Sorting video files from different folders.

[Teejay187]

Hi,

I have pretty much gotten all my questions answered by this forum, but this one is bothering me a bit.

I have video files spread over 3 disks. How can I gather them together in the same category? I tried to make 2 media folders with the same name, but these show up beside eachother. How can I get all my video files gathered under the "Videos" category?

And thanks for a great forum and a awesome application. If I get this working, I will surely donate!

[GJ51]

That can't be done within the application at this time. There may be ways to get around this using the operating system you're on, but it's not a given. Please post your OS details in case there is someone else who knows how to do this on your OS.

[Teejay187]

Hi,
Thanks for your answer. I am currently on Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit.

[GJ51]

Distributed File System is a Server 2008 role that makes logical shares from multiple paths.

The easiest way to do this is to just create a third combined folder for Subsonic to access. You can then use Synctoy to periodically update the combined folder from the donor folders.

[Teejay187]

DFS didnt cut it.. Drive Bender however did work excelent.

I made a folder on each disk named "Movies". Then I merged both into a pool. On the new drive X: there is one movie called Movies nad all the content is found in subsonic.

[GJ51]

Excellent. I'll take a look at Drive Bender when I get a chance. There are also some new drive and file management tools in Server 2012 that may work, but I haven't fully reviewed them yet.

Keep in mind that if you have a Subsonic installation that is not on the same host, it will want to see those files as a network share rather than a mapped drive. Does Drive Bender let you do that?

[Teejay187]

Yes,

Drivebender will let you set up either a drive letter or a share. So if you have a ton of music/movie files on different disks, you can gather these together in drive bender to make one share or drive letter.

What I would like to know is how drive bender sorts new files added to the virtual drive or share. Which of my 2 disks does the file get sent to.. I hope they dont split in half

[BKKKPewsey]

I think it would be a great idea to start a new thread in say general with regard to all the new tech regarding windows server technology.
With drive bender, drive pool and obviously the new revived drive extender (server 2012/windows 8 ),
I am sure a lot of windows users would benefit from a discussion on the all the pros/cons that we find.

PS anyone writing windows 8 don't put the text in brackets as you end up with windows smiley face with sun glasses