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Media Center refuses to import some files [Solved]
Matt:
You log contains a lot of these entries:
Ignored (already in database, etc.)
So MC thinks the files you're pulling are already imported.
Here's the first:
0002345: 6170570752: Import: ImportNewFiles: Adding: /Users/pablostafforini/Google Drive/Music/Tango/Orquesta Típica Victor - 1933-1936 [TDJ-0003]/Orquesta Típica Victor - Adiós.flac
0002345: 6170570752: Import: ImportNewFiles: Ignored (already in database, etc.)
Maybe make a smartlist showing all files and sort by filename.
Tango-DJ:
The log you see was the result of running File > Library > Import > Run auto-import Now. The import summary reports:
--- Quote ---Library now has 60215 files. Search and update took 0:07.
Imported 0 new files.
--- End quote ---
I don't understand why a log was created for the particular files you mention: these files were already in my database, so they are no different from the ~60k other files that were also not imported.
I find this behavior very confusing and frustrating. Isn't there a simple way of starting afresh? I thought that manually deleting all the files and then running auto-import would accomplish that, but as reported, I did that earlier today and all these issues persist.
zybex:
Looks like you're using Google Drive. I'm betting all the problematic files are in there.
0002345: 6170570752: Import: ImportNewFiles: Adding: /Users/pablostafforini/Google Drive/Music/Tango/Orquesta Típica Victor - 1933-1936 [TDJ-0003]/Orquesta Típica Victor - Adiós.flac
0002345: 6170570752: Import: ImportNewFiles: Ignored (already in database, etc.)
(...)
0008121: 6178025472: Import: GetNewFiles: Searching: /Users/pablostafforini/Google Drive/Music/Tango/D'Arienzo - Tango bravo/
0008122: 6178025472: Import: GetNewFiles: Finish (4 ms)
The problem is that files in GoogleDrive folder may not be "materialized", that is, only the filename is actually in your PC's disk, and only when you play them will Drive fetch the file to have a local copy. You should be able to change this behavior in Drive options.
Another problem is with tagging - each time MC writes new/updated tags to the file, Drive will be triggered and will re-sync the file to the cloud. While this is happening the file may be innacessible for MC, and further tag writing may fail causing the Import to fail (or not - this would be random).
In short, you should exclude the Google Drive folder from MC import.
Edit: looks like you already got the same advice elsewhere:
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,133267.0.html
Tango-DJ:
As explained in that thread, Google Drive is unrelated to the issues I'm experiencing.
To summarize the problem reported here: there are a few random files in my music collection, scattered across thousands of folders, that MC refuses to import. These files are no different from other files in that collection in terms of size, extension, name length, date of last modification, or other prima facie relevant characteristics. The only way to get MC to import a file in this class is by changing its name or duplicating it, or by manually importing it from the 'Playing now' section. The problem is not resolved by importing an individual folder containing one of these files, nor by auto-importing the entire master folder where my music collection resides.
blgentry:
Sometimes you need to take a step back and start without assumptions. I suggest that you try a test without your google drive folder. I'm sure you do not like this suggestion as you have already taken steps that should have eliminated this as a variable. I've been in IT for about 30 years so this isn't my first time troubleshooting unusual things. My approach to these kinds of problems is to completely eliminate variables. In this case, that means manually copying some of your files to a different folder that has no "cloud" links at all.
With that said, here's more info that might be helpful.
* To "start anew" you need a fresh empty library. You can easily make new libraries. Libraries are MC's database. You can have more than one, but only one can be open at a time. Libraries are a good way of doing testing. In this case it makes lots of sense to make a new fresh library.
File > Library > Library manager > add library
This will ask you for a location. This is the location of the DATABASE. Not the media files. The database that MC will create. Choose something like Documents/J River/mytestlibrary . This should be a fresh new folder and will only hold a few MB of database files.
Once you have the new library then you can do some tests with a subset of your files.
After re-reading this and your other thread I'm wondering if I really understand your problem(s) or not. In the other thread you talk about "freezes". But then you cite another thread (from someone else) who is just talking about a (very) short delay before playback begins. Are you experiencing short (less than 10 second) delays on starting playback? Or are you getting random freezes in the middle of songs?
Either way, starting with a fresh library and some of your files in a new directory, would be very smart in my opinion.
Best of luck.
Brian.
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