Adjusting folders
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As explained in the previous chapters, you can assign different files to your sound-library: sound-effects (WAV or MP3 files; q.v. Choosing sound-effects) and so called media files for the background (MP3, WMA, WAV, and MIDI (*.mid)q.v. Editing the file playlist).

You can only select files located within the predefined root folders or their subfolder.

Note: This may seem obscure at first glance, but the reasons for this is the "packing of sound-libraries" (q.v. Pack sound-library) and the general sound-library architecture. Since sound-libraries are supposed to run on computers other than your own and every computer has a distinct folder structure, only relative paths are being saved in the sound-libraries and structures. Hence, the root folder is the reference point for these relative paths and can be chosen freely on each computer.  
 
Attention: It may be tempting to simply choose C:\ as root folder, but I strongly advice against this. Since the setting for the root folder is global, it can not easily be changed after creating large numbers of sound-libraries with absolute paths. This also makes it very difficult to share your sound events with others or back up and restore your work. Please choose your root folders carefully.  

To choose your root folder, click "Folder settings..." from the "Settings" menu.

Media root folder: This folder contains your media files for background music (MP3, WMA, WAV, and MIDI (*.mid)). For convenience, you can use the "Search..." button.

Sound-effect root folder: This folder contains your sound-effects (WAV or MP3 files). For convenience, you can use the "Search..." button.


Example:  
 
Media root folder: C:\fantasy-music  
Sound-effect root folder: C:\Program files\RPGSoundMixer\SFX (default)  
 
With these settings, a sound-library (with integrated sound files) is created and transferred. On another computer that opens the sound-library, the following settings can be found:  
 
Media root folder: C:\program files\RPGSoundMixer\Media (default)  
Sound-effect root folder: C:\program files\SFX-tool\sounds  
 
When the sound-library is opened, the media files will be placed in "C:\program files\RPGSoundMixer\media" and the sound-effects in "C:\program files\SFX-tool\sounds" - the determined locations on this computer.