Author Topic: offer a choice of library to use on start up ?  (Read 886 times)

nedbal

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One of my 4 installs of MB on start up does not offer a choice of what library to use ,  and  MB exits with errors.


I have MB installed on 4 machines total.  3 of them are on the same network.  The mp3 files in the networked machines are kept on a machine called DELL . Dell will go into standby/sleep after some time, then the files on dell  are not accessible,  ok.  

I created a library on a machine called BEATS  in a folder called “dell”.  Using the mp3's on dell.


For those times when dell goes into standby/sleep   I copied some files to Beats and created a second library, in the “regular” MB  folder.


How do I get MB to offer a choice of library to use on start up ?

Thanks for any help


MusicBeeLibrarySettings.ini

BEATS  using  networked dell mp3's
C:\Users\nedbal\Music\dell files\MusicBeeLibrarySettings.ini

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ApplicationSettings xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<SystemUpgradeNumber>8</SystemUpgradeNumber>
<SystemInitialiseOnceOnly>false</SystemInitialiseOnceOnly>
<Path>C:\Users\nedbal\Music\dell files\</Path>
<OrganisationLibraryKeepOrganised>false</OrganisationLibraryKeepOrganised>
<OrganisationLibraryCopySourceFiles2>false</OrganisationLibraryCopySourceFiles2>
<OrganisationAllowReorganiseTagsMissing>false</OrganisationAllowReorganiseTagsMissing>
<OrganisationLibraryMoveNonMusicFiles>false</OrganisationLibraryMoveNonMusicFiles>
<OrganisationLastScannedFolders>
 <string>\\Dell-pc\c\Users\dell\Music\music collection\</string>
 <string>\\Dell-pc\e\</string>
</OrganisationLastScannedFolders>
<OrganisationLibraryExportTagData>false</OrganisationLibraryExportTagData>
<OrganisationMonitoringCheckStatus>false</OrganisationMonitoringCheckStatus>
<MusicOrganiseEnabled>true</MusicOrganiseE:\</nabled>
<MusicFromFolder>CMusicFromFolder>
<OrganisationLibraryMusicFolderPath>\\DELL-PC\Users\dell\Music\MusicBee\Music\</OrganisationLibraryMusicFolderPath>
<OrganisationLibraryFilenameRules>
 <NamingRule>
  <Field>31</Field>
  <Text>\</Text>
 </NamingRule>
 <NamingRule>
  <Field>30</Field>
  <Text>\</Text>
 </NamingRule>
 <NamingRule>
  <Field>53</Field>
  <Text> </Text>
 </NamingRule>
 <NamingRule>
  <Field>65</Field>
  <Text />
 </NamingRule>
</OrganisationLibraryFilenameRules>
<ABOrganiseEnabled>true</ABOrganiseEnabled>
<ABFromFolder>C:\</ABFromFolder>
<ABFolderPath>\\DELL-PC\Users\dell\Music\MusicBee\Audiobooks\</ABFolderPath>
<ABFilenameRules>
 <NamingRule>
  <Field>30</Field>
  <Text> - </Text>
 </NamingRule>
 <NamingRule>
  <Field>32</Field>
  <Text>\</Text>
 </NamingRule>
 <NamingRule>
  <Field>53</Field>
  <Text> </Text>
 </NamingRule>
 <NamingRule>
  <Field>65</Field>
  <Text />
 </NamingRule>
</ABFilenameRules>
<VOrganiseEnabled>true</VOrganiseEnabled>
<VFromFolder>C:\</VFromFolder>
<VFolderPath>\\DELL-PC\Users\dell\Music\MusicBee\Video\</VFolderPath>
<VFilenameRules>
 <NamingRule>
  <Field>30</Field>
  <Text>\</Text>
 </NamingRule>
 <NamingRule>
  <Field>65</Field>
  <Text />
 </NamingRule>
</VFilenameRules>
<OrganisationPlaylistsFolderPath>\\Dell-pc\C\Users\dell\Music\MusicBee\Playlists\</OrganisationPlaylistsFolderPath>
<OrganisationPlaylistsFormat2>12</OrganisationPlaylistsFormat2>
<OrganisationExportedPlaylistsMFolderPath>C:\Users\nedbal\Music\MusicBee\Exported Playlists\</OrganisationExportedPlaylistsMFolderPath>
<OrganisationExportedPlaylistsFormat>1</OrganisationExportedPlaylistsFormat>
<OrganisationExportRelativeFilePaths>false</OrganisationExportRelativeFilePaths>
<OrganisationExportUnixConvention>false</OrganisationExportUnixConvention>
<OrganisationAddNewMonitoredFilesToInbox>true</OrganisationAddNewMonitoredFilesToInbox>
<OrganisationAddNewMonitoredFilesToNowPlaying>false</OrganisationAddNewMonitoredFilesToNowPlaying>
<OrganisationContinuousMonitoring>false</OrganisationContinuousMonitoring>
<OrganisationDetectDuplicates>false</OrganisationDetectDuplicates>
<OrganisationIncludeVideoFiles>false</OrganisationIncludeVideoFiles>
<OrganisationIgnoreSmallFiles>true</OrganisationIgnoreSmallFiles>
<OrganisationIgnoreSmallFileSize>20</OrganisationIgnoreSmallFileSize>
<OrganisationAutoSweep>false</OrganisationAutoSweep>
<OrganisationAutoSweepTargetPath />
<OrganisationPodcastsNaming>
 <NamingRule>
  <Field>30</Field>
  <Text>\</Text>
 </NamingRule>
 <NamingRule>
  <Field>65</Field>
  <Text />
 </NamingRule>
</OrganisationPodcastsNaming>
<SubscriptionRefreshInterval>3</SubscriptionRefreshInterval>
<SubscriptionDownloadPolicy>0</SubscriptionDownloadPolicy>
<SubscriptionKeepPolicy>0</SubscriptionKeepPolicy>
</ApplicationSettings>


