Read only mode for library files

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Hi,

Is there a way to have Audirvana monitor folders but disable the ability to update any files (metadata etc) ?

I am running on macOS with local music files. I manage tags/library with a different program and don’t want to accidentally overwrite anything (or change file dates, tripping a backup).

Thanks

2

You can create a share on your Mac and run Audirvana with a different account that has read only rights to the share.

3

Surprised there is not an inbuilt option, but thanks for the workaround! It should solve the library issue, I’ll have to be careful when manually loading other local files.

4

While you are managing your files in the other program, do you have Audirvana open?

5

Usually not updating files while playing Audirvana, but certainly could be in some cases.

The situation came up for me as I was listening to a DSF album in Audirvana and selected the ‘Recompute ReplayGain’. This wrote the values to the file tags tripping a backup of that album. I’d rather make sure that Audirvana is in read only mode (perhaps keeping things like replay-gain in it own database), so I don’t inadvertently change file tags.