need some help with J River and a new pc

Lev - if you don't want to get into what file structure (or actually directory structure) is, you're doing the right thing by converting to FLAC. Just make sure you have enough space on your hard drive to make the full conversion.

But - if you are comfortable with files and folders, you would need to find the library file that Jriver maintains, and just copy that over to your new machine. And everything on your new machine needs to be in the same folders as your old machine. Anyhow - unless you have a computer savy buddy - you'll be fine ripping to FLAC.

Best, Peter

When you import into JRiver, you can use the file structure to define artist, album track #, track name. A typical file structure is defined by the order of the folders and what is in each folder. A typical structure is

Artist
Album 1
1 First Track name
2 Second Track name
etc.
Album 2
1 First Track name
2 Second Track name

where artist and album are folder names. Album is a subfolder to artist. Then in each album folder, the tracks are named as Track Number Track Name. In J River, look at Tools, Options and File Locations. Under Audio, it defines the file structure with Folder Rule and Filename Rule. From above structure Folder Rule would be [Artist] [Album] and Filename Rule would be [Track #] [Name] These options define how J River reads your folder names and file names. You can change the Folder Rule and Filename Rule to correspond to your structure. Try deleting a couple of albums and them re-import them after changing the Folder and Filename rules.

Minor change - Folder Rule should be [Artist]\[Album] The \ indicates a sub directory. Sorry for leaving that out.

thanks for the advice Dtc. am learning alot as i muck through all this computer stuff. it's not as bad as i thought it would be(as long as i have you guys around when something goes south =) ).

all is well and flac files are showing as they should in MC-15. streaming as i type this and in a much happier place now. you guys are the best!

thank you again

cheers
Lev

Glad it is working. J River is a great player, but it does take some getting used to. It is very flexible, but that also makes it somewhat complicated to use. Once set up, you will be rewarded with great sound. Enjoy.