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"So when your shares contain both C: and External drives and you have the same songs on both drives, they would appear multiple times, since because of the different paths, they are treated as not being the same. The only way getting rid of that is to have only C: in your shares and do a rescan of the shares."

To make sure I understand, my shares can contain

(1) Both the C: and my external drive,
-OR-
(2) my C: alone
-BUT NOT-
(3) my external hard drive alone?

Is it possible to configure MediaPortal so that my shares include only my external hard drive and NOT my C: (I am organizing my music on my C: and then transfering it to my external hard drive).

This is the process I used in an attempt to do just that,

In MP configuration under Music>Music Folders I add a folder, title it External Hard Drive, and then browse to the music folder I have created on my external hard drive.
Then under Music Database I select the folder that I had created under Music Folders. Finally I click on Scan music shares at the bottom. However, MediaPortal still references the music in my C: drive.

So is it my process that is wrong or can my external drive not be the only drive on my share?

<blockquote data-quote="dmumaw" data-source="post: 726749" data-attributes="member: 109905">&quot;So when your shares contain both C: and External drives and you have the same songs on both drives, they would appear multiple times, since because of the different paths, they are treated as not being the same. The only way getting rid of that is to have only C: in your shares and do a rescan of the shares.&quot;To make sure I understand, my shares can contain(1) Both the C: and my external drive,&nbsp; -OR-(2) my C: alone &nbsp; -BUT NOT-(3) my external hard drive alone?Is it possible to configure MediaPortal so that my shares include only my external hard drive and NOT my C: (I am organizing my music on my C: and then transfering it to my external hard drive). This is the process I used in an attempt to do just that,In MP configuration under Music&gt;Music Folders I add a folder, title it External Hard Drive, and then browse to the music folder I have created on my external hard drive. Then under Music Database I select the folder that I had created under Music Folders. Finally I click on Scan music shares at the bottom. However, MediaPortal still references the music in my C: drive.So is it my process that is wrong or can my external drive not be the only drive on my share?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dmumaw, post: 726749, member: 109905"] "[I][B]So when your shares contain both C: and External drives [/B]and you have the same songs on both drives, they would appear multiple times, since because of the different paths, they are treated as not being the same. [B]The only way getting rid of that is to have only C: in your shares[/B] and do a rescan of the shares.[/I]" To make sure I understand, my shares can contain (1) Both the C: and my external drive, -OR- (2) my C: alone -BUT NOT- (3) my external hard drive alone? Is it possible to configure MediaPortal so that my shares include only my external hard drive and NOT my C: (I am organizing my music on my C: and then transfering it to my external hard drive). This is the process I used in an attempt to do just that, In MP configuration under [B]Music>Music Folders [/B] I add a folder, title it External Hard Drive, and then browse to the music folder I have created on my external hard drive. Then under [B]Music Database [/B] I select the folder that I had created under [B]Music Folders[/B]. Finally I click on [B]Scan music shares [/B] at the bottom. However, MediaPortal still references the music in my C: drive. So is it my process that is wrong or can my external drive not be the only drive on my share? [/QUOTE]