Moving computers keep having issues

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syme321
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Moving computers keep having issues

Post by syme321 »

Need some guidance around MM between laptops. Both using MM5 v 5.0.2.2532. Old laptop has Gold licence.

This is what I did.
  • Both laptops use the exact same directory structure (all files syncd locally from Onedrive)
    Old laptop stores MM5 in a Onedrive directory called MediaMonkey
    New laptop stores MM5 in a Onedrive directory called MediaMonkey2
    On old laptop - Performed database rebuild and then backed up the the DB
    Restored DB on new laptop
Playing back songs brings up "Playback failed "[]\My Music\..... is inaccessible"
The path for music files shows as... []\My Music

I tried clearing the DB, re scanning and importing the playlists, which worked but puts all the playlists in the Imported Playlist category and can only be moved out manually (I have 200+)
Lowlander
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Re: Moving computers keep having issues

Post by Lowlander »

It's explained here: https://www.mediamonkey.com/wiki/index. ... w_computer

You need to update the driveID after moving the database file.
syme321
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Re: Moving computers keep having issues

Post by syme321 »

Thank you, ended up using Locate moved/missing files option.. it worked well!
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