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More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 18 for Windows => Topic started by: psam on February 24, 2013, 01:13:26 am

Title: How can I rebuild my Library, without hurting my playlists/customised views etc?
Post by: psam on February 24, 2013, 01:13:26 am

Simple question.

My library presents some problems which cannot be solved by simply performing an Auto-Import.

I tried renaming the parent directory of my media , Auto-importing the files, renaming the directory back to its original name and re-importing, but all playlists were blanked out.

Any ideas?

Title: Re: How can I rebuild my Library, without hurting my playlists/customised views etc?
Post by: rhgh on February 24, 2013, 02:33:20 am

mc has a backup library folder.
under options - file location, you can see where he is
now you must try out only where the error is no longer present

I make at least every 2 day a backup
reinhard

Title: Re: How can I rebuild my Library, without hurting my playlists/customised views etc?
Post by: Alex B on February 24, 2013, 02:34:09 am

Static playlists list library files. When a library file is removed from the database it gets removed also from the playlists.

You can export the static playlists and reimport them if the filenames (including the folder paths) inside the playlists are still valid. The library views and smartlists will not be affected by any file removal and import.

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My library presents some problems which cannot be solved by simply performing an Auto-Import.

What problems exactly? Removing the files and reimporting them is quite an extreme solution. You'll lose all statistics.

Title: Re: How can I rebuild my Library, without hurting my playlists/customised views etc?
Post by: psam on February 24, 2013, 03:05:11 am

Quote from: Alex B on February 24, 2013, 02:34:09 am

Static playlists list library files. When a library file is removed from the database it gets removed also from the playlists.

You can export the static playlists and reimport them if the filenames (including the folder paths) inside the playlists are still valid. The library views and smartlists will not be affected by any file removal and import.

What problems exactly? Removing the files and reimporting them is quite an extreme solution. You'll lose all statistics.

I am having problems with the CUE supported single-file albums for a very long time.

At the suggestion of others I tried creating a new database,  then manually imported one folder containing a problematic album. This way it was imported fine , without any problems. Running Auto-Import in the original database, does not re-import these albums properly, so my only way out is to clear the library and rebuild it from scratch.

I can try to export the playlists, but this will be a tedious job....
Thanx