BEATS  using local beats mp3's
C:\Users\nedbal\Music\MusicBee\MusicBeeLibrarySettings.ini

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ApplicationSettings xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<SystemUpgradeNumber>8</SystemUpgradeNumber>
<SystemInitialiseOnceOnly>false</SystemInitialiseOnceOnly>
<Path>C:\Users\nedbal\Music\MusicBee\</Path>
<OrganisationLibraryKeepOrganised>false</OrganisationLibraryKeepOrganised>
<OrganisationLibraryCopySourceFiles2>false</OrganisationLibraryCopySourceFiles2>
<OrganisationAllowReorganiseTagsMissing>false</OrganisationAllowReorganiseTagsMissing>
<OrganisationLibraryMoveNonMusicFiles>false</OrganisationLibraryMoveNonMusicFiles>
<OrganisationLibraryExportTagData>false</OrganisationLibraryExportTagData>
<OrganisationMonitoringCheckStatus>false</OrganisationMonitoringCheckStatus>
<MusicOrganiseEnabled>true</MusicOrganiseEnabled>
<MusicFromFolder>C:\</MusicFromFolder>
<OrganisationLibraryFilenameRules>
 <NamingRule>
  <Field>31</Field>
  <Text>\</Text>
 </NamingRule>
 <NamingRule>
  <Field>30</Field>
  <Text>\</Text>
 </NamingRule>
 <NamingRule>
  <Field>53</Field>
  <Text> </Text>
 </NamingRule>
 <NamingRule>
  <Field>65</Field>
  <Text />
 </NamingRule>
</OrganisationLibraryFilenameRules>
<ABOrganiseEnabled>true</ABOrganiseEnabled>
<ABFromFolder>C:\</ABFromFolder>
<ABFilenameRules>
 <NamingRule>
  <Field>30</Field>
  <Text> - </Text>
 </NamingRule>
 <NamingRule>
  <Field>32</Field>
  <Text>\</Text>
 </NamingRule>
 <NamingRule>
  <Field>53</Field>
  <Text> </Text>
 </NamingRule>
 <NamingRule>
  <Field>65</Field>
  <Text />
 </NamingRule>
</ABFilenameRules>
<VOrganiseEnabled>true</VOrganiseEnabled>
<VFromFolder>C:\</VFromFolder>
<VFilenameRules>
 <NamingRule>
  <Field>30</Field>
  <Text>\</Text>
 </NamingRule>
 <NamingRule>
  <Field>65</Field>
  <Text />
 </NamingRule>
</VFilenameRules>
<OrganisationPlaylistsFolderPath>\\Dell-pc\c\Users\dell\Music\MusicBee\</OrganisationPlaylistsFolderPath>
<OrganisationPlaylistsFormat2>12</OrganisationPlaylistsFormat2>
<OrganisationExportedPlaylistsMFolderPath>C:\Users\nedbal\Music\MusicBee\Exported Playlists\</OrganisationExportedPlaylistsMFolderPath>
<OrganisationExportedPlaylistsFormat>1</OrganisationExportedPlaylistsFormat>
<OrganisationExportRelativeFilePaths>false</OrganisationExportRelativeFilePaths>
<OrganisationExportUnixConvention>false</OrganisationExportUnixConvention>
