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sterling

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Recently Imported disappears when I import new mp3 files
« on: July 14, 2007, 12:19:15 pm »

I have imported my library playlists from MC11.1 to MC12. I really wish to manually control how my playlists are created, like in MC11. I have turned off all the auto features, but when I go to Import Folder to bring in new mp3 files, my Recently Imported folder disappears in MC12. How can I prevent this from happening? In the past the new files showed up in Recently Imported, and from there I was able to create my own custom playlists.

I really like many of the enhancements in MC12, and would like to upgrade. I do however have a very large library and must have total control over how playlists are created. I hope there is a solution, or I will have to stay with MC11.1.

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Peter
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Re: Recently Imported disappears when I import new mp3 files
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2007, 12:42:25 pm »

What build are you running? Recently Imported always pops up for me when new media is imported.

It should be showing up in the playlist directory and should replace whatever is in your main view after you click ok in the import results window.Try installing the latest build or re-installing if that is the build you have.
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Re: Recently Imported disappears when I import new mp3 files
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2007, 10:34:14 pm »

Thanks very much for the reply. I took your advise and completely uninstalled MC12 and reinstalled with newest version 12.0279. The same problem though. The "Recently Imported" folder exists when you start the Import Folder process, but then disappears just as the view window displays the info on files being imported. If I close MC12 and then restart the "Recently Imported" folder again is there. Mine has a little clock icon in front of it. Purhaps there is a setting to solve this. Any suggestions are appreciated.

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Re: Recently Imported disappears when I import new mp3 files
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2007, 10:38:51 pm »

Note: Running on WinXP Professional SP2 with all updates current.
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Re: Recently Imported disappears when I import new mp3 files
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2007, 03:17:49 am »

There's a setting found at "Tools > Options > General > Advanced" called "Clear recently imported playlist on exit". Have you (Un)checked that?

It's what I thought of at first, but your post seemed to indicate that a second import job within the same MC session was causing the list of imported files from the first import job, or the entire playlist itself, to go AWOL. That's not my experience here, though to be honest, I don't visit that smartlist too often as I prefer to use my own Date Imported view scheme.

As a workaround, you could try adding your own "Recently Imported" smartlist (or view scheme if you like), it all depends how you want to use it:

MC formats date depending upon the system date setting. Have a look at the date in the date imported field. Mine are written like so: dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm

Bear that in mind, then go to "Tools > Options > Library and Folders > User Fields > Add Field"
Name it Current Date
Select "Calculated Data" and paste this string into the template field: formatdate(now(),dd//MM//yyyy) (ammend the template to match the way MC writes [date imported] for you, keeping the double forward slashes.)
Click OK. Click OK again.

Now, create a new smartlist, call it "Imported Today" and use the the following search rule:
[=isequal([date imported],[current date],8)]=1
(click on the import button and paste) This will show all files imported today.

Other rules you might find useful:

[date imported]=<=1d returns all files imported in the last 24 hours.
[date imported]=<=1w returns all files imported in the past week.
[date imported]=<=0.5y returns all files imported in the past 6 months.

If playlist management is your thing, let me know if this interests you:


How does it work?
A playlist group called "My Own Custom Playlists" with one smartlist inside with a simple rule: [media type]=audio
this ensures all your audio files are included in the view scheme.
Press F4 to enter tagging mode. If you click on the "New... " tag box, you'll be prompted for a name, and once you've done that, a new playlist by that name will be created in that playlist group. Sub-Groups work fine too, with a double click on it's pane entry taking you inside the group.

Select some files from the list below and tick the playlists you'd like them to be a part of, or click on a tick to remove a file from a playlist.
It should take no more than 5 minutes to set up, but a bit more than to post it. If you're interested, I'll knock out a step-by-step, just let me know.

-marko.

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Re: Recently Imported disappears when I import new mp3 files
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2007, 06:57:47 am »

The "Recently Imported" folder exists when you start the Import Folder process, but then disappears just as the view window displays the info on files being imported.
Do you mean the "Recently Imported" playlist?
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Re: Recently Imported disappears when I import new mp3 files
« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2007, 08:45:20 pm »

Yes I do mean the "Recently Imported" playlist.

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Peter
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Re: Recently Imported disappears when I import new mp3 files
« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2007, 05:36:16 pm »

Special thanks to Marko for your help. I did try your suggestions, with some success. I have however decided to abandon MC12 for now with the hope that this isssue is resolved in a future release.

What I really want is to be able to import media in a very similar way to previous MC releases. My playlist structure is really very simple and consists of the following.

Playlists
             All
                  Country 
                              Johnny Cash
                                                 Greatest Hits
                                                 Live at Folsom Prison

Simply using the folder structure to define by Genre, Artist and Album. The library imported from MC11.1 was in excess of 100,000 files.

What was great about the "Recently Imported" folder is that if I had imported say 500 files, I could create my playlist folder and then as I dealt with each album, I could delete the album info from the Imported Recently folder and then go on to the next album. Once the Recently Imported was empty I was finished.

Once again this simple proccess has worked fine in all previous releases. I am hopeful that this can be resolved in the next release.

Kindest regards
Peter

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Re: Recently Imported disappears when I import new mp3 files
« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2007, 01:18:45 am »

Are you saying you dont like the way import works in MC12 or does unchecking clear import list not work ?

what is it abot MC11 that MC12 does not have ?
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Re: Recently Imported disappears when I import new mp3 files
« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2007, 03:05:24 am »

Thanks to all  ;D

I got "Recently Imported" to work. I was on my third reinstall of MC12, and had forgotten to uncheck "Clear Import List".

Everything now works as expected.

Thank you
Peter ;D
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