by Roxie2401 » Sun May 09, 2021 4:11 pm
Being new to MediaMonkey and having worked with version 5 for a couple of weeks I have a suggestion.
I would like to see the ability to show the location of the database and change it. Just a personal preference, but I keep all my various databases on a separate partition with its own backup schedule so they are all done together (and for various administrative reasons, not on the C Drive where Windows constantly makes changes and ? updates). I do know that we currently can specify a backup schedule - but if selecting "Daily, Weekly, etc. I don't think we know what day or what time it runs or completes, except by checking the backup file name later, once you know the location of the file.
Currently, you really need to "poke under the hood" to find the MM database location in a usually hidden folder with the path specified in the MediaMonkey.ini file. Or (which is how I found mine), run a backup now and the path location is displayed. But then you have to edit the DBName entry if you want the database in a different location.
My suggestion would be to show the "Path" (Database Location) in Tools/Options/OS Integration. That screen already exists and is used for various items, including associating file types, etc. Or, maybe it could be added to the existing File/Manage Database screen since its directly related to database.
This would be similar to where the User can add locations for media in the File/Add Rescan files to the Library function except for the database and its backups.
When I first started testing MM5, I wanted to know where the database would be located and found no user specified "Preferences" which prompted this "Feature Request."
Sorry for making this so long --- if what I'm suggesting or has been discussed before, my apologies. Thanks.
Being new to MediaMonkey and having worked with version 5 for a couple of weeks I have a suggestion.
I would like to see the ability to show the location of the database and change it. Just a personal preference, but I keep all my various databases on a separate partition with its own backup schedule so they are all done together (and for various administrative reasons, not on the C Drive where Windows constantly makes changes and ? updates). I do know that we currently can specify a backup schedule - but if selecting "Daily, Weekly, etc. I don't think we know what day or what time it runs or completes, except by checking the backup file name later, once you know the location of the file.
Currently, you really need to "poke under the hood" to find the MM database location in a usually hidden folder with the path specified in the MediaMonkey.ini file. Or (which is how I found mine), run a backup now and the path location is displayed. But then you have to edit the DBName entry if you want the database in a different location.
My suggestion would be to show the "Path" (Database Location) in Tools/Options/OS Integration. That screen already exists and is used for various items, including associating file types, etc. Or, maybe it could be added to the existing File/Manage Database screen since its directly related to database.
This would be similar to where the User can add locations for media in the File/Add Rescan files to the Library function except for the database and its backups.
When I first started testing MM5, I wanted to know where the database would be located and found no user specified "Preferences" which prompted this "Feature Request."
Sorry for making this so long --- if what I'm suggesting or has been discussed before, my apologies. Thanks.