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[HiFiTubes]

Used to be you could select 200K files and do a Find & Replace in Filename (Path) to change folder location. With this option gone, I resorted to the Find & Replace in the Move, Copy Rename Tool.

Now, it's tagging all the files, moving them to a new location, and I can't play any of these files in the mean time.

Why is it done this way?

The old way would mean the database would point to the new location 5 seconds after I renamed the Folder, and the tags would just update.

Seems like the long way...

[MrC]

You can make changes in TAW's Filename field using expressions still.

[HiFiTubes]

True, but why such a fundamental change that increases i/o, most users don't want to really on expressions, while useful, for everything...especially simple database maintenance.

[MrC]

True, but why such a fundamental change that increases i/o, most users don't want to really on expressions, while useful, for everything...especially simple database maintenance.

Do you have Update database only mode set, or are these actual Moves?

If moves, I'm guessing the RMC tool is more complicated to deal with aggregate types, sidecar files, etc.  This layer of complexity probably slows performance a bit.

[HiFiTubes]

I don't think so. I just couldn't find Filename (path) listed anywhere in Find & Replace, so I resorted to the option at the bottom of RMC tool...now everything is being moved and tagged.

[MrC]

Sorry, I was asking if you were actually wanting to Move the physical files, or just Update MC's filename field (because the files are already moved, but you want to update MC's database to point to the new location).

[HiFiTubes]

NP, I just wanted to rename a folder on disk, then update the database to reflect that change. Only 150K tags/moves to go...

[MrC]

I guess I would go about this differently.  If I rename a folder outside MC, I'll use one of three options:

1. I just have MC fix broken links via auto-import and it all works.

2. Set the path using the Update database mode in the RMC tool, using Find/Replace in this tool.

3. Update via Filename inside TAW.

It sounds like you changed a higher-level common folder, and this requires updating all the paths.  So you did option 2 and it is very slow?

[HiFiTubes]

Yes on all counts. I don't care if the Filename (Path) is written to tags; didn't know it would be.

The Find & Replace just doesn't seem intuitive like the old way I am used to; which was the fastest way since it avoided any tagging or moving.

thanks

[MrC]

if the Filename (Path) is written to tags; didn't know it would be.

It is not by default.

[HiFiTubes]

Thanks, oh well I will be more careful with this in the future. I want tags written to files, but not sure why filename path update would cause this.