Topic: Deleted playlist still there? (Read 9605 times)

Captor · « **on:** January 22, 2016, 11:26:17 am »

Hi
I had a playlist that I called Laid back that I have deleted already long time ago. Recently I noticed when looking in the tags of some certain songs that I have in the playlist that it still look like that they are in that deleted playlist. The playlist don´t exist anymore so it would be nice if the tag not show that the song is in that playlist. Is there any way to get rid of this "notification" in the tag?
I attach a printscreen in order to try to explain what I mean.

Thanks in advance..

Captor

Matt · « **Reply #1 on:** January 22, 2016, 11:29:14 am »

Boy, I can't explain that at all.

I just tested and it was showing a playlist, I deleted the playlist, and then it was no longer showing the playlist.

I would think actually having the playlist in the tree would be the only way it could appear.

Captor · « **Reply #2 on:** January 22, 2016, 01:11:58 pm »

Maybe you can think about it for a while? There is maybe a way to get rid of that in the tag by doing that in the program files or register?

Captor · « **Reply #3 on:** January 22, 2016, 01:19:11 pm »

Here are my playlists. As you can see the laid back-playlist is not there. Only in the tags.

Matt · « **Reply #4 on:** January 22, 2016, 01:26:54 pm »

I wonder if the issue would exist through a library backup?

Would you be willing to send me a library backup to matt at jriver dot com?

We'll sure hope!

Captor · « **Reply #5 on:** January 22, 2016, 04:17:45 pm »

Sure, no problem. I send it now. Thanks.

Matt · « **Reply #6 on:** January 22, 2016, 04:41:58 pm »

Quote from: Captor on January 22, 2016, 04:17:45 pm

Sure, no problem. I send it now. Thanks.

Well I can sure reproduce it at home. Strange!

Hopefully it happens at work in the debugger.

I'll follow up Monday after I get a chance to dig at it a little.

Captor · « **Reply #7 on:** January 22, 2016, 04:56:29 pm »

Yes, it is :-)
OK, please let me know if somethings show up, thanks. I will try to dig more as well.

Matt · « **Reply #8 on:** January 25, 2016, 07:59:41 am »

Well the mystery has been figured out. We hide the "Downloaded" playlist / playlist group at tree building time. But that group has your "Laid Back" playlist in it.

Going to have to ask John for help because I think this must be his handy work!

Captor · « **Reply #9 on:** January 25, 2016, 08:06:22 am »

Oh! OK, that is anyway good to hear that you have found it, Matt!
Does John need anything from me in order to look into this? Hope you(John) can solve it? Please, Just let me know. I am happy to assist if I can with my minor knowledge.

Best Regards
Captor

Matt · « **Reply #10 on:** January 29, 2016, 08:11:28 am »

Please try the build that went up recently:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=102907.0

It should fix this problem.

It was really a mystery!

Captor · « **Reply #11 on:** January 29, 2016, 10:27:57 am »

Dear Matt
I have installed the build 21.0.42 but it still look like that the song is in this non existence playlist.
When looking in the tag. Please see the att. picture.
The playlist had the name "Laid back".

Matt · « **Reply #12 on:** January 29, 2016, 10:32:11 am »

The "Laid Back" playlist should be there now under the Downloaded playlist group.

Captor · « **Reply #13 on:** January 29, 2016, 11:51:26 am »

Sorry, but it is not. It is empty there.

Matt · « **Reply #14 on:** January 29, 2016, 11:52:36 am »

Quote from: Captor on January 29, 2016, 11:51:26 am

Sorry, but it is not. It is empty there.

So the "Laid Back" playlist shows, but it's empty? And what happens if you erase it?

Captor · « **Reply #15 on:** January 29, 2016, 12:17:08 pm »

No, the playlist don´t show. It is empty there. It only shows in the tag information to the songs that has been there when I had the play list. Before I erased it.
Please see on the attached picture in my last reply. And here comes a new picture showing the empty playlist.

So the playlist is erased long time ago but it still shows in the songs tag information as if the playlist still is there. I would like to get rid of that playlist in the tag information also.
I mean now that the playlist is gone why is it still showing in the tag info from the songs?

CountryBumkin · « **Reply #16 on:** January 29, 2016, 12:25:03 pm »

Maybe a flaky file.
Do you have a playlist file for "Laid Back" at C:\Users\yourUsername\AppData\Roaming\J River\Media Center 21\Library\Playlists\Playlists?

Captor · « **Reply #17 on:** January 29, 2016, 12:33:28 pm »

Not there but in a folder named Downloads. It looks like this:
C:\Users\yourUsername\AppData\Roaming\J River\Media Center 21\Library\Playlists\Downloads

What does that mean? Can I just delete it from there ?

Captor · « **Reply #18 on:** January 29, 2016, 01:05:03 pm »

I have deleted it now. But it still shows in the tag information of the songs that have been in that playlist.

CountryBumkin · « **Reply #19 on:** January 29, 2016, 02:24:43 pm »

Hi Captor.
I don't know what else to tell you. Hopefully one the experts will have an idea.

Is the a way to just manually delete these orphan tags? I suppose if there was you would have done so by now.

What if you create a new playlist with the same name (Laid Back). Maybe that will overwrite what ever file is broken, then you can delete the playlist - and it might take the ghost tags with it.

Matt · « **Reply #20 on:** January 29, 2016, 02:59:12 pm »

I just loaded the test library you sent me.

It had moved the "Laid Back" playlist from "Downloaded" to "Doctor Who" for the playlist group.

But then I erased "Laid Back" from there and it stopped showing for Love & Rockets - So Alive 1.

Captor · « **Reply #21 on:** January 29, 2016, 03:33:27 pm »

OK, I can try that. But where is this Dr. Who thing to find? I cannot see that in my playlists.

CountryBumkin · « **Reply #22 on:** January 29, 2016, 03:43:01 pm »

Quote from: Captor on January 29, 2016, 03:33:27 pm

OK, I can try that. But were is this Dr. Who thing to find? I( can not see that in my playlists.

You have to turn on the Dr Who feature at Tools>General>Features if you want it. Then you'll see it by Playlists.

Captor · « **Reply #23 on:** January 29, 2016, 04:04:41 pm »

Dear Country Bumkin and Matt,
That worked just fine. I activated Dr. who and imported the playlist from Downloads in to Dr who and then deleted it. And now everything looks like to be gone! Yihaaa.. Thank you very much both. Sorry for all my stupid questions...

CountryBumkin · « **Reply #24 on:** January 29, 2016, 05:16:11 pm »

Glad it worked out. You certainly didn't ask any stupid questions. You had a real odd problem.

Captor · « **Reply #25 on:** January 29, 2016, 05:24:00 pm »

Thank you :-)

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