Relocating media

[Coises]

Note the problem at the end of this thread:
http://forum.conceiva.com/showthread...3255#post23255

This is a specific case of a general problem that has troubled me since installing Mezzmo: what happens if (probably when is more like it) I have to reorganize my media collection as it grows and need to move some files, or even whole folders containing possibly hundreds of files?

Well, knowing that the Mezzmo database is an SQLite database, I could probably hack something together to manage it...

Two things I’d like to suggest:

1. If a file is moved and/or renamed within locations known to Mezzmo, it would be good if Mezzmo could understand what happened and preserve the metadata. This could be accomplished by storing a fingerprint (like a SHA-1 hash) for each file.

2. There should be a way to relocate one or more entire folders. I suspect the least confusing way to do this would be with a very simple external utility that would be for nothing but that: shut down the server, close the desktop application, move the folders, run this utility and tell it which folders moved to which folders, and start everything up again. There’d be almost nothing to the utility other than some SQL statements against the database... maybe some sanity checks to make sure what the user says he did appears to match reality... but it would be a lot safer if you guys wrote it than if one of us has to someday.

[smitbret]

Note the problem at the end of this thread:
http://forum.conceiva.com/showthread...3255#post23255

This is a specific case of a general problem that has troubled me since installing Mezzmo: what happens if (probably when is more like it) I have to reorganize my media collection as it grows and need to move some files, or even whole folders containing possibly hundreds of files?

Well, knowing that the Mezzmo database is an SQLite database, I could probably hack something together to manage it...

Two things I’d like to suggest:

1. If a file is moved and/or renamed within locations known to Mezzmo, it would be good if Mezzmo could understand what happened and preserve the metadata. This could be accomplished by storing a fingerprint (like a SHA-1 hash) for each file.

2. There should be a way to relocate one or more entire folders. I suspect the least confusing way to do this would be with a very simple external utility that would be for nothing but that: shut down the server, close the desktop application, move the folders, run this utility and tell it which folders moved to which folders, and start everything up again. There’d be almost nothing to the utility other than some SQL statements against the database... maybe some sanity checks to make sure what the user says he did appears to match reality... but it would be a lot safer if you guys wrote it than if one of us has to someday.

Another vote for this.

[Paul]

Makes sense, Coises. We'll add this to the development list. Thanks for the suggestion.

[Paul]

Mezzmo v3.3 has been released and you can now change paths for existing files in your Mezzmo library whenever you relocate them to another folder or drive on your computer or NAS. Go to the Maintain Library dialog and click on the Tools tab.