Added internal HD for music.now what?

brgman
brgman Posts: 2,859
edited March 2012 in Electronics
OK my neighbor came over and added an internal 3tb hard drive to my system that i will use for my music.My question is-should i move my JRiver and Squeezebox programs over to the new drive or just leave them where they are?
Any other tips on what could or should be on this new drive for music only?
Thanks
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  • thsmith
    thsmith Posts: 6,082
    edited March 2012
    That is what I do on my Mac Mini, 1.5tb drive for just music. Itunes and Amarra on system drive. I can not speak to on how to handle a PC based music srever but I imagine that is way you would do it on a PC.
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited March 2012
    Try to jusy have your music, and maybe your playlists directories. My external HDD is simply:

    D:\Music
    D:\Playlists

    That's it, there's nothing else on the HDD.
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  • pyrocyborg
    pyrocyborg Posts: 524
    edited March 2012
    Same as Steveinaz here. My music HD is on my "D:" drive. It won't negatively affect performance if it's on a dedicated drive while the program that play these files is on the system drive (for example, C:). In fact, having a dedicated music HD is probably better as there is less fragmented files, access is faster (files are easily found by your system).

    Just add your files on your drive, add your drive to your media programs list and you're good to go!
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,171
    edited March 2012
    steveinaz wrote: »
    Try to jusy have your music, and maybe your playlists directories. My external HDD is simply:

    D:\Music
    D:\Playlists

    That's it, there's nothing else on the HDD.

    Ditto

    Leave the "programs" off the HD and just use it for storage.
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • brgman
    brgman Posts: 2,859
    edited March 2012
    Moved just the music files into the new drive and rescanned my SB.All looks great so far.
    I have deleted the files from the first drive freeing up an immense amount of space.Now i just need to get the ballz to empty the recycle bin.lol
    Main Rig-Realistic AM/FM Record player 8 track boasting 4 WPC

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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,171
    edited March 2012
    brgman wrote: »
    Moved just the music files into the new drive and rescanned my SB.All looks great so far.
    I have deleted the files from the first drive freeing up an immense amount of space.Now i just need to get the ballz to empty the recycle bin.lol

    Be sure and back everything up

    Be sure and direct the SQB to the new location of your files

    Be sure to use the new path when you rip new music.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • brgman
    brgman Posts: 2,859
    edited March 2012
    heiney9 wrote: »
    Be sure and back everything up

    Be sure and direct the SQB to the new location of your files

    Be sure to use the new path when you rip new music.

    Got these covered i think except what do you mean "the new path"?
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,171
    edited March 2012
    If you were currently ripping cd's to X:/music server/artist and you changed drives or root directories you know have to "point" your ripping program to the new location.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • brgman
    brgman Posts: 2,859
    edited March 2012
    ok Thanks Brock.
    Is it a one time "point" or do i need to watch it each time?
    Last question i promise.
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