Problem with JRiver

[crwilli]

How is your music organized on your hard drive? For example is each album listed in an [artist]-[album] format?

My thought is that maybe your file format is the reason JRiver wouldn't play your FLAC...

Just a thought.

[Jack in Wilmington]

Originally Posted by crwilli

How is your music organized on your hard drive? For example is each album listed in an [artist]-[album] format?

My thought is that maybe your file format is the reason JRiver wouldn't play your FLAC...

Just a thought.

Most of the files come straight from HD Tracks when I purchased the download. I guess that's an artist/album format.

[crwilli]

Originally Posted by Jack in Wilmington

Most of the files come straight from HD Tracks when I purchased the download. I guess that's an artist/album format.

Yep. JRiver should have no problem reading and playing those!

[jdandy]

Jack.......I have all of my FLAC files located in the Music folder of Windows 10. JRivers Media Center has no problem locating and playing all the music files from that folder.

[Kal Rubinson]

C'mon, guys. All you have to do is point JRiver the appropriate directory.

[crwilli]

Originally Posted by Kal Rubinson

C'mon, guys. All you have to do is point JRiver the appropriate directory.

I agree. Only trying to indirectly help figure out why or circumvent, his earlier issues with JRiver reading but not playing his FLAC files.

[Kal Rubinson]

Originally Posted by crwilli

I agree. Only trying to indirectly help figure out why or circumvent, his earlier issues with JRiver reading but not playing his FLAC files.

I agree. He didn't, explicitely, say that he imported them into his library. And, of course, JRiver doesn't care how the directories are organized.

[Jack in Wilmington]

Originally Posted by Kal Rubinson

I agree. He didn't, explicitely, say that he imported them into his library. And, of course, JRiver doesn't care how the directories are organized.

Now you see my frustration. It seems everything that I brought over from my external HD will not play. If I load the file into the JRiver library from a flash drive, it plays. There are all these programs that should work like "export files" that don't work or come with half assed directions on how to use them.

[crwilli]

Originally Posted by Jack in Wilmington

Now you see my frustration. It seems everything that I brought over from my external HD will not play. If I load the file into the JRiver library from a flash drive, it plays. There are all these programs that should work like "export files" that don't work or come with half assed directions on how to use them.

Please take a screen shot of the left side of your JRiver window. Specifically, the File structure under audio. Mine is attached showing my JRiver pointed to directories within my NAS.

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Then The upper right side of you JR window like the attached.

I am not sure what I am looking for but will keep trying to help you.
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[Kal Rubinson]

Originally Posted by Jack in Wilmington

Now you see my frustration. It seems everything that I brought over from my external HD will not play. If I load the file into the JRiver library from a flash drive, it plays. There are all these programs that should work like "export files" that don't work or come with half assed directions on how to use them.

I do not know what "export files" are in this context or what you mean by "brought over."

You need to have the files on a permanently connected (by cable or network) drive and have JRiver "import" them into its library by telling it to "import" them from that directory. I put "import" in quotes because no files are moved by JRiver but links and tags are created by JRiver to create its library.

Other considerations are determining that JRiver is set to accept (all) the file formats you use, that the downloaded files are not zipped and that the file drive maintains the same drive letter or IP address it had when JRiver "imported" the files.