Comments on: iTunes Folder Sync http://waves.ky/2005/04/30/itunes-folder-sync/ Caymanian Geek... Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:39:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matt Chan http://waves.ky/2005/04/30/itunes-folder-sync/comment-page-1/#comment-19667 Matt Chan Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:31:42 +0000 http://www.waves.dreamhosters.com/?p=38#comment-19667 Nice Script! @H: You need to open up the JavaScript in Notepad. You can add directories in there. Nice Script!

@H:

You need to open up the JavaScript in Notepad. You can add directories in there.

]]> By: howie http://waves.ky/2005/04/30/itunes-folder-sync/comment-page-1/#comment-22 howie Fri, 30 Sep 2005 12:08:06 +0000 http://www.waves.dreamhosters.com/?p=38#comment-22 For me the script is deleting dead stuff OK, but it does not import newly added songs. In fact, not sure how it knows where to look for the new stuff. I tried setting the iTunes music folder to the root of where I store all the music, but it still didn't get the new stuff. Am I missing something? Would be great if I could get this to work, as I am tired of continually clearing and re-importing the library!!! Thx. H. For me the script is deleting dead stuff OK, but it does not import newly added songs. In fact, not sure how it knows where to look for the new stuff. I tried setting the iTunes music folder to the root of where I store all the music, but it still didn’t get the new stuff.

Am I missing something?

Would be great if I could get this to work, as I am tired of continually clearing and re-importing the library!!!

Thx.

H.

]]> By: Administrator http://waves.ky/2005/04/30/itunes-folder-sync/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Administrator Thu, 02 Jun 2005 17:24:16 +0000 http://www.waves.dreamhosters.com/?p=38#comment-14 The short answer is yes, your metadata is safe. Any new songs that it imports will have an import data/time of when the script was run. iTunes will notice when you attempt to import a duplicate song and skip the import so all exisiting tracks are safe. Information for missing songs is of course deleted. Generally my missing tracks are podcasts I deleted or tracks that I changed the file names for. If you rename or move lots of things with something like MP3 Tag&Rename, for instance, this script can save lots of time. Meta data for renamed songs will be lost though. If you want to keep the metadata in that case you must use iTunes to rename the song. I’m going to add a warning that people with music stored on removable drives. They should either avoid this script or always run the script with the removable drive connected. If the drive was not connected all the music on that drive would be removed from the library. The short answer is yes, your metadata is safe.

Any new songs that it imports will have an import data/time of when the script was run. iTunes will notice when you attempt to import a duplicate song and skip the import so all exisiting tracks are safe. Information for missing songs is of course deleted.

Generally my missing tracks are podcasts I deleted or tracks that I changed the file names for. If you rename or move lots of things with something like MP3 Tag&Rename, for instance, this script can save lots of time. Meta data for renamed songs will be lost though. If you want to keep the metadata in that case you must use iTunes to rename the song.

I’m going to add a warning that people with music stored on removable drives. They should either avoid this script or always run the script with the removable drive connected. If the drive was not connected all the music on that drive would be removed from the library.

]]> By: dedi http://waves.ky/2005/04/30/itunes-folder-sync/comment-page-1/#comment-13 dedi Thu, 02 Jun 2005 17:03:05 +0000 http://www.waves.dreamhosters.com/?p=38#comment-13 does this retain all the metadata like Ratings and Last Played? does this retain all the metadata like Ratings and Last Played?

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