What size should my .itl library file be for 7000 tracks?

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What size should my .itl library file be for 7000 tracks?

This will seen like a very strange question but how large should an .itl library file be? The reason that I ask is that I'm trying to get my iTunes files back in place on a new PC & I find that I have 2 old .itl files & don't know which one to import.

I would have expected that the most recently dated one would be the one to use but Windows tells me that the file size is considerable smaller than the old one.

I expect that there has has to be some sort of direct relationship between the number of tracks in the library & the file size of your library. My larger file is said to be 11,300kb & if I recall correctly I have about 7000 tracks in the library. Does that seem correct?

Is it possible to try to add the the second newer library to the first one should as I expect install the larger one. Would this cause problems like duplicates?

Windows 7

Posted on Feb 10, 2010 10:00 PM

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Katrina S.

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Feb 11, 2010 12:46 AM in response to The Old Fart

+I expect that there has has to be some sort of direct relationship between the number of tracks in the library & the file size of your library.+

There probably is, but I'm not sure how to account for podcasts, audiobooks, movies, and TV shows.
My itl file on v9.02 is 10.7MB and I have around 30K music tracks.
v7 itl files were much bigger. Apple did some major overhaul when they released v8 and shrunk the itl file size.

+I find that I have 2 old .itl files & don't know which one to import.+
There is no way to "import" an ITL file. You can use a shift-start of itunes to look at each itl file and see which one is the most complete.
Press *AND HOLD* the shift key while starting itunes until you see the option to choose a library. Browse to whichever itl file you want ot look at.
iTunes will always use the last itl file it opened, unless you do another shift-start.

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