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Support => Questions => Topic started by: pstein on June 27, 2019, 06:26:02 AM

Title: Where (in preferences) to define the folder with my library?
Post by: pstein on June 27, 2019, 06:26:02 AM
Where in preferences can users define which folder should be used as library (=the folder which contains e.g. file "MusicBeeLibrarySettings.ini")?

Example:

D.\music\musicbee\mylib\

Thank you

Peter
Title: Re: Where (in preferences) to define the folder with my library?
Post by: Bizy on June 27, 2019, 07:37:29 AM
Library - Music Library - Move library (upper left corner)
Title: Re: Where (in preferences) to define the folder with my library?
Post by: pstein on June 27, 2019, 08:12:48 AM
Ok, thank you.

Two more related questions:

1. At the mentioned place I can only "MOVE" the library.

How can I tell MusicBee to use (e.g. for testing purposes) an existing, different version of the library?
In other words: I need a "USE Library" button.

2. Where is the current directory for library defined?
In Registry?

Peter
Title: Re: Where (in preferences) to define the folder with my library?
Post by: psychoadept on June 27, 2019, 09:54:37 AM
How can I tell MusicBee to use (e.g. for testing purposes) an existing, different version of the library?
In other words: I need a "USE Library" button.

The easiest way is to hold Shift when you launch MusicBee. It will prompt for library selection. I think you can also do it in the File>Library menu.
Title: Re: Where (in preferences) to define the folder with my library?
Post by: Bizy on June 27, 2019, 06:02:29 PM
More precisely:  File/Library/Open Library

If you have several libraries, you can 'always prompt for library selection when MB starts up'.
(If you have this option unchecked, you can use the shortcut Psychoadept suggested.)

When you create a Library, you choose a folder and in that folder, you will find the files you're looking for (I guess). 
Once created, you can only move that library - indeed.

Other files are either in Program Files/MusicBee or in AppData/Roaming/MusicBee (Windows).

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