that the external > drive is accessible during the scan - sometime external drives become > unavailable (especially USB ones) before a scan starts and then a scan > loses everything on that disk from the database. > > *** drives are always on, the internal one is of course always on and > the network drive is always accessible and on. SC can always find the > music... that is i can always find it by going into the "music folder" > link in SC... i just can't "browse music folder" from my controller. > > What OS are you using, what SC release and what file types (Flac? > mp3?) > > *** using vista premium. using exclusively mp3. using SC 7.0.1 > > The appearance or non-appearance of the "Browse Music Folder" option is > totally determined by having a valid path set in the relevant SC > settings page - so in your case this should point to the folder where > your two drive shortcuts are...and I assume this is on your INTERNAL > drive? > > *** the drive path is accurate because i can access all my music both > from SC and from my controller. the folder the the library is directed > to is called "music link" and it is on my main (C) drive on my desktop. > within "music link" are 2 shortcuts one to my X drive (an internal 500GB > drive) and another to my Y drive which is the network storage drive 1TB > > > Also, you want MusicIP and iTunes integration turned off to avoid a > lengthy, pointless and potentially "damaging" double scan situation... > > *** never use music IP and i have a "just say no to ipod mentality" > (sory if i offend) so i don't even have itunes on my computer. > > **** also, Phil, thankyou!!
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