Q: iTunes doesn't find my music anymore
A previous version of iTunes apparently added the string file://localhost/ to the path and now iTunes doesn't find the music anymore. How can I correct the path for all of my songs without having to edit every single one of them? I already copied back the whole iTunes Media folder from the NAS to a local drive (because I suspect this to be the underlying problem for iTunes) but this did not change anything to the path information. All the music is stored on a local drive now but iTunes marks every song with an exclamation mark.
Windows 7
Posted on Sep 12, 2016 3:07 AM
Open the script in Notepad++ and locate the function ExtFromKind which starts like this:
' Determine file extension - .mp3 .mp4 .m4a .m4b .m4p .m4v .mov .mpg .mpeg .wav .aif .mid .ipa .ipg .ite .itlp .m4r .epub .pdf
' Modified 2016-05-25
Function ExtFromKind(K)
Dim E
Select Case K
Case "AAC audio file","Apple Lossless audio file","Purchased AAC audio file","Matched AAC Audio file"
E=".m4a.m4b"
Case "AIFF audio file"
E=".aif"
You need to add the German description to each line as appropriate. E.g.
Case "AAC audio file","Apple Lossless audio file","Purchased AAC audio file","Matched AAC Audio file"
becomes
Case "AAC audio file","Apple Lossless audio file","Purchased AAC audio file","Matched AAC Audio file","AAC-Audiodatei"
Save the script and it will be able to find similar files. Depending on the composition of your library you may only need to add two or three definitions.
tt2
Posted on Sep 13, 2016 3:32 AM