<OrganisationAddNewMonitoredFilesToInbox>true</OrganisationAddNewMonitoredFilesToInbox>
<OrganisationAddNewMonitoredFilesToNowPlaying>false</OrganisationAddNewMonitoredFilesToNowPlaying>
<OrganisationContinuousMonitoring>false</OrganisationContinuousMonitoring>
<OrganisationDetectDuplicates>false</OrganisationDetectDuplicates>
<OrganisationIncludeVideoFiles>false</OrganisationIncludeVideoFiles>
<OrganisationIgnoreSmallFiles>false</OrganisationIgnoreSmallFiles>
<OrganisationIgnoreSmallFileSize>20</OrganisationIgnoreSmallFileSize>
<OrganisationAutoSweep>false</OrganisationAutoSweep>
<OrganisationAutoSweepTargetPath />
<OrganisationPodcastsNaming>
 <NamingRule>
  <Field>30</Field>
  <Text>\</Text>
 </NamingRule>
 <NamingRule>
  <Field>65</Field>
  <Text />
 </NamingRule>
</OrganisationPodcastsNaming>
<SubscriptionRefreshInterval>3</SubscriptionRefreshInterval>
<SubscriptionDownloadPolicy>0</SubscriptionDownloadPolicy>
<SubscriptionKeepPolicy>0</SubscriptionKeepPolicy>
</ApplicationSettings>






6/30/2017 10:02:41 PM - 10.0.15063.0 - 3.0.6335.15398 - System.IO.IOException: The network path was not found.

   at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
   at System.IO.Directory.InternalCreateDirectory(String fullPath, String path, Object dirSecurityObj, Boolean checkHost)
   at System.IO.Directory.InternalCreateDirectoryHelper(String path, Boolean checkHost)
   at System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(String path)
   at #=qCbFtyalv$BX_UrMO6GnaDO32LZISpn2UuyIBOaIXmZU=.#=qoBkPjwdDRdLDbtKx4DmytQ==.#=qBl9DDSlvKF86fcirmUDoIw==(#=q_XDR$M2A0Z1riBpVTn_uC_$qSQgXU9KdgiXGiKzL5Gw= #=qSXS6zLWq98sR03L3aQd0QQ==)
   at #=qCbFtyalv$BX_UrMO6GnaDO32LZISpn2UuyIBOaIXmZU=.#=qzFAoC1eCnjG5nPguw8BSSQ==(#=q_XDR$M2A0Z1riBpVTn_uC_$qSQgXU9KdgiXGiKzL5Gw= #=qoCE9X_hq5CbwrMMo2Ernkg==)
   at MusicBee.MusicBeeApplication.#=qUdBn3qUKreUHA9Wso8f5YQ==(String[] #=qzK6BNgmxjo$kJEsClalGgA==)

phred

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Hold the shift key down when starting MB should give you a 'choose library' dialog.
Download the latest MusicBee v3.5 or 3.6 patch from here.
Unzip into your MusicBee directory and overwrite existing files.

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nedbal

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Thanks ,   why the other machines asked what folder and this didn't    got to me