Once you go to multiple drives you also have the problem of how to deal
with adding new albums by artists for which you already have albums by.
If Drive A is full then you would need a new artist folder in Drive B.
But then you don't have all of the albums by one artist in the same
folder.
I solv
Clungel;263675 Wrote:
> An alias in OSX is not the same as a symlink and is also not supported
> by the Slimserver.
Interesting, I stand corrected. I've never actually used MacOS.
However, I have seen cases where aliases do work. I recall one user
(my brother) who has 2 external firewire dr
Fletch;254571 Wrote:
> MacOS has something called an "alias" (which is really a symlink) and
> can be created using drag and drop as described earlier in this thread.
An alias in OSX is not the same as a symlink and is also not supported
by the Slimserver.
You really need to create a symbolic li
dhatfield;254546 Wrote:
> Bug 607 requests the ability to specify multiple music folders, & the
> latest update I see in the bug details is that it didn't make it into
> 6.2. But 6.5.4 is out, so did this feature ever get implemented?
>
> The last time I tried updating past 6.2 I had all kinds
danco;254557 Wrote:
> So to create a symbolic link without a third party utility, you have to
> go to Terminal, where Unix commands can be typed. Many people don't
> like to do that.
MacOS has something called an "alias" (which is really a symlink) and
can be created using drag and drop as descr
JJZolx;212821 Wrote:
> Where's the "easy" part in all that? You can't create a link in OS X
> without a third-party utility?
>
>
Sure you can! The issue is that you can create aliases in OS X from the
file menu. And for almost all situations aliases are fine. But
SlimServer (because of its cr
Bug 607 requests the ability to specify multiple music folders, & the
latest update I see in the bug details is that it didn't make it into
6.2. But 6.5.4 is out, so did this feature ever get implemented?
The last time I tried updating past 6.2 I had all kinds of problems
getting my music rescan
4mula1;212840 Wrote:
> It seems I am seeing more and more posts about music libraries spread
> over multiple disks and people having difficulty figuring out how to
> get SlimServer to see it all. Is it time for SlimServer to have more
> than one music folder in it's configuration?
Long overdue,
It seems I am seeing more and more posts about music libraries spread
over multiple disks and people having difficulty figuring out how to
get SlimServer to see it all. Is it time for SlimServer to have more
than one music folder in it's configuration?
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good of you to throw out a warning. there are problems associated with
symbolic links. the problem I discovered was that my trackstat ratings
for files that exist in a symbolically linked folder don't translate
well when exporting trackstat info to music magic mixer.
but as far as slim a
It works! Thanks!
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exile;212810 Wrote:
> it's pretty easy. surf the web for a symbolic link utility program that
> will make symbolic link folders. I think i found it on versiontracker
> and the utility(option to make a symbolic link) resides in the list of
> options when i control click on a folder.
Where's the "
i'm set up with slim on a quicksilver g4 with multiple external drives.
it's pretty easy. surf the web for a symbolic link utility program that
will make symbolic link folders. I think i found it on versiontracker
and the utility(option to make a symbolic link) resides in the list of
options when
Hmm, how would I do that in OSX with external harddisks containing the
music?
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Make a shortcut (or symlink in Unixese) from the "main" one to
subsidiary ones.
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I have my library stored on several harddisks. How do I specify more
than one music folder in the slim server settings?
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