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More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 22 for Windows => Topic started by: bodiebill on October 14, 2016, 02:23:36 am

Title: Many tracks missing in MC22 for Windows which do show up in MC for mac
Post by: bodiebill on October 14, 2016, 02:23:36 am

Using MC22 for Windows, I am considering to change my setup and use MC22 for mac in future (I have a master license).
Having installed the mac version on my iMac and after a library scan I noticed something strange: the mac version sees approx. 3.000 more tracks than the Windows version, and this with the exact same music library folder. When investigating the differences between the two versions, it appeared that these tracks, which are entirely missing in MC22 for Windows, have accented letters (such as é, ü, ç etc.) in their names. Does the Windows have any known issue with these special characters? Or maybe I am doing something wrong in the Windows version?

Title: Re: Many tracks missing in MC22 for Windows which do show up in MC for mac
Post by: bodiebill on October 15, 2016, 03:29:02 am

Solved I think. It probably has to do with the way these special characters are treated when entered from the tag window. The problem is very specific for my unorthodox setup, so I will not bother anyone with it.

Title: Re: Many tracks missing in MC22 for Windows which do show up in MC for mac
Post by: mx4789 on October 15, 2016, 07:39:35 pm

...and file/folder names! I discovered this (not due to anything JRiver did) when I moved my library from Linux to Windows. Suddenly a lot of my stuff was missing.  Most notably all of my R.E.M. albums. Windows will allow periods in folder names *except* as the very last character. Do a google search for forbidden characters in file/folders names for windows and you'll see.  And all of this time I was cursing iTunes for "losing" my music. Hope this helps shed some light.

Title: Re: Many tracks missing in MC22 for Windows which do show up in MC for mac
Post by: bodiebill on October 21, 2016, 08:13:29 am

Thanks, could well be related with my issue as I use JRiver to create tags based on file and folder names...

Title: Re: Many tracks missing in MC22 for Windows which do show up in MC for mac
Post by: Awesome Donkey on October 21, 2016, 01:15:23 pm

I ran into the same problem a couple years ago, but solved it by using this rule in MC's Rename, Move, & Copy Files feature:

Code: [Select]

[Album Artist]\regex([Album], /#^(\.*)(.*?)(\.*)$#/, -1)replace([R1],.,_)[R2]replace([R3],.,_)

Title: Re: Many tracks missing in MC22 for Windows which do show up in MC for mac
Post by: bodiebill on October 24, 2016, 07:01:12 am

not sure how this works  :-\