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JimH:

--- Quote from: sissim on May 09, 2010, 09:47:07 am ---I really don't want to seem blind, but in looking at all the Library Tools (I went to Tools/Library Tools/) and going into each function, I couldn't identify the one to use that you mentioned: "You can use MC's Library Tools to move your metadata from the library to the files and vice versa." Exactly where is that? Or what is the function called?
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Update tags ....
and
Update library ...

sissim:
I wasn't doing a plain Find and Replace; I was doing the Find and Replace that is part of the "name, move and copy files" window, where it deals with changing names of directories. And I assure you, it DID move or better yet, make disappear all the files in the folder that held them. Now I have confirmed (I can replicate it) that exactly what I have described above makes the files disappear in an extra permanent way. You didn't comment on the asterisks I omitted. I suspect if I had included them in both the find and replace field, it would not have killed everything off. Unfortunately, in the name, move and copy file/find and replace, the example shown and written about, ("Find & Replace: This allows you to change a path by replacing something like  C:\Music\ with D:\Music\) it doesn't mention asterisks. (Personally, I should've remembered to do so.)

I have the latest build on my MC. Also, Update tag or library doesn't "paste" the metadata from the old library description to the misnamed new file sitting in the folder that (now) is the same as it should be. Even renaming the new file exactly like the old, I end up with tracks that are named "tracks"; it won't recognize a similar library entry.

I'm fairly savvy in computers generally, (not in media programs particularly) but I have to admit MC has always been a challenge, especially since I have trouble getting answers to anything I need, in the Wiki source. Given that I will have to reinsert all metadata from scratch now, (which kept me from dropping MC since I began with MC11 or 12), it may be a good time to explore other options. I think the Forum has been great; but I've pretty much exhausted my patience.

I appreciate your efforts at helping me.
Thank you.
S

Alex B:
Assuming you have only the Find & Replace option ticked,

Find What: M:\Music Current\
Replace With: C:\Users\Vista Brat\Documents\B-My Music Library\

- will replace the exact string in the complete filename if it matches. No wild card characters are needed or even possible.

For instance,

M:\Music Current\The Fine Artist\A Good Album\01 - A Song.mp3

will change to

C:\Users\Vista Brat\Documents\B-My Music Library\The Fine Artist\A Good Album\01 - A Song.mp3

Depending on your selected option in the first drop-down box the procedure will:
- move the files and change the database accordingly
- copy the files without changing the database (the source files will remain as they are)
- copy the files and update the database to point to the new location (the source files will remain on the disk, but not in the database)
or
- change only the database without touching the media files on the disk at all.


--- Quote ---C:\Users\Vista Brat\Documents\B-My Music Library\
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Personally I find the system that Vista and Windows 7 use for the files under the user data location difficult to understand and error-prone.

I'd recommend to use a simple location outside the "user folders" for big media archives - C:\Media\ or C:\Music\ or something like that.

sissim:
OK, I've calmed down, I've re-assembled my music collection, though still have to do some cleanup work, and also have decided that dropping MC would be like getting a divorce, so MC stays for my system! I totally agree on your comment about lousy Win file naming. At this point, I don't know what happened any more. I'm going forward, backing up every chance I get, and my current challenge is finding an MC way to convert my Itune purchases from M4a to mp3  from within MC (yes, you'll probably tell me this is another thread.
Thanks for ignoring my rant and for your replies!!!
Cheers,
S

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