I have also noticed some covers which have changed.
The only change is that I copied the music files to a NAS Drive as they were on a drive on the former NUC Core.
It did take over an hour for all the tracks to be imported. It was not practically instantaneous as when a drive is disconnected and reconnected. @support have I done something wrong?
I did this recently, and messed it up by importing from scratch rather than following this guide. https://kb.roonlabs.com/FAQ:_How_do_I_move_my_collection_to_a_new_folder%2C_hard_drive_or_NAS%2C_Will_I_lose_my_edits%3F
Thankfully was easy to start over.
I think i would initially point the new core back to use the old music folder on the old computer. Then restore the db from latest backup (as saved by the old core) and confirm your u2/boy album etc appear as they should. You can then follow that guide to tell the new core that the music files have moved, and point to the new location. Thats how i did it 2nd time, and didnt lose any of my edits or settings.
I find it strange that the backup and move process keeps most metadata but changes some.
Not a drop dead issue but it’s a PITA having a carefully curated database being changed and I’d appreciate some advice about how best to get a clone of my data and where I may (or the software may ) have gone wrong.
Hi @Sloop_John_B ---- Thank you for the report and sharing your feedback with us. Sorry to hear of the frustrations.
Moving forward, could you also please provide me with a screenshot of the “library cleanup” window. Additionally, when you performed the mentioned procedure was the new core setup first and then the media copied to the mentioned NAS or was it the other way around?
Thanks for touching base with me @Sloop_John_B, very appreciated!
I agree with Robert’s comment above, and while I understand 98% of the metadata is correct I would be interested to see if things stabilize by running the restore again and “remapping” the storage location, instead of “re-adding” it.
Ah but that’s what’s got me where I am, unless I’m missing something (always possible!), this is the vital step as I have to choose the old library in order to be able to “remap” it.
Every restore I’ve done automatically created the existing NAS library connections that were in the backup. Maybe I’m wrong if local and missing storage.
When the application comes online confirm that there is NO content present in the application.
Checking “library clean up” will confirm that Roon was aware of the content.
Go to the “storage” tab, click "edit " in the “3 dot” menu next to the previous storage location, navigate to the NAS where the music was copied to, and select this location.
