Library Backup

Media Center stores all information about the files you've Imported, the structure and design of your Views, and other information in its own internal database called a Library.

Because this information is critical to all use of MC, it includes a robust backup and restore system for the Library (and other Settings). When you create a Library Backup, it saves a snapshot of your current Library and all other user settings to a ZIP file which can be restored onto other copies of Media Center (to duplicate the setup) or in case of trouble.

The Library portion of a backup contains:

• all imported files and their metadata
• all playlists and smartlists
• all Media Views

The Settings portion of a backup contains:

• all settings and options under Tools > Options
• all DSP Settings
• the locations of all Libraries added to the Library Manager

When you restore a Library Backup, you can choose to restore just the Library, just the Settings, or both.

How to Make a Library Backup

MC automatically creates Library Backups on a regular basis, approximately every two days. By default, these will be saved to the JRiver folder in the current user's Documents folder. If you'd prefer to save the files on another disk, this can be changed via: Tools > Options > File Location > Program Files > Library Backups

We recommend that you save these files, if possible, on a disk other than your system boot volume.

You can also create a Library Backup manually at any time via the Library Manager. This is strongly recommended before you make any major changes to your Library, such as reorganizing files on disk, reorganizing views or Playlists, or tagging changes that apply to many files.