[slinkelist] Image Files
David Aue
aue@nirvis.com
Tue, 02 Nov 1999 01:53:33 -0700
UNC's is what you get if you drag and drop from the Network Neighborhood.
David
At 04:22 AM 11/1/99 , Mike Kropp wrote:
>A better solution would be to share the covers directory and then use the
>UNC name \\machine\covers. That way you don't have to worry about drive
>mapping. Hopefully CDJ doesn't barf on the UNC names.
>
>--Mike
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On
> > Behalf Of David Aue
> > Sent: Sunday, October 31, 1999 3:45 PM
> > To: Dale Andren
> > Cc: Brian L Hunt; Slink-e Users List
> > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Image Files
> >
> >
> > Hi Dale,
> >
> > Actually it shouldn't be very difficult at all to get a specific
> > directory
> > to have the same path on two different machines. If the files are stored
> > on machine #1 in the c:\covers directory I can map the C: drive share to
> > say drive K: on the same machine and then access the covers via
> > K:\covers. I can then go to machine #2 and map machine #1's C: drive as
> > drive K: also. Now btoh machines have the same path to the covers. You
> > can even do this without drive mapping at all by getting at the files via
> > the Network neighborhood. The key ios just to get at the files on the
> > local machine as though you had to network to it.
> >
> > David Aue
> > Nirvis Systems
> >
> > At 06:40 AM 10/31/99 , Dale Andren wrote:
> > >Brian,
> > >
> > >I understand why the files end up where they are, the browser is handling
> > >the file management. The problem is when one machine is running
> > NT and one
> > >machine is running win 98, the likelihood of having the exact
> > same path to
> > >the images on each machine is slim, let alone the same drive
> > letter, and if
> > >I am trying to access the database of covers from a remote
> > machine the paths
> > >will always be different. I am not asking for cdj to add any new
> > features,
> > >only to set their location of the cover images as a selectable
> > path rather
> > >than defining the exact path of each cover art file. If cdj were to allow
> > >the path to the images to be set in the software, as many other
> > programs do,
> > >then the program would always look for the images in the image
> > directory and
> > >each image would not need a path to it at all, the path would still be
> > >selectable, but all you would need to identify each cover image
> > is the name
> > >of the cover, e.g.. "sting brand new day.jpg" and not
> > >"F:\WINNT\Profiles\DALE\Desktop\CD covers\sting brand new
> > day.jpg" the path
> > >could be constant as in my case would be
> > F:\WINNT\Profiles\DALE\Desktop\CD
> > >covers and this could be set once, inside the program, and then
> > forgotten.
> > >This solves the portability and allows any machine on the LAN to use the
> > >covers folder. The location or path to the covers folder is not needed in
> > >this scenario. The simple way to do this is by having cdj point to a
> > >directory and then select the individual covers from that
> > directory, not to
> > >specify the path to each individual cover.
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >Dale
> > >
> > >----- Original Message
> > >From: Brian L Hunt <bhunt01@ibm.net>
> > >To: Dale Andren <dale@theandrens.com>; David Aue <aue@nirvis.com>
> > >Cc: Slink-e Users List <slinkelist@nirvis.com>
> > >Sent: Saturday, October 30, 1999 11:28 PM
> > >Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Image Files
> > >
> > >
> > > > Dale you appear to be extremely confused. They are not in the
> > temporary
> > > > internet files directory as a function of CDJ. They are there as a
> > >function
> > > > of you using files from a live web connection. If you want to keep the
> > >files
> > > > right click the image in the web browser and select save
> > image as or the
> > > > equivalent in your browser. Create a subdirectory in the CDJ
> > directory and
> > > > call it covers or images or something along those lines. Now
> > drag and drop
> > > > from that location. Now when you want to move/copy the set up
> > to another
> > > > machine you can copy the directory you created in total along
> > with the mdb
> > > > file. Assuming that the CDJ directory is on the same drive o
> > both PCs you
> > > > will not need to edit anything.
> > > >
> > > > As David said. The drag does NOT move the file - it merely
> > says create an
> > > > entry for the current location of this image.
> > > >
> > > > As I have stated before, let's not introduce more functions
> > to overcome
> > >RTM
> > > > failure
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com
> > [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On
> > > > > Behalf Of Dale Andren
> > > > > Sent: Saturday, October 30, 1999 1:25 PM
> > > > > To: David Aue
> > > > > Cc: Slink-e Users List
> > > > > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Image Files
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > David,
> > > > >
> > > > > Is there a way to force cdj to use the same network directory to
> > > > > save these
> > > > > image files. It appears as though they are saved in the temporary
> > >internet
> > > > > files directory. Even if I copy the files from one directory to
> > > > > the other I
> > > > > would still have to change all these directory pointers manually. Is
> > >this
> > > > > something you would consider adding to cdj in the future.
> > It could be as
> > > > > easy as an autocopy image to directory x command.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Dale
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: David Aue <aue@nirvis.com>
> > > > > To: Dale Andren <dale@theandrens.com>
> > > > > Cc: Slink-e Users List <slinkelist@nirvis.com>
> > > > > Sent: Saturday, October 30, 1999 2:59 PM
> > > > > Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Image Files
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > When you drag and drop an image to CDJ it just stores the
> > path to the
> > > > > image
> > > > > > file. If you want the images to appear on another computer
> > > > > then you must
> > > > > > have the image files in the same path on both computers.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > David Aue
> > > > > > Nirvis Systems
> > > > > >
> > > > > > At 12:17 PM 10/30/99 , Dale Andren wrote:
> > > > > > >Hi List,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >I have been dragging and dropping cover images from
> > cdnow to cdj and
> > >am
> > > > > > >having a problem. If I open cdj on another computer and use the
> > > > > library.mdb
> > > > > > >file as my cd library, where are the image files that go
> > with that
> > > > > library
> > > > > > >file located. My problem is that although cdj shows an
> > image being
> > > > > > >associated with a CD, the image only appears on the
> > computer that I
> > >did
> > > > > the
> > > > > > >drag and drop from. Are the cover images stored somewhere
> > > > > else. The only
> > > > > > >reason I am doing this is its way easier to do the drag and
> > > > > drop sequence
> > > > > > >400 times on a big monitor and I run cdj from a laptop
> > normally. I am
> > > > > only
> > > > > > >copying library.mdb from one machine to the other.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >Thanks in advance,
> > > > > > >Dale
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
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