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Adding DVD's (the real discs!) into database
Alex B:
This is an old bug. The problem exists also in MC15.
I tried to report it when MC13 was developed:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=50889.msg348217#msg348217
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=50863.msg348219#msg348219
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=51168.msg349481#msg349481
--- Quote from: rick.ca on October 22, 2010, 09:42:02 pm ---In a pm, 4BYE advises DVD records that have been deleted (or no longer exist—as in after restoring from earlier backup), cannot be restored from an MPL playlist. The data will be imported, but as records in the main database, not the "CD" database. Why is this so? Are we doing something wrong? It seems strange entries that represent discs and not HDD files can be added to the main database. Especially when the data seems to include a reference to a disc number...
<Field Name="Filename">(0x8F3EE2A6):\VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.dvd;1</Field>
I suppose it doesn't matter—because views can be defined to include both databases and separate DVD's from HDD files using other rules—but I'm curious. And maybe there are consequences I'm not aware of—like Last played, etc. not being recorded correctly. :-\
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I matters more than you think. The resulting filenames are useless. (The paths will start with "Unnamed Disc\... " without any valid pointer to the drive.)
In addition there is really no way to make the discs from an MPL import to appear in the actual CD database together with the other disc entries.
The problem is not limited to DVD video discs. Audio CDs and data CD/DVD discs have the same problem.
4BYE:
OK, that leaves me with 2 things:
A. I guess I'm OK when making backups all the time? (I now do it every 20 discs)
B. JRiver should take a look at this problem because after the DVD discs I might put in all my CD's too.
Thanks,
Theo
Alex B:
I think B is the correct answer. This shouldn't be difficult for JRiver. MC could either check if the Filename field starts with a (xxxxxxxxxx): string or add a flag that would indicate a CD/DVD to the MPL code.
MPL import would be especially useful with removable optical media. I have now a big library of optical discs that cannot be imported to a new MC library. In order to recreate my CD/DVD library I would need to insert thousands of discs and retag them.
4BYE:
You're right. Same here. If you see how much hours is involved with this, I can't imagine doing it over again. I hope they read this too and make it work. I would upgrade to MC 15 just for this feature.
rick.ca:
--- Quote from: Alex B on October 23, 2010, 11:08:22 am ---I matters more than you think. The resulting filenames are useless. (The paths will start with "Unnamed Disc\... " without any valid pointer to the drive.)
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Thanks, Alex. I did wonder about this, but didn't take the time to investigate further. It seems the disc code is replaced with the disc label, which becomes "Unnamed Disc" if there isn't one. If I cut & paste a file path from the MPL file to File path, the same thing happens. So that much seems by design, but the fact remains they're not being added to the CD database.
My very limited testing suggests that if one of these discs is subsequently played, that will be associated with the record (i.e., Last played is recorded)—but only if there's a disc label. If the match is being made by disc label and not some kind of finger print, it doesn't seem this would be very effective. Many discs are not going to have a label, or will have a generic one like "DVD Video." :-\
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