Installing a shared media library
- Create a folder on your device where you want to place the library. C:\Mind Express Media LibraryFor easier maintenance, choose the same name and location for this folder on each device.
- Create a Google account. See https://accounts.google.com.
- Install Google Drive on all machines where you want to use the shared library. See https://www.google.com/intl/nl_be/drive/download/.
- Enter your Google Account in order to enable Google Drive.
- Choose the Sync Options tab in the Preferences - Google Drive dialog.
- Choose Sync only these folders.
- Select the created folder C:\Mind Express Media Library.
- Click Apply.
- Using the file explorer, copy the entire folder containing media files from its current location (by default, this is C:\Users\Public\Documents\Mind Express\Medialib) or from a network location to the created Google Drive folder C:\Mind Express Media Library. As soon as you place the files in the Google Drive folder, they are automatically synced to the cloud.
- Using the file explorer, open the file C:\Users\Public\Documents\Mind Express\Settings\globalsettings.xml.
- Change the file paths for DocumentFolder, ImageFolder, SoundFolder, TemplateFolder and VideoFolder to the correct Google Drive folder. Change
in<Setting key="DocumentFolder" value="C:\Users\Public\Documents\Mind Express\MediaLib\Documents\"/>
<Setting key="DocumentFolder" value="C:\ Mind Express Media Library\Documents\"/>
- Save the file. From now on, everything is configured correctly. Any change will now be automatically synchronized to the cloud.