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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