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Title: Move Media update location PVD
Post by: jhackneyiv on November 29, 2011, 11:59:15 pm

I have been moving my media files to different hard drive and I need to manually update the location.  I use the tool to find which movies are missing and PVD finds that but is there any way to update in bulk the new location of the movie files.  I am getting a NAS to hold my movies and I would like to move them all at once.  When I use the button scan folders to find new movies/changed paths all it seems to find is movies not in the database.  Am I using that button wrong?  Thanks in advance.

Title: Re: Move Media update location PVD
Post by: nostra on November 30, 2011, 12:43:13 am

If movies records have files defines and those files are moved to a new location, the File Scanner will detect the change and automatically update paths. You only need to select the right folder for scanning.

I have done the same thing you plan to do myself a couple of weeks ago and it worked perfectly for me.

Title: Re: Move Media update location PVD
Post by: jhackneyiv on November 30, 2011, 12:52:18 am

I must be doing something wrong.  I moved all the files from C:\Videos\moviename.m4v to H:\Videos\moviename.m4v.  I scanned both C:\Videos and H:\Videos and nothing shows up in the scanner?

Title: Re: Move Media update location PVD
Post by: nostra on November 30, 2011, 01:01:42 am

First: You do not need to scan C:\
Second: Do you have old paths in movie records?
Third: What are your File Scanner settings?

Title: Re: Move Media update location PVD
Post by: jhackneyiv on November 30, 2011, 01:07:04 am

I have old Files location in records.  I haven't added anything beyond the default file scanner settings. I figured what was in there was enough. In my current setup for the movie (Alice In Wonderland) the file is named AliceInWonderland.m4v. That is how all of them are.

Title: Re: Move Media update location PVD
Post by: nostra on November 30, 2011, 01:14:25 am

What is your PVD version?

Title: Re: Move Media update location PVD
Post by: jhackneyiv on November 30, 2011, 01:23:22 am

0.9.9.21

Title: Re: Move Media update location PVD
Post by: nostra on November 30, 2011, 01:35:39 am

I really do not know what else could prevent the function from working properly. Send me your configuration file named pvdconf.ini and Some screenshots of the process.
The pvdconf.ini file is usually located under:
Win 7: C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Personal Video Database\
Win XP : C:\Documents and Settings\%USERNAME%\Application Data\Personal Video Database\