Carlo 4330 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 You can't have multiple libraries pointing to the same folders or files. You can have multiple mount points for each library. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptJ 0 Posted August 26, 2020 Author Share Posted August 26, 2020 Not even on PC setup? Could I use windows shortcut as one? What would happen if I did have multiple libraries pointing to same folder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37064 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Quote What would happen if I did have multiple libraries pointing to same folder? Since we don't fully support this yet that means we aren't spending any time testing it. So what will happen, we don't know all of the possible quirks that may occur. We know at the very least, some of them might appear blank with no content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptJ 0 Posted August 26, 2020 Author Share Posted August 26, 2020 Thanks Luke. I tried to test it earlier on PC. I was able to pull in movies from both libraries into the combined library and there were no duplicates. It also appeared not to rescan the source directories. Is this something coming in 4.5? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlo 4330 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Hey @CaptJ if you mean having multiple Movie folders on one or more discs all used in one combined "Movie" Library that is fully supported and the norm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptJ 0 Posted August 26, 2020 Author Share Posted August 26, 2020 I would like to have individual movie librarys for each drive (DRIVE1,2) as well as an All Movies Library. Just to confirm there is no way to add custom metadata fields/ notes to items? Otherwise I would have created a field called "Source" then I could have just one movies library and whenever I wanted to see all DRIVE1 contents I would use Search functionality to search "DRIVE1". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlo 4330 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 That is exactly the type of setup not recommended and usually comes with problems as you have "duplicates" of files across your system. What are you trying to achieve by keeping movies on drive 1 different than movies on drive 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8281 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 (edited) Depending on the view you want, you create one library and add two folders DRIVE1\MOVIES, DRIVE2\MOVIES (I would modify name Movies though). If library is content type Movies you can click the Folders tab to enter 1 or 2, but Movies will merge both folders together. Mixed Content type library will not give you all the header options and give you a folder view. So it will present two folders 1 and 2. Edited August 26, 2020 by Happy2Play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37064 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 51 minutes ago, CaptJ said: Thanks Luke. I tried to test it earlier on PC. I was able to pull in movies from both libraries into the combined library and there were no duplicates. It also appeared not to rescan the source directories. Is this something coming in 4.5? It's something we'd like to support, but no, not yet in 4.5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptJ 0 Posted August 26, 2020 Author Share Posted August 26, 2020 1 hour ago, cayars said: That is exactly the type of setup not recommended and usually comes with problems as you have "duplicates" of files across your system. What are you trying to achieve by keeping movies on drive 1 different than movies on drive 2? So I can see at a glance all the content of a particular drive. They are external drives so aren't permanently connected. I need to be able to know the physical location of every movie, tv show. Without having to drill down into every movie or tv show separately to check its path. I have had to use multiple libraries as a work-around. As you can't do a search on drive name or on the path. I would have preferred to use 1 library for movies but you can't search or filter based on file location. I assuming there is no advanced search or filter that would do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptJ 0 Posted August 27, 2020 Author Share Posted August 27, 2020 Just came across Tags these could work to hold the drive name/ location but they dont appear to be searchable or filterable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8281 Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 6 minutes ago, CaptJ said: Just came across Tags these could work to hold the drive name/ location but they dont appear to be searchable or filterable? Why do you feel they are not searchable or filterable? I can search and filter a library by tags (not all content types have the same filters though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlo 4330 Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 1 hour ago, CaptJ said: So I can see at a glance all the content of a particular drive. They are external drives so aren't permanently connected. You're going to find this isn't an ideal situation. For a media server you want your content always available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptJ 0 Posted August 27, 2020 Author Share Posted August 27, 2020 31 minutes ago, Happy2Play said: Why do you feel they are not searchable or filterable? I can search and filter a library by tags (not all content types have the same filters though). To try I added a Tag to a recording called "Test" did a search for this in the search bar no results. Also tried filter recording using the Tag fields - no option listed. Where did you do search and filter? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptJ 0 Posted August 27, 2020 Author Share Posted August 27, 2020 23 minutes ago, cayars said: You're going to find this isn't an ideal situation. For a media server you want your content always available. Dont have the option to add any more drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptJ 0 Posted August 27, 2020 Author Share Posted August 27, 2020 All bays full Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlo 4330 Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Understood but many of us use USB drives but we don't disconnect them from the system so we treat them like any other drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8281 Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 24 minutes ago, CaptJ said: To try I added a Tag to a recording called "Test" did a search for this in the search bar no results. Also tried filter recording using the Tag fields - no option listed. Where did you do search and filter? Thanks Looks like filters may be specific to Movies and I just searched one of those tags from the home screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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