Removable Media (currently disabled)

It is often convenient to copy music files to removable media or to burn them onto a CD to offload storage requirements on your system. SnackAmp allows you to catalog removable media, name  it, and later allow you to insert the media and have SnackAmp automatically detect it to find the true location of the songs previously cataloged on the media.  All songs cataloged on the removable media are available in the play list if the Allow Removable Media in play list option is enabled. AutoPlaylist settings for removable media work as with fixed media, with SnackAmp mapping the correct names for your.

Cataloging Removable Media

Before you are play tracks from removable media, you must first enable it in the settings and specifiy folders to use as removable media. To specify folders, select the FileManage Removable Folders menu option to bring up a dialog similar to below. Add the desired folders (one or more).

To use a specific media, e.g. a CD, you must insert it into the drive and perform any OS required activities for the OS to see it. Then select the File - Catalog Removable Media option, which will present you with a prompt similar to below. Enter some name into the entry box and press OK. SnackAmp will then create a unique key name for that CD such that the next time you Mount it, the media will be recognized.

Mounting Removable Media

To mount a media you should insert it into the drive bay and if required use the normal OS method of enabling it (no action is required on Windows). If a song is queued in the play list that resides on a removable media, the removable media folders will be checked to see if the appropriate media is mounted. If it is not, one of two things will happen. 1) If you have the Allow Removable Media Prompts disabled, the song will be skipped. 2) If you have it enabled, you will be prompted to insert the media.

Folders on the removable media also show up in the AutoPlaylist under the Removable Media tree allowing you to enable/disable them like any other folder and save the settings in an Auto Playst file. 

To rename a title for a removable media, find the file under the ~/.snackAmp folder (it will end in an .rmc extension) and rename it like any other file. There are two ways to remove a catalog, 1) You can remove the file from your ~/.snackAmp folder or 2) from the AutoPlaylist view, select the CD icon that corresponds to the removable volume and from the right mouse button men select remove. This will remove the file and the index from the system. The next time SnackAmp reads the media folders the new settings will take affect.