A bit off-topic. My Rock has a USB drive attached that has an incredibly long name. I thought I named it MusicDrive; instead I got this:
MusicDrive_WDC_WD80_EFZX-XXXXXXX_170914010918_5A40-A3D5-p2
I tried changing it with MacOS but the changes didn’t “stick”: only lasted to the next reboot. (Guessing)
So I guess I need to open up Linux. Can anyone guide a total novice to ShortNameLand, please? Thx
Anyway, you should not do that, and no, there is no way to change that path. The lengthy name is not really meant to be used/seen much and it serves a very important purpose for disk mounting in Roon.
That data is not held with your music files is it? Best practice would be to check your work and if happy create a database backup at regular intervals so a balls up doesn’t lose too much work.
Music file tags are written and updated on the files, with tagging apps.
Roon, OTHO, make all edits to a separate DB.
So, I am watching and occasionally playing a track in Roon while I am editing its tags in YATE. Seems to work fine since Roon is mostly Read Only except for deletes.
But, I could be just plain reckless, hence my question.
Hi, just wondering if this was ever addressed. The issue I am finding is that I am using an external program (folderclone) to backup this drive, and because of the extremely long disk name I have to shorten some of the file names to get it to copy.
Thanks
Mark