Hi and thanks for the reply.
Here's where I'm at:
Put the MB music folder back into the iTunes directory so that the path is as per original when first installing MB. Then reinstalled MB and scanned the iTunes\iTunes Media\Music directory. Now if I import m3u playlists, MB should be able to locate everything (or whatever didn't get shuffled to new organized folders). I'm not clear on what the remapping function does. Does it perform the same function as a manual cut and paste i.e. the files are not physically moved?
Essentially, what I would like to do is get my music folder away from an iTunes directory. (It seems iTunes when launched will reorganize behind the scenes so that any changes to the library are restored to correspond to the iTunes library--for better or worse. And I still need iTunes for iPad sync.) Initiating a "move" in MB seems like more work than necessary. Part of the reason I got into this mess the first time round was by manually cutting, pasting, and renaming folders.
Here is an example of the directory structure that is keeping files associated to playlists from playing after I "put" the Music folder in MB and rescanned:
MB is looking here for the file associated with a particular playlist:
D:\Toonz\iTunes\iTunes Media\Music\Leon Redbone\On The Track\09 Big Time Woman.mp3
But the entire music folder was move to here:
D:\Toonz\MusicBee\Music\Leon Redbone\On The Track\09 Big Time Woman.mp3
I'll re-read whatever I can find on remapping to try and get a better handle on what is taking place.
cheers for any further suggestions,