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Title: Moving music library to SSD - will MB retain settings?
Post by: GizBee on April 19, 2023, 03:54:58 PM

I've copied all my digital files to a solid state drive, which I want to be my primary home for them. When I have MB scan the new drive, will it retain the sorting I've created for hundreds of names (eg, "Pelt, Jeremy" for "Jeremy Pelt")?

Title: Re: Moving music library to SSD - will MB retain settings?
Post by: karbock on April 19, 2023, 08:20:04 PM

It will, definitely.

https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;area=showposts;u=70876

Title: Re: Moving music library to SSD - will MB retain settings?
Post by: GizBee on April 22, 2023, 09:18:49 PM

I've copied all music files from X: to G: and scanned the G: drive. Now I have 2 entries for every track, one for the G: drive, and one for the X: drive which I've disconnected - clicking on those entries brings up the message "Source file could not be found." How do I get rid of the duplicate entries without deleting my sound files?

Title: Re: Moving music library to SSD - will MB retain settings?
Post by: karbock on April 23, 2023, 07:46:07 AM

Quote from: GizBee on April 22, 2023, 09:18:49 PM

I've copied all music files from X: to G: and scanned the G: drive. Now I have 2 entries for every track, one for the G: drive, and one for the X: drive which I've disconnected - clicking on those entries brings up the message "Source file could not be found." How do I get rid of the duplicate entries without deleting my sound files?

You'll find the solution here:
https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=15241.msg178127#msg178127

It's the easiest way, no matter how many "dead links" you have.
I've already used the feature, your audio files won't be removed, only the deprecated, duplicate entries.

Title: Re: Moving music library to SSD - will MB retain settings?
Post by: GizBee on April 24, 2023, 04:12:14 AM

This worked - thank you very much! But oddly, when I look at the location in the file properties, they all read "N/A," whereas the path used to be shown. Not a big deal, but sometimes I need to know what folder a song is in.

Title: Re: Moving music library to SSD - will MB retain settings?
Post by: karbock on April 24, 2023, 07:46:37 AM

That's odd, indeed. I've tried to reproduce the issue by creating a similar situation (*), but it doesn't show up in my version (MB v3.5.8501 P).

(*)
1. Changing the drive a track resides on.
2. Rescanning the library.
3. Deleting the dead link.

What's the result if you rescan a track?
Select a track -> Right click -> Send To -> File Rescan
(As I use the feature now and then, I've assigned it a hotkey: Preferences -> Hotkeys -> File: Rescan selected files.)

Title: Re: Moving music library to SSD - will MB retain settings?
Post by: GizBee on April 24, 2023, 03:00:58 PM

MB version 3.5.8150

That worked - again, thank you very much! - and oddly, all other files I randomly checked after rescanning one file now show the path in Location.