Set up the filestore

The “filestore” is the directory where all your encoded musical data (e.g. wav files, cover art, etc.) will be saved and stored.

You can set up the filestore on an external hard drive, if your local storage is not sufficient or if you would like to access the same filestore from several computers. See also 6.20 - How to install MES on another computer. If you set up the file store on an external hard drive, please make sure that the hard drive is connected before you start MES. Also, during working with MES the hard drive has to be connected, otherwise created or edited products are not recognized by the software.

Change filestore location
You can change the filestore location anytime in the menu by choosing “Extras” > “Settings”.

Note:
We recommend to periodically create a backup of your filestore to an external hard drive or DVD. Even though you can import your products in the menu under “Data” > “Download from server”, but this is only possible for already uploaded products. Products that were created but not uploaded to our server have to be created again in case the filestore is lost.

Copy the filestore to another computer

Standard path of the file store is C:\RebeatV1.0\filestore. Copy the folder “filestore” including all subfolders and data to another computer. If you chose another location, retrieve the path in the menu under “Extras” > “Settings” > “Paths”. Do not forget to set the correct path on the new computer as well.