Library & Folders

Auto-Import Folders

If you want to have Media Center automatically check folders to import into your library, you can change the options in this section. Click Add Folder... to display the Auto-Import Folder dialog box. Here you can specify a number of options.

• In the Search box, enter the folder name to automatically check. You can click the Browse button to find the folder.
• If instead of automatically importing files from this folder you want to make sure the files don't automatically get added to your library, check the Exclude this folder check box.
• Click the Advanced << button for additional options you can specify.
  • Select the file types that you want to either be included or excluded.
  • There are 3 buttons to the right of the file type box.
    • Click the first button to select all file types in the list.
    • Click the second button to unselect all file types in the list.
    • Click the third button to select the default file types in the list.
  • Ignore files previously removed from library - Files you may have removed from your library will be skipped when you perform another search.
  • Ignore special files (folder.jpg, etc.) - You may not want to automatically import certain special files into your library. For example if you are using the folder.jpg concept of cover art for your audio files, you may not want to include these files.

Options

For Auto-Import, there are a number of options that can be specified.

• Run auto-import in background - Check the box if you would like the Auto-import to work in the background while Media Center is running.
• Build thumbnails - This will automatically build thumbnails for any of the files imported.
• Fix broken links
  • No: Doesn't automatically remove anything.
  • Yes: Automatically removes any files from the database that it finds missing on disk. Be very careful with this setting if any of your disks are removable or network. If the disk is disconnected, that counts as "missing" and the files will be removed.
  • Yes (leave network files): Same as Yes, except for that files living on a network (or removable) disk are left alone. This is useful in case the server goes down (or you trip over and unplug your network or USB cord). Otherwise, Media Center would happily delete your library. This is Media Center's default setting.
• Update for external changes - This works in conjunction with Fix broken links above, and updates your library accordingly. If a file that is already in the library has been modified outside of Media Center, checking the box will update the library with the changes.

Library Server Conversion

When files are imported into the library, there are settings for conversion that you can use.

• Conversion - This identifies if the files should be converted when they are imported into the library.
  • Don't convert audio
  • Convert audio if necessary
  • Always convert audio
• Encoder: - This will list the possible encoders that are available to convert the files imported if you choose to do so.
• Encoder Settings..." - Clicking this will display the dialog box for the encoding option you chose where you can make further setting adjustments.

Standard Library Fields and User Library Fields

If you want to create your own library fields or understand the standard library fields, please see Library Settings.