On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 12:20 -0500, Andrew Conkling wrote: > > 2009/1/30 Chow Loong Jin <hyperair gmail com> > > On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 13:41 -0300, Paul Lange wrote: > > ps. I already tried to do a "library rescan" but it imports > many songs > > again (I think because I updated their metadata before there > was an > > option to write metadata into files.). So I'd like to do it > on an other > > way, if possible. > > I've no idea why that happens, but to solve it, Tools->Rescan > Music > > Library. > > I think Paul tried that, if I understand him right. > > Paul, what may have happened was that Banshee read some of the tracks > as being in "the Library", i.e. your base folder under which all music > resides. It also keeps track of "imported" music outside of that too, > but wouldn't change the location if your library changed.* So I wonder > if Banshee got confused and isn't treating everything as being part of > the Library for some reason. > > Either way, probably your best bet would be to rescan the library, let > it import what it will and then use the Location column (add it by > right-clicking on the column headers in the track list) to find the > tracks that don't have the right path. You could even create a smart > playlist to look just for that path and remove them all that way. Of > course, that'd reset things like the play count or the ratings, but I > can't think of a better solution offhand. Ah, the awesome Andrew was faster than me ;) Another way would be to manually modify the content of the database. I'd only recommend it if you know a bit of SQL and feel confortable with it. -- Bertrand Lorentz <bertrand lorentz gmail com> > http://flickr.com/photos/bl8/ <
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