Re: [slim] How to synchronize music databases?

2010-07-05 Thread Tom Hutcheson
I've used Beyond Compare for several years (it's not free but you can download and try) and it will do exactly what you're looking for. Tom wayne325;559580 Wrote: > Hmmm the first link draws a blank screen for me. Weird. And it > appears > to be for Windows 7 which I don't have. I'm running

Re: [slim] How to synchronize music databases?

2010-07-05 Thread spile
To backup what other posters have said, SyncToy 2.1 makes this sort of job really easy. Very flexible and works great with fixed or external drives for any sort of file. Oh yes it is free :-) -- spile spile's Profile: http

Re: [slim] How to synchronize music databases?

2010-07-04 Thread wayne325
JJZolx;559647 Wrote: > > But many people often find it necessary to fix/add/remove fields after > they've been ripped or downloaded. This is commonly done using a > dedicated tag editor like 'Mp3tag' (http://www.mp3tag.de/en/) (highly > recommended) or 'Tag & Rename' (http://www.softpointer.com

Re: [slim] How to synchronize music databases?

2010-07-04 Thread JJZolx
wayne325;559636 Wrote: > Well it looks like I get to do some more reading now. Honestly I don't > know if I tagged the files or not. I don't know what it is. I'm not > making any changes to the files manually. These are FLAC files we're > talking about that either I buy from HDtracks or they'r

Re: [slim] How to synchronize music databases?

2010-07-04 Thread wayne325
JJZolx;559612 Wrote: > Have you made any changes to those files, such as in the tagging? Well it looks like I get to do some more reading now. Honestly I don't know if I tagged the files or not. I don't know what it is. I'm not making any changes to the files manually. These are FLAC files

Re: [slim] How to synchronize music databases?

2010-07-04 Thread JJZolx
wayne325;559607 Wrote: > > The first time I used it to sync my music directories, it somehow > decided > that about half the files had to be copied even though there were > copies > of those files already at the destination. Weird. > Have you made any changes to those files, such as in the ta

Re: [slim] How to synchronize music databases?

2010-07-04 Thread wayne325
peterw;559582 Wrote: > Try 'SyncToy' > (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c26efa36-98e0-4ee9-a7c5-98d0592d8c52&displaylang=en) > from Microsoft. It's pretty simple, but very useful. Ahhh, that's the stuff. I downloaded it from the MS site and did a nice test. The fir

Re: [slim] How to synchronize music databases?

2010-07-04 Thread JJZolx
There are a number of utilities that can sync directories. Synctoy has a nice GUI. Robocopy is similar, but a command-line only tool that can easily be used in a batch file or called from a script. You don't need a typical backup program if you only want to mirror a directory. You don't really

Re: [slim] How to synchronize music databases?

2010-07-04 Thread pski
wayne325;559580 Wrote: > Hmmm the first link draws a blank screen for me. Weird. And it > appears > to be for Windows 7 which I don't have. I'm running XP. > > I tried the second link but it's not doing what I want. If you do a > "backup" if creates this backup file that you can use to restor

Re: [slim] How to synchronize music databases?

2010-07-04 Thread peterw
Try 'SyncToy' (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c26efa36-98e0-4ee9-a7c5-98d0592d8c52&displaylang=en) from Microsoft. It's pretty simple, but very useful. -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ Free plugins: 'AllQuiet' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/AllQuiet.html) 'Au

Re: [slim] How to synchronize music databases?

2010-07-04 Thread wayne325
Soulkeeper;559555 Wrote: > Are you using Windows? If so, have a look at Windows' integrated backup > utility. > > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/bott_03july14.mspx > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/features/backup-and-restore.aspx Hmmm the first link draws a

Re: [slim] How to synchronize music databases?

2010-07-04 Thread Soulkeeper
Are you using Windows? If so, have a look at Windows' integrated backup utility. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/bott_03july14.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/features/backup-and-restore.aspx -- Soulkeeper ---

[slim] How to synchronize music databases?

2010-07-04 Thread wayne325
I did several searches but couldn't find anything that points to what I'm looking for. I have a fairly normal paradigm for storing music files (I think). I have an external USB drive that I use as my primary source and it's what my Transporter is pulling files from when playing music. But once