change itunes default view

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change itunes default view

This question was raised a few years ago but I haven't seen a satisfactory reply.

During a recent re-installation of Windows 7 I lost my itunes library and am now painstakingly reassembling everything manually from my ipad. Every time I fill another playlist with songs I see them in playlist view i.e. superfluous icons and a wide spaced listing so for each playlist I have to change to list view. Is there a way to set the whole lot to list view or is this another case of doing it Apple's way or no way?

Cheers.

iPad Air Wi-Fi, iOS 9.1

Posted on Oct 17, 2016 11:27 PM

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Answer 1

turingtest2

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Oct 18, 2016 3:09 PM in response to arnoldfromnorth epping

arnoldfromnorth epping wrote:

Is there a way to set the whole lot to list view?

No.

I might be able to save you some effort importing your playlists. See my script ImportDevicePlaylists. If there is media on the device that isn't in the library see Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.

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Oct 18, 2016 3:32 PM in response to turingtest2

Thanks for your reply.

All my music comes free from non-Apple sources so a normal reverse sync will not work. I copied your script in a fresh Visual Basic project and it showed several errors which I don't know how to fix. The problems are probably due to the fact that my VB version (VB5) is ancient. Since I am now more than halfway through re-creating my playlist I will just plod on under Apple's iron rules. My music is on a Windows "My Documents" folder and was not lost. I just have to organise the itunes folders.

Cheers,

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turingtest2

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Oct 18, 2016 6:12 PM in response to arnoldfromnorth epping

The scripts doesn't require Visual Studio. It should run directly in the Windows Scripting Host which should be called automatically if you double click on the saved .vbs file in Explorer. The script runs two main passes, the first will look for tracks in the library that have the same unique track ID as each track in each playlist that is being imported. If IDs cannot be matched a second pass is made where an alternate key is generated for each item in the library based on a combination of tag properties. Assuming the tags haven't been edited since the tracks were added to the device the script should find a match in the library.

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Oct 18, 2016 6:28 PM in response to turingtest2

I have read all the instructions and at this stage it looks a bit too complicated for my simple mind. I will keep a reference in my diary but will continue with the slog that I know. It will take me another couple of days to finish it but since I am retired I have plenty of time.

Thanks for your help.

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turingtest2

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Oct 19, 2016 2:24 AM in response to arnoldfromnorth epping

You're welcome. 🙂

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