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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: eddiea on October 20, 2003, 05:38:48 pm

Title: Restoring missing files?
Post by: eddiea on October 20, 2003, 05:38:48 pm
I seemed to have screwed up my Library and I can't find a way to fix it...  All of my tracks are missing, and have the red "x" in the icon.  Is there a way to restore them, or change the directory MC9 is looking for the tracks in?  They're all on my PC still, just moved to a new directory.  (BTW, when I tried moving them back to the old directory they still won't work)

Thanks for the help!

Eddie
Title: Re:Restoring missing files?
Post by: KingSparta on October 20, 2003, 05:41:54 pm
Use "Import"

And The Option To Remove Files That Do Not Exist.
Title: Re:Restoring missing files?
Post by: eddiea on October 20, 2003, 05:44:31 pm
Won't that kill all my playlists?  I was hoping to retain my playlists...
Title: Re:Restoring missing files?
Post by: KingSparta on October 20, 2003, 05:49:57 pm
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Won't that kill all my playlists?

yes

using other programs to move and rename the files will always come with there own problems.
Title: Re:Restoring missing files?
Post by: Rands on October 20, 2003, 06:19:30 pm
This almost makes me wish MC had the option to not automatically delete files from playlists if they're removed from the library.  I recently had a drive failure that caused me to lose a significant portion of my MP3s which caused some playlists I had created for future sets and mixes (as a DJ) to be deleted.  Now can I not only not remember what the tracks and orders were, I can't even remember what CDs they originally came from.  

It's really annoying.
Title: Re:Restoring missing files?
Post by: Shady Bimmer on October 20, 2003, 06:31:33 pm
Chek the values for the filename fields in the tag info.  You want that exact filename in that exact path.   I had a 'Rename files from properties' go bad once and the library had the old path for the file but the files themselves were moved.  I updated the Filename(path) field, refreshed the view, and bingo - no red 'X's.

One you've imported files into MC you can't move them outside of it.