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andrewberg:
I just discovered that 'Last Played' dates have gone from a large number of video files, most of which I played for sure, some even recently... Very bad news, for I actually use the [Last Played] field to sort videos (movies by playback date) decending in my playlists...

Has any one seen similar issues with date fields, and perhaps found a cause and solution? As a workaround to fill the erased fields, I tried to simply copy the [Date Created] fields over to [Last Played], but the field is not editable...

Another idea, was the issue language related? I am using the German version, and have changed the translation for 'Last Played' in my language file. However, if this were causing errors, then all files would be affected, which is not the case...

Thanks for all replies in advance! (NB: Sorry for posting on this old version of MC... I stick with it for other reasons... ;-)

marko:
Are the affected files on removable media?
If yes, check your auto import settings... specifically, near the bottom of the "Tasks" list, what is your setting for "Fix broken links"?

andrewberg:

--- Quote from: marko on September 10, 2023, 02:34:42 am ---Are the affected files on removable media? (...) what is your setting for "Fix broken links"?

--- End quote ---

Thanks Marko, and yes they are, but the drives are never removed, and MC is set to keep all ("Fix broken links: No)". Also, this would likely affect most of my ~5000 movies on external drives, not only the current ~800...

By the way, a similar issue was just reported as "Date imported oddities" for MC 25, but the cause wasn't found. If older MC version simply fail to work, signs of ageing?

Back to earnest, is there a way to edit the lost fields manually?

marko:
There is, but it's not pretty. Before we get into that, can you confirm that the library tools item, "Move/Copy Fields" does not allow you to copy to the "Last Played" field?

marko:

--- Quote from: marko on September 10, 2023, 10:07:03 am ---There is, but it's not pretty.

--- End quote ---
In anticipation of a "No" answer, here's what you need to do... The instructions below assume that the last played field for these files is empty, that MC reports "Never Played" for them all.
Part 1
[x] Get a list of all affected files
[x] Select them all
[x] From the top menu, choose File > Export Playlist
[x] Choose a name and save location, set type to MPL (Media Center only). "Range" means either all files listed or selected files only. Tip: maybe try just one file first to see it in action.
[x] Press the OK button to save the mpl file.

Part 2
[x] Open the exported mpl file in a good text editor (by 'good' I mean one with find/replace functionality, like Notepad++)
[x] You want to find all instances of:
--- Code: ---<Field Name="Date Created">
--- End code ---
and replace them with:
--- Code: ---<Field Name="Last Played">
--- End code ---
[x] Save the changes to the mpl file.
[x] Back to MC...
[x] Go to File > Import Playlist, browse to the mpl file you just saved and import it.
[x] [Last Played] for these files should now reflect [Date Created] and you can carry on from there.

NOTE: There are other menus around MC that allow the import/export of playlists, but this will only work if you use the entries on the "File" menu.

Good luck, let us know how it goes :)
-marko

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