Loqucious

Q: Is there a way the "i" can be forced on all songs in your list that are broken, then print a list of every song? thx

I posted a similar question about a half hour ago, but I have no idea where it went. Sorry for the redundancy.

 

Hopefully the title says it all. Without clicking on each darn song I would like EVERY song in my library to show the "i" exclamation mark, and then I would like to be able to print a list of all my songs so I can figure out which I need to re-install. I lost connection to a bunch of songs after a Windows 7 update.

 

Thank you,

Posted on Jan 20, 2012 10:41 AM

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Q: Is there a way the "i" can be forced on all songs in your list that are broken, then print a list of every song? thx

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  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Jan 20, 2012 11:32 AM in response to Loqucious
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    Jan 20, 2012 11:32 AM in response to Loqucious

    Your other post is here.

     

    This happens if the file is no longer where iTunes expects to find it. Possible causes are that you or some third party tool has moved, renamed or deleted the file, or that the drive it lives on has had a change of drive letter. It is also possible that iTunes has changed from expecting the files to be in the pre-iTunes 9 layout to post-iTunes 9 layout, or vice versa, and so is looking in slightly the wrong place.

     

    Select a track with an exclamation mark, use Ctrl-I to get info, then cancel when asked to try to locate the track. Look on the summary tab for the location that iTunes thinks the file should be. Now take a look around your hard drive(s). Hopefully you can locate the track in question. If a section of your library has simply been moved, or a drive letter has changed, it should be possible to reverse the actions.

     

    Alternatively, as long as you can find a location holding the missing files, then you should be able to use my FindTracks script to reconnect them to iTunes .

     

    If you just want a list of what is currently broken use this technique...

     

    Lost & Found

     

    Create a playlist called Found, select everything in Music and drag it into the Found playlist. Create a smart playlist called Lost matching All the rules Playlist is Music and Playlist is not Found. Your lost tracks will be in this playlist.

     

    tt2

  • by Loqucious,

    Loqucious Loqucious Jan 20, 2012 11:35 AM in response to turingtest2
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    Jan 20, 2012 11:35 AM in response to turingtest2

    Brilliant, thank you.