What I want to do is copy all my Media Go files into a JRiver folder. However much I try, I can't.
JRiver MC doesn't copy files into it's own folder. It imports the music you tell it to, from the directory or directories that you tell it to. If your files from Media Go are all under one directory (with lots of directories underneath that), all you have to do is tell JRiver to import that directory and it will do it and should find every music file in that directory structure.
You could make a copy of those files if you wanted to and put them into another directory and then tell JRiver to import from there. There's probably not a good reason to do so though, unless you are going to be altering the files with other programs while JRiver is using them.
I have however managed to get some music over, but it's a mess. Not all are there. Some are mp3 rips from somewhere else.
It sounds like maybe JRiver ran it's one-time automated "find all music" feature before you could stop it. I would suggest clearing your library entirely. Don't worry, this won't delete any files. It will delete any playlists you've made, but every file will be preserved on disk. File > Library > Clear Library .
Once that's done, you can start importing the directory, or directories where you have music. Tools > Import > Import a single folder.
Secondly they are in the wrong order. I makes a mess of listing. Like The Pretenders The Singles is the second in the file organisation. While in Media Go it's under P.
JRiver MC uses the metadata inside the files for organization. So that album, The Pretenders, The Singles, should be under Artists with other artists that start with P, in alphabetical order. Once you find the Artist and double click it, it should show you all of the albums by that artist, alphabetically.
One of the things that makes JRMC so powerful is it's View system. Views are ways of laying out your songs. Views can show you the same files in several different ways. For example, I just described the Artists view. There's also an Albums view, which (by default) sorts all albums, by Album Name only, alphabetically. There are also Panes views. Take a look under Audio on the left and you'll see several built-in Views to play with. For most people one or two of those views do what they want. If not, you can build you own view, the way you want it.
Keep in mind though, that JRMC doesn't care about how the files and folders are laid out on disk. It ONLY cares about the metadata. It's possible to emulate some common disk organization structures, but it's best to just think about the music itself in terms of how you want it organized, and not focus on how you have it sitting on the disk.
If you need more help, I can try to help you in this thread. Or come over to the JRiver forums and post your question there, where there are others that know the software well.
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php
Good luck!
Brian.
