Hi Folks,
I am seeking for a way to automatically check if a given track already exists in my library.
When importing new tracks in my quite large library (BTW oldest import is Dec. 2002!), sometimes I find out that those tracks had already been imported few years ago. You know, I'm getting old, memory fades away! Yes, I know I should have been checking MC before ripping that old CD again.
I started with a smartlist to detect duplicates. I works but it's a manual, "post import" process, which is ok to clean an old messy library but not really for what I'm looking for.
So I tried expressions and came up with something pretty close to what I need. I used the ismissing() function to check for the existence of a file in my system. With a well organized naming strategy, it's quite easy to dynamically look for an already existing track with a given filename.
But this does not work if my main library disk (on a NAS) is offline -> Obviously ismissing() will do its job and report for an unexisting track when it is simply offline.
What I want is something that would do the same as ismissing() but only in the database not on the filesystem.
Something like a isinLib() or locate() function.
Is anybody aware of any way I can do that?
Thanks for any clue,
cheers,
Chris
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