I usually play my music with a pretty complex algorthm that relies on the Last Played date as well as the Number Plays count. Unfortunately I seem to loose these stats sometimes. I have 2 guesses as to the cause of this:
Guess #1: When I sync my iPod it overwrites the play stats even if that means the playcount decreased and/or the last played date goes back in time. Is this possible?
Guess #2: I believe that loosing them is related to trying to load a database that is already in use at another location, but I'm not sure. Here's the scenario I sometimes run into, is there anything in this that might be causing the problems?
1. I listen to music at work connected over a VPN to my PC at home where the library is stored. The adjusts the Last Played stats as normal.
2. I shut down MC at work and go home.
3. I start up MC at home and perhaps listen to music there too, but also do stuff like updating my podcasts any syncing my iPod.
4. I shut down MC at home and go to work. (*** sometimes I forget to shutdown MC***)
5a. I get to work and start up MC (repeat from #1).
5b. I startup MC and get the message the library is in use when I forgot to shut it down at #4. I then shut down the read-only MC, remote desktop to my machine at home, shut down MC there, and start it up again at work. It is often (always?) when this happens that I loose the previous day's play stats.
Now, what I find particularly odd is that I loose the previous day's stats. Shouldn't they have been committed to the db as I play the music?
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