quick iTunes question

[ArmchairAthlete]

iTunes shows a little "!" icon next to songs when it can no longer find the associated audio file. I've got a bunch of these after I somehow added an mp3 cd to my library, and later ejected it. Is there a quick way to remove all library entries marked as missing the file?

Also, a large part of my library is in an unsorted folder on my HDD. Any easy way to move my files without iTunes losing all of them and their ratings?

I see that you can export your library to an xml file then reimport. So... both of the above could be done by writing code, but I shouldn't have to do that.

 

[HN]

for removing dead files, try idletunes

* Find and insert album artwork into tracks
* Copy iTunes playlists to any MP3 player
* Export iTunes playlists as M3U, PLS, or B4S
* Remove "dead" tracks from your library
* Create playlists for all of the albums in your library
* Create playlists for all of the artists in your library
* Delete user playlists

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

Cool, thanks.

What's up with adding album arts to songs and having that increase the filesize of all the songs? Seems like a waste of space since you should only need to have the art in one place...

 

[NeoV]

how about deleting duplicate files?

I know Itunes can list the duplicates for you, but it doesn't show the source location, and you can only delete the file from your library listing, not the actual file itself - any way to do that?

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

Originally posted by: NeoV
how about deleting duplicate files?

I know Itunes can list the duplicates for you, but it doesn't show the source location, and you can only delete the file from your library listing, not the actual file itself - any way to do that?

It's easy to show where the file is.

Just right click the song -> Show Song File. It will open a windows explorer showing the contents of the correct folder with the exact file highlighted.