Author Topic: iTunes and other sources...  (Read 723 times)

tspear

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Having read the comments on the copy aspect, I am concerned what I want to do may cause problems.
So I figured I would ask before I blow everything up...
Here is what I want. But I am not sure which options to select in the MusicBee preferences:
1. Monitor the iTunes folder c:/users/~/Music/iTunes and others
2. Set MusicBee library to D:/MusicBee
3. When new music found, copy file to D:/MusicBee and organize it
4. New music is added to the inbox before added to the main collection. enable the auto-organize feature
5. Alternate library structures based on genera. e.g. Classical and Opera I want genera/composer/artist/album/track # - name. While for pop music the more common genera/band/album/track # - name

Yes, I will end up duplicates of music, but that does not bother me.

Thanks,

Tim

redwing

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No, I wouldn't recommend using copy option as it's not officially supported.
Copy your files manually to another folder and make MB monitor that folder rather than iTunes folder.
See this guide: https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=22406.0

For file naming templates, see this: https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=10980.0

Code
$If(<Genre>="Classical","Classical\<Composer>\<Artist>\<Album>\<Disc-Track#> <Title>","Pop\<Artist>\<Album>\<Disc-Track#> <Title>")