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Can you search all mounted drives?

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I have a external USB drive attached fullof MP3's and OGGS how can I search that drive?

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David Siegel (djsiegel-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

Why would you like to search that drive? To open individual music files? I recommend you import that music into Rhythmbox and try the Rhythmbox addin.

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dthomasdigital (dthomas-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#2

Well I have all kinds of drives, and all kinds of files. What I would like to do is just type the name of say a group and have GNOME DO list all the files with the name of the group in the file name.

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Best David Siegel (djsiegel-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#3

So you want to type "Beatles" and have all music files with "Beatles" in the file name show up? If you are using a new enough version, you should have a file in ~/.do/FileItemSource.config where you can specify folders to index and to what depth (this is only a temporary solution); however, this isn't what GNOME Do is for. Indexing a lot of song files will saturate your search results with song files. You may want to try Tracker or Beagle for this task.

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dthomasdigital (dthomas-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#4

This is why I love Linux, thanks I will give it a shot....I really wan to help with this as I love it, just let me know what I can do. Not much of a programmer but I can beta test with the best of them.

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dthomasdigital (dthomas-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#5

Thanks David Siegel, that solved my question.

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Carl van Tonder (carlvantonder) said : 		#6

"Indexing a lot of song files will saturate your search results"
I have this problem; do 0.1 indexes my ~/Music folder and clutters results and my .do dir only has the addins folder. Should I switch to a newer version?

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David Siegel (djsiegel-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#7

Carl, always make sure you're using the newest version. Here is some installation and download info: http://do.davebsd.com/?q=content/download