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Title: Link to the photo
Post by: ChriUwe on March 22, 2024, 08:21:02 PM
How can I remove the link to the photo from all my images?
I only want to use the embedded images!

(https://i.postimg.cc/LhxHDhgP/Screenshot-2024-03-22-201559.png) (https://postimg.cc/LhxHDhgP)

How can I get links to the photos from the database that are no longer valid?

(https://i.postimg.cc/gXjnq7H9/Screenshot-2024-03-22-203011.png) (https://postimg.cc/gXjnq7H9)
Title: Re: Link to the photo
Post by: Mayibongwe on March 22, 2024, 11:47:58 PM
How can I remove the link to the photo from all my images?
I only want to use the embedded images!
I'm not in front of a computer at the moment to confirm, but between Tags (1) and Tags (2) in the preferences window, there should be artwork options.
If you disable all other retrieval filters except for embedded, and then hit "rescan", it should remove the linked/organized images.
Title: Re: Link to the photo
Post by: ChriUwe on March 23, 2024, 06:50:23 AM
Thank you for your quick reply.
I have already tried exactly that, but unfortunately the links still remain!

I'm using the latest patch version 3.6.
Title: Re: Link to the photo
Post by: sveakul on March 23, 2024, 07:21:52 AM
By "rescan", do you mean file rescan or the "Rescan Artwork" button at the bottom of the Artwork Retrieval Filter?  The latter is required, and be sure "Embedded" is at top of the list and checked.

(https://i.imgur.com/ZWBdfK9.png)
Title: Re: Link to the photo
Post by: ChriUwe on March 23, 2024, 09:01:39 AM
I did it exactly the same way, but unfortunately it doesn't work!
Current version 3.6.8843

(https://i.postimg.cc/rDrxMqDy/Unbenannt.png) (https://postimg.cc/rDrxMqDy)
Title: Re: Link to the photo
Post by: ChriUwe on March 23, 2024, 06:52:14 PM
Looks like a bug to me!
Title: Re: Link to the photo
Post by: Steven on March 23, 2024, 10:11:39 PM
if the image is a manually linked image ie. doesnt follow any of the artwork linkage rules then MB wont remove the image on rescan artwork
Title: Re: Link to the photo
Post by: ChriUwe on March 23, 2024, 11:18:33 PM
The images were automatically linked according to a rule. But then I had to change my source path, so that there are now orphaned links that I would like to have removed or updated!
Title: Re: Link to the photo
Post by: Steven on March 24, 2024, 09:35:33 AM
as they wont match the current path they will be treated as manually linked and not removed
Title: Re: Link to the photo
Post by: ChriUwe on March 24, 2024, 09:38:46 AM
How can I remove them all manually?
Title: Re: Link to the photo
Post by: tjinc on March 24, 2024, 10:51:29 AM
If none of the other suggestions here work, you should be able to remove the dead links using Tools > Artwork > Album Artwork Manager but it will be one album at a time.
Right click on the 'dead' artwork and select 'Remove'.
Title: Re: Link to the photo
Post by: Steven on March 24, 2024, 11:36:08 AM
i made a small tweak to the latest patch version that might help with "Rescan Artwork"
Title: Re: Link to the photo
Post by: ChriUwe on March 24, 2024, 01:12:33 PM
If none of the other suggestions here work, you should be able to remove the dead links using Tools > Artwork > Album Artwork Manager but it will be one album at a time.
Right click on the 'dead' artwork and select 'Remove'.

Thank you for this suggestion.
I have already tried this procedure. It would work, but unfortunately it would be very tedious as I would have to change more than 1200 albums!
Title: Re: Link to the photo
Post by: ChriUwe on March 24, 2024, 01:14:56 PM
i made a small tweak to the latest patch version that might help with "Rescan Artwork"

I have tried the latest patch version 3.6.8849.
Unfortunately still no success  ;D
Title: Re: Link to the photo
Post by: ChriUwe on March 25, 2024, 07:27:29 AM
I have now tried the following workaround:

Edit -> Edit Preferences -> Tags (1) -> Edit List ...

(https://i.postimg.cc/kRyXPPBD/Screenshot-2024-03-25-071850.png) (https://postimg.cc/kRyXPPBD)

I selected all files
Context Menu -> Edit -> Artwork

(https://i.postimg.cc/F72nXkXd/Screenshot-2024-03-25-071231.png) (https://postimg.cc/F72nXkXd)

Tools -> Advanced -> Rescan All Files

After that I only have the embedded images and the orphaned links are removed!
It works, but in my opinion it is not a really elegant solution!
Title: Re: Link to the photo
Post by: sveakul on March 25, 2024, 08:14:34 AM
Man that is brilliant, don't know how you came up with that last step!  Thanks for letting us know what worked.  Just for clarification, in step #1 all you did was make sure "embedded" was the only choice checked and at the top, then clicked "Save"--you didn't also click "Rescan Artwork"?
Title: Re: Link to the photo
Post by: ChriUwe on March 25, 2024, 12:58:28 PM
Man that is brilliant, don't know how you came up with that last step!  Thanks for letting us know what worked.  Just for clarification, in step #1 all you did was make sure "embedded" was the only choice checked and at the top, then clicked "Save"--you didn't also click "Rescan Artwork"?
Exactly "Rescan Artwork" I have not executed!