I don't know the mechanism by which the work is done, but (if memory serves) iTunes has (or had) a function to "Locate missing files". This would troll through your collection and attempt to locate (usually moved) files.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/394095 Title: doesn't deal correctly with renames outside of rhythmbox Status in The Rhythmbox Music Management Application: Confirmed Status in “rhythmbox” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: rhythmbox I am reporting this here because GNOME's bugzilla is broken - searching for 'directory' returns a blank page. When you rename a directory in the Music library while RhythmBox is open, it thinks that the files are completely new. This causes all the tracks to lose their ratings, metadata, etc. The old tracks are still seen but are now unplayable, and when Rhythmbox restarts it then removes the old tracks as being unavailable. Steps to reproduce: 1) Open rhythmbox with at least one directory of music files in the Library directory. 2) Rename that directory. What should happen: 3) Nothing changes - the tracks remain the same, their metadata is preserved, and the paths to them are corrected in Rhythmbox's library. What does happen: 3) The new directory is detected and the files are scanned, creating new music tracks in the directory. 4) The existing tracks are still present but unplayable. 5) When Rhythmbox is restarted, the existing tracks and their metadata is removed. Package and OS info: This is present in Rhythmbox 0.11.6. I use Fedora 10, but the bug is present in versions of Ubuntu that ship with this version of Rhythmbox - e.g. 8.04 I have logged this bug here because it is not possible to search the GNOME bugzilla for this bug. I am applying for an account with their bugzilla in the hope that I can log this problem there as well. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/rhythmbox/+bug/394095/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
