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How can I see all tracks that have missing files on disk?
flight16:
How can I find all tracks in MC that are missing from disk (eg. accidentally moved, renamed, or deleted outside of MC)? I realize there is a feature to delete tracks when their files on disk are deleted, but that's not exactly what I want. I want a list in MC of tracks with missing files that I should investigate.
blgentry:
I've sort of wondered about this in the past myself. JRiver shows a red minus sign (-) next to files that are missing, but you can't sort on it as far as I can tell. For this to work, you have to set the option to NOT remove missing files from the database:
Tools > Options > Library & Folders > Configure auto import > Tasks > Fix Broken Links: No
Then go to a view that you like with columns. The Files view is a good one since you're probably interested in the file name. Right click on a column header and select "Add Expression Column". In the dialog box, name it something obvious, then in the expression area, type (or paste) this function:
isMissing()
This will show a 1 for missing files and a 0 for files that are on disk. Click on this column to sort and voila' all of your missing files are right there.
Good luck on your project.
Brian.
blgentry:
I see from the Too Easy thread that you'd rather have a smartlist for this. That makes a lot of sense actually! I sometimes don't think of the most convenient way when I'm focusing on the mechanics of the problem itself. You can create a smartlist for this in about 60 seconds. It's really easy.
Make a new SmartList. Click Import/Export at the lower left corner. Paste in this:
--- Code: ---[Media Type]=[Audio] [=ismissing()]=1
--- End code ---
Click OK several times until the list is displayed.
That should do it! :)
Brian.
fitbrit:
--- Quote from: blgentry on August 25, 2015, 08:43:11 am ---I see from the Too Easy thread that you'd rather have a smartlist for this. That makes a lot of sense actually! I sometimes don't think of the most convenient way when I'm focusing on the mechanics of the problem itself. You can create a smartlist for this in about 60 seconds. It's really easy.
Make a new SmartList. Click Import/Export at the lower left corner. Paste in this:
--- Code: ---[Media Type]=[Audio] [=ismissing()]=1
--- End code ---
Click OK several times until the list is displayed.
That should do it! :)
Brian.
--- End quote ---
Thanks! This will be useful.
flight16:
Thanks for the instructions. For the "It's too easy" thread the motivation was that it would come out-of-the-box for new users so they wouldn't have to go searching for an ismissing() function they might not even know to look for. Still, I will be happily using the smart playlist since it will fit the need.
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