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My shared library is getting to large. I need to move it to a bigger hard drive, but don't want to lose my watched list checkmarks and resume spots. Are there any precautions I should take to ensure this? Thank you.
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maybe a bit more info? mysql? where & how is your stuff stored? where would you like to move it to...... etc...
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The files are on my desktop on the D:\ Drive. It's a shared library via mySQL. I want to move my files to the E:\ Drive and update all my xbmcs to point to the E:\ Drive for the files but retain the data on those files.
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2012-09-10, 05:31
(This post was last modified: 2012-09-10, 05:32 by Josh1454.)
Two options I can think of:
1. In XBMC export library as separate files. Then move files, clean library, re-import. Not sure if this would preserve watched status or not.
2. Use symlinks to preserve the path. For example, move your d:\user\movies to e:\movies then create a symlink in d:\user named 'movies' that points to e:\movies. In effect you are fooling xbmc into thinking your media has not moved at all.
I don't know the syntax for symlinks in win7 but I very recently used the second method on my Ubuntu box with excellent results. A web search should get you instructions pretty quick.
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Something like
this would work for network to network locations changes, and would keep watched status.
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I don't understand the problem, if you're using MySql then all your shared media libraries should be network paths. When you move d to e as long as you name the share on e the name of the previous share on d then xbmc and MySql shouldn't notice the difference. If you're using some sort of path substitution trickery then more info is needed.
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Remember that an e:\ or d:\ path doesn't work in mysql
You must use smb:// nfs:// or whatever