prabbit wrote: > > This has been a complicated thread to follow, but here's a quick recap > of what I have done. > > 1. I had .flac files with musicbrainz IDs (well, not all of them, but > the vast majority). > 2. Using XLD on a Mac I converted .flac to Apple Lossless (.m4a). > > My guess is that in the process of conversion I lost the musicbrainz > ID. > Ok, this will make the TrackStat restore fail, because changing the file name from flac to mp4 will make the restore stop working unless: 1. You have musicbrainz identities or 2. You have the "Find alternative files" option active during the restore operation (which will generally make the restore take a lot longer time)
However, for the track we have just looked at, alternative 2 with the "Find alternative files" option doesn't work because it's not just the file extension that differs but also the extra / in the file name. So the only way to make the restore work would be through musicbrainz id's which exists in the TrackStat backup file (which refers to .flac file). The "Find alternative files" option will try to find a matching track by skipping the file extension and skipping the first part of the path (typically drive letter or directory where the music folder has been mounted). It's main purpose is to make it possible to reconnect ratings if you have changed drive. So if the extra '/' character in this particular file isn't a general problem, it might be worth to run the restore with "Find alternative files" option enabled as it will be able to handle the .flac to .m4a file name change. However, getting musicbrainz identities into all the files would of course be preferred as this makes it possible to run without the "Find alternative files" option and this makes the restore operation run a lot faster. prabbit wrote: > > I really think the '/' issue is a 'red herring' > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_herring_(fallacy)) and you shouldn't > chase it right now. It may be an issue, but I suspect it's a minor one. > > Since most of my music files have lost their musicbrainz ID, let me > spend a day or two getting the musicbrainz IDs back into my files. After > they're back, I'll run the TrackStat restore again and report back. > Ok sounds good, after you have got the musicbrainz id tags back remember that you need to do a standard rescan in SBS/LMS to get them into the "tracks" table before you start the TrackStat restore. Let me know if the problems remain after you have tried this. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94909 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
