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Title: Solved and weird: Since Version 136 Filling Properties doesn't work anymore
Post by: globetrotters1 on October 28, 2010, 10:42:40 am
In version 113 it worked perfectly

Since 136 I try to change 'Album' and 'Year' library fields according to new values in the folder/filename
This doesn't work anymore, the old values remain active  ::)

I tried it both on a client and on the server, both don't do it!

I might have missed something but no idea what...  ?

Thanks

PS: I love the new tag management, much easier to work with than before! Too bad that I have to go back to version 113 for now...
Title: Re: Since Version 136 Filling Properties From Filename doesn't work anymore
Post by: globetrotters1 on October 28, 2010, 12:36:27 pm
well, I tried to go back to version 113 - doesn't work anymore
then to version 95 - doesn't work
then to version 80 - doesn't work

it seems as if the library is open in "read only" mode (although I can enter new values in empty fields)

only difference I see is that my music track count is now a bit over 300'000 tracks... 304'XXX

is there any such limitation built-in?
Title: Re: Since Version 136 Filling Properties From Filename doesn't work anymore
Post by: glynor on October 28, 2010, 12:50:43 pm
No, there is no arbitrary library-size limit (or at least, not anything even close to that low, perhaps if you hit millions of assets or something).  Are you trying to make changes from a client copy of MC?

Are the Library files (the database, not the media files) accidentally set to Read-Only or something?
Title: Re: Since Version 136 Filling Properties From Filename doesn't work anymore
Post by: gappie on October 28, 2010, 12:52:54 pm
works here. less files though, but who knows.  8)
could it be you turned of the small cross besides the values you want to use?

 :)
gab
Title: Re: Since Version 136 Filling Properties From Filename doesn't work anymore
Post by: globetrotters1 on October 28, 2010, 01:23:07 pm
Well, I tried it in both versions on the server... the opposite route "Rename, Move, Copy Files..." works fine... I can change 'Year' and 'Album' manually just fine (so I suppose the library cannot be set to 'read only")... if I try to update the values automatically based on "Fill Properties from Filename..." which I have set as

[Year] - [Album]

then neither the 'Year' field nor the 'Album' field gets updated

pretty weird situation, as this worked always before like a charm and I didn't change anything in the settings (and by the way, after managing 300'000 tags I'm not exactly feeling like a noob in all this)


gappie, which small cross do you refer to? please advise :)
Title: Re: Since Version 136 Filling Properties From Filename doesn't work anymore
Post by: gappie on October 28, 2010, 01:31:16 pm
well.. after the words directories and file name you can set what to use. when both are disabled nothing will happen except that the screen closes.

 :)
gab
Title: Re: Since Version 136 Filling Properties From Filename doesn't work anymore
Post by: globetrotters1 on October 28, 2010, 01:43:43 pm
yes, but these are checkmarks and they are set since years, nothing changed since


another idea... just as a thought... it seems that Matt&Co have worked on authentication and such... I tried to do a "Fill..." on the client first... it didn't work... so I tried the same directly on the server... didn't work either... probably it's an internal flag set somewhere and didn't get cleared

what I saw is that I have set 'Authentication' on the server... on the client it is greyed out, but i can switch it on with a checkmark... just doesn't make much sense there, I suppose... but it can have some influence, who knows

just no idea why it shouldn't work, nothing has changed from my side
 ?


Now I re-install version 136 (because I like the new tag management...) and finish my actual batch of 700 tracks... and when I get to the next new batch of tracks I have to run this anyway again, then I report if I run into troubles again :)
Title: Re: Since Version 136 Filling Properties From Filename doesn't work anymore
Post by: globetrotters1 on November 15, 2010, 05:14:15 pm
well, I forgot to mention that with a new batch it worked just fine again

having a 'recently imported' list filled up with something and doing the update created the problem...

everything works now fine again in 136