Imported media points to wrong dir

[daniel...@gmail.com]

I have found a bug in importing media: I have many media, so I group them into different subfolders (within default.db_media folder). But when I create a card with a media, and I use a dialog window to find the media, it creates a link, for example: <img src="image.gif"> instead of <img src="subfolder/image.gif">. And also makes a copy of the image.gif in the default.db_media folder. Of course the link works (because of the copy), but it makes mess in my media folder, and makes it twice as big.
I'm sure, I didn't have this problem before, so is it a bug of the new version of Mnemosyne, or am I doing something wrong?
Dano

[Peter Bienstman]

Hi,

Make sure that if you use the dialog box to insert media, that you
actually point to media which is already present in the correct subdir
inside default.db_media.

Only if you point to a media file outside of default.db_media, it will
copy the media file there.

I just rechecked it and it still works.

Cheers,

Peter

[daniel...@gmail.com]

Hi,

the media is in the correct subdirectory in default.db_media. I also rechecked it, and it still doesn't work.

Yesterday I had this problem on the USB mnemosyne, but today I checked it also on my 'home' computer and normal mnemosyne.

Also I have my Mnemosyne folder with data in the Program Files/Mnemosyne directory, because after installation of the last version of Mnemosyne, it didn't create any data Mnemosyne folder in AppData, MyDocuments, or anywhere else. Could this cause this problem?

Dano

[Peter Bienstman]

I think you and Mnemosyne might have different ideas about what is the
data directory in use :-)

On an install which is not on a USB key, I would not put a data
directory inside Program Files/Mnemosyne. For 2.x, the data directory is
in a directory like C:\users\daniel\appdata\roaming\Mnemosyne (hidden
directory), but its exact form can vary depending on your system.

Peter

[daniel...@gmail.com]

No, I used the same data directory as Mnemosyne (since it made its copies of the media files into this same directory). But I copied the data folder into appdata dir, and it solved the problem. But when I run Mnemosyne from USB, the problem persists.
Dano

[Peter Bienstman]

OK, it will be a USB key specific bug then. I'll look into this.

Cheers,

Peter

[Peter Bienstman]

Sorry, I cannot reproduce this with an usb key under windows XP.

Are you sure you are following these instructions?

http://mnemosyne-proj.org/help/running-from-usb-drive.php

Also, if you have Mnemosyne installed both on the pc and on the usb key, make sure not to confuse the two installations.

Cheers,

Peter