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Questions / How to know if watch folder is working / doing anything at all
« on: December 06, 2022, 10:38:00 AM »
Hi! I am new to the program itself. I was using WACUP (a still-in-progress version of Winamp) but was having troublee managing the library as it seemed to not properly import files into the library, so I'm giving MusicBee a try.
I have a HUGE digital music library. Right now it is about 5 TB of mp3s, around 500,00 tracks.
When I first launched the app it asked me where my music library was, and so I gave the library folder and it just stayed for one full day scanning and importing (supposedly).
Once the scan was over, I got into the program and it just showed nothing, so I just dragged a few folders from the library just to quizkly check how it worked and looked.
Anyway, so what I really liked about WACUP was the "watch" folder option, and I discovered that MusicBee had a similar feature and so I have selected my library folder and have turned the "continuously monitor" option.
I am aware that such a long library will take time but I have left it for littler intervals, closeed the app and restarted it to see if anything was being imported, and still I can only see the two albums I dragged at the beginning.
Am I doing something wrong?
My external hard drive is a 14tb Western Digital HDD connected via internet, so it is remote. We use it in across all computers in the house, and the HDD itself is connected to a Raspberry Pi. Needless to say, the two albums I dragged and dropped are located in this remote hard drive.
Thank you so much!
I have a HUGE digital music library. Right now it is about 5 TB of mp3s, around 500,00 tracks.
When I first launched the app it asked me where my music library was, and so I gave the library folder and it just stayed for one full day scanning and importing (supposedly).
Once the scan was over, I got into the program and it just showed nothing, so I just dragged a few folders from the library just to quizkly check how it worked and looked.
Anyway, so what I really liked about WACUP was the "watch" folder option, and I discovered that MusicBee had a similar feature and so I have selected my library folder and have turned the "continuously monitor" option.
I am aware that such a long library will take time but I have left it for littler intervals, closeed the app and restarted it to see if anything was being imported, and still I can only see the two albums I dragged at the beginning.
Am I doing something wrong?
My external hard drive is a 14tb Western Digital HDD connected via internet, so it is remote. We use it in across all computers in the house, and the HDD itself is connected to a Raspberry Pi. Needless to say, the two albums I dragged and dropped are located in this remote hard drive.
Thank you so much!