Hi there! I have at the moment over 2000 tracks that are all in invalid locations! What I had done is in the compilations folder on my hard disc, I is set up new folders such as disco, 70s, 80s and dance and others! And after putting a lot of the music in them thats when they stopped being found by itunes! There was also some albums that I had changed from compilation to artist [ like best of mavin gaye] and that also [and others] became invalid location! I now have a task to put them back! Just one more thing in my hd itunes folder there is previous itunes libraries I did not make them but they are there! Anyway Itunes fun for me as well! Colin I'm far too bad for Heaven! The Devil is afraid I'll take his place!
On 9 Jan 2011, at 11:08, Scott Howell wrote: > Well glad you at least have some idea and direction and I can see how this > mess could occur. Glad you were at least able to recover most of the material. > Scott > > > > > > On Jan 9, 2011, at 2:13 AM, Yuma Decaux wrote: > >> Well here's what was going on. >> >> I was setting up my sound system, macbook pro, vestac vci 300 controller, >> sound card and algoriddim DJ. I was analyzing BPMs for tracks which didn't >> have the tag on, then proceeded to check if any had DRM that would restrict >> me from mixing on dj. So i was testing various configurations on outputs, >> cueing etc, then when i used the drm unlocker for my files, it told me that >> there were 200 such files that weren't found. That's when i checked and saw >> that my purchased files alongside some other consolidated tracks mentioned >> invalid locations. >> >> That's when things got as dark as zombie movies, jaw dropping to the floor >> and brain activity to a halt. >> >> On top of it, i had a rather small ssd on my macbook so my library is all on >> an external portable firewire, and sometimes since i often go mobile, and >> having a macbook air for traveling lightly, i sometimes merge stuff, and >> when i forget to plug the external to the macbook, i then take the tracks >> left on the internal back to the external, sort of a periodic cleaning >> operation. >> >> This might have messed the xml up, and at some point deleted a bunch of >> files from past purchased and ripped tracks. The fact that i had several >> audio applications opened, that i was configuring tracks system sounds and >> itunes with other applications might have exacerbated the issue. >> >> However, i was forward thinking in backing the stuff up, and most of it is >> recovered with the exception of those 3, which in fact are from an ensemble >> of 100 or so tracks which have totally dissapeared from my harddis. So the >> mystery is still prevalent. >> >> I made a disk utility check to see the external's integrity, no problems. >> >> Whatever it is, i believe its time to make a full cleanup of itunes, just >> isolate podcasts and other stuff, move all my tagged tracks to a temporary >> folder, get rid of duplicates, and repopulate itunes for a fresh xml. >> >> At any rate, this is odd and the nightmarish perspective of loosing my music >> library is motivation enough to triple back it all. >> >> My sunday has a perplexing albeit reassured end. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
