by lifeinbeats » Wed Sep 12, 2018 10:52 am
I just uploaded 200 GB of music after seeing this post and having confidence that I could get something similar to work. I had the same issues as the poster with Mediamonkey constantly updating system files while it was running (which Google Drive then claimed as it was uploading them causing all sorts of issues). I thought about stopping the sync process every time I had mediamonkey open, but that seemed cumbersome and I would surely forget sometimes.
I found a decent workaround, though. If you're not concerned about your menus, hotkeys and skins syncing across all of your devices, you can install Mediamonkey on each local machine's HDD, and then just put the .DB file on the cloud drive.
All you have to do is edit the mediamonkey.ini file on each computer and add a line to the text file:
https://www.mediamonkey.com/support/ind ... e-location
The best part is that Mediamonkey only overwrites and updates the database (.db) file when you close mediamonkey, removing any chance of contaminating your google drive.
One non-related tip: Do not sync two computers with google drive at the same time. You will end up with duplicate folders that google renames with a (1) behind them.
Also if you're wondering, I tried OneDrive, and while their pricing is competetive, their download speeds are slow for a large number of files like a music library usually contains.
I just uploaded 200 GB of music after seeing this post and having confidence that I could get something similar to work. I had the same issues as the poster with Mediamonkey constantly updating system files while it was running (which Google Drive then claimed as it was uploading them causing all sorts of issues). I thought about stopping the sync process every time I had mediamonkey open, but that seemed cumbersome and I would surely forget sometimes.
I found a decent workaround, though. If you're not concerned about your menus, hotkeys and skins syncing across all of your devices, you can install Mediamonkey on each local machine's HDD, and then just put the .DB file on the cloud drive.
All you have to do is edit the mediamonkey.ini file on each computer and add a line to the text file:
https://www.mediamonkey.com/support/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/45/2/changing-the-default-database-location
The best part is that Mediamonkey only overwrites and updates the database (.db) file when you close mediamonkey, removing any chance of contaminating your google drive.
One non-related tip: Do not sync two computers with google drive at the same time. You will end up with duplicate folders that google renames with a (1) behind them.
Also if you're wondering, I tried OneDrive, and while their pricing is competetive, their download speeds are slow for a large number of files like a music library usually contains.