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Any kind of iTunes script that finds all "unable to locate" tracks? - pinkoos - 11-02-2009
Okay,
Now that I have my library consolidation problem figured out, see below thread http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,826122 I've realized that there are at least some files that "can't be located." I don't know if the correct term is "orphaned" or whatever, but it's all the files that have an exclamation mark (!) next to them and come up with a message that iTunes can't locate the file and asks if you would like to locate it.
Anyway, I'm wondering if there is a script or something like that that will scan one's entire library and identify all of these orphaned files? Otherwise, it seems the only way to realize if a track can't be located by iTunes is if one happens to try and play that track and the message (and exclamation mark) pops up.
Thanks in advance.
Re: Any kind of iTunes script that finds all "unable to locate" tracks? - Zoidberg - 11-02-2009
That would be a pretty good script; had to deal with a few of those just a little while ago.
Re: Any kind of iTunes script that finds all "unable to locate" tracks? - pinkoos - 11-02-2009
Here's what I found on Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes site:
http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=listmias
Will have to try it out in a bit and see what it comes up with.
Re: Any kind of iTunes script that finds all "unable to locate" tracks? - pinkoos - 11-02-2009
pinkoos wrote:
Here's what I found on Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes site:
http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=listmias
Will have to try it out in a bit and see what it comes up with.
Wow - it went through about 8700 tracks in about 2 minutes (or less) and found 42 "orphaned" tracks which included the ones I knew for sure were orphaned plus a few more I didn't.
Looks like it worked (unless I happen to come across tracks that it didn't identify but are, in fact, orphaned).
Re: Any kind of iTunes script that finds all "unable to locate" tracks? - $tevie - 11-02-2009
Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes is the first place I look if I am hoping for a fix for an iTunes issue.
Re: Any kind of iTunes script that finds all "unable to locate" tracks? - pinkoos - 11-02-2009
Yeah, I forgot about that site until I was typing up this post and the word "script" jogged my memory. I thought I'd check with you guys anyway to see if anybody had any other ideas.