Importing album files

Sanford S
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I have about 2300 CDs already ripped to FLAC with the songs numbered and art organized into album files on my hard drive.  Do I just select all the files and drag them across my network to the "rips" folder in the Bluesound Vault's internal drive (like I would copy any file), or is there a specific way to import these?  Thanks.

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    Wesley P.

    Hello Sanford,

    To transfer music to your Vault, you can simply drag and drop the files from your computer to the Music folder of the Vault. Do not transfer your content to the Rips folder as it is temporary storage used in the ripping process and will not store your music content.

    After you have transferred your music to the Vault's storage, you will need to let the BluOS app know changes have been made to have this content appear in the BluOS library. To do this you will need to perform a reindex by going to Settings > Music Library > Reindex Music Collection. Once the index is complete, you should then see all your newly added content in your BluOS library.

    Regards,
    Wesley P.

  • Sanford S

    Thanks Wesley!

    Should I drag and drop the files to the "Music" folder, create a new folder, or just drop them in no folder in the Vault?

    Cheers

    Sanford

     

     

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  • Sanford S

    Oops - never mind, sorry!  I see you wrote that.  Thanks!

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  • Robert Jack

    Hi there, 

    I hope someone is still looking at this ancient thread.

    I am running Windows 10 Home. I want to add a flac album to the vault music folder but it does not exist. 

    I access my vault through http://192.168.1.102/ but there is nowhere to drag the music files. Only the following options:

    Network Shares

    Reindex Music Collection

    Optimize artwork

    Disk usage

    Backup music library

    Ripping

    Running Bluos app Version: 4.12.11 

    Regards

    Robert

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  • Robert Jack

    Just in case it is asked, I have tried to map the network drive \\192.168.1.102 in explorer or whatever it is called these days. In the following support article:

    https://support1.bluesound.com/hc/en-us/articles/200387457-Accessing-the-Bluesound-VAULT-s-Internal-Storage-From-a-Computer

    it suggests that if asked for a user name and password, which it is, I login as a guest. There is no guest login available.  

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  • Robert Jack

    Ok. I have just bumbled and bungled my through turning of credential settings and so forth in Windows so that I could map the drive. Not much fun. And certainly not very doable for older folks. 

    Perhaps a new help article is needed. The one I used is also showing some old version of Windows. 

    Regards

    Robert

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  • Seppi Evans
    Hi-Res

    Hi Robert, another user here. Both Windows and MacOS with each update lock down the operating system more and more for file sharing. Many have switched to using an always on NAS which is lower power, quieter and smaller, tucking them away near the router.

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