Why is Slimserver including another directory?

[alstein]

You are quite welcome.

After you have SlimServer clear and rescan, there should be no problem. SS uses the tags for browsing unless you are in "Browse Music Folder," so it should not matter that the file and directory conventions are not consistent across your entire library.

I have a couple of additional questions. I've converted approximately 80% of my collection to the new directory format with very few issues so far. However I notice that the main music directory now has m3u files, and text documents that were part of the original ripping process. Also there are Jpegs that I downloaded when using Media Monkey. Can I just leave these files where they are?

Also, I was unable to change tags on "various" alsbums that I have. I tried using "F:\Music - Lossless \Various Artists\%album%\$num(%track%,2) - %artist% - %title%", but got the following message saying that "file cannot be renamed.....system cannot find the path specified.
Thanks.

[jeffmeh]

m3u files are playlist files. Any playlists that I create I keep in a separate directory, and I point SS at that directory for playlists (SS keeps one path for music files and another for playlists). Some ripping programs automatically create playlists for you (each track in order on the CD). I find no use for these, since I can play an album easily without them.
I set EAC not to create them. If you have these, just delete them.

SS can get confused if there are playlists that point to non-existent tracks, so be careful here.

For jpg files, an easy way to keep cover art is to put a cover.jpg or folder.jpg in the appropriate directory for the album.

I do not know why you would have other jpg files and I do not know how SS will interpret them, so I suggest that you delete them or move them somewhere outside of SS's view. Same for text files.

Regarding your format string, what happens if you remove the extra space at the end of [Music - Lossless ]?

I hope this helps.

[alstein]

m3u files are playlist files. Any playlists that I create I keep in a separate directory, and I point SS at that directory for playlists (SS keeps one path for music files and another for playlists). Some ripping programs automatically create playlists for you (each track in order on the CD). I find no use for these, since I can play an album easily without them.
I set EAC not to create them. If you have these, just delete them.

SS can get confused if there are playlists that point to non-existent tracks, so be careful here.

For jpg files, an easy way to keep cover art is to put a cover.jpg or folder.jpg in the appropriate directory for the album.

I do not know why you would have other jpg files and I do not know how SS will interpret them, so I suggest that you delete them or move them somewhere outside of SS's view. Same for text files.

Regarding your format string, what happens if you remove the extra space at the end of [Music - Lossless ]?

I hope this helps.

Amazing what an extra space can do!!! Once I removed it, I had no trouble with "various artists".Thanks again for all your assistance.