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Dana48457
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Validate songs

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I have a question about song validation. When you run it does it delete songs that or not in the database or does it add them to the database? Also for songs that are listed in the database but not found does it delete them or what happens? I have never used it before and was wanting to totally understand it before running it. Thank you.
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Validate songs goes through the songs in the database and if files are missing from the disc it prompts to remove songs from the database, locate it in a different folder or do nothing.
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What about songs that it fines that are not in the database does it delete them does it find them in a new folder what happens to those songs?
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Re: Validate songs

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validate only looks at what is in the database, songs not loaded into it will not be affected
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Piotr wrote: Thu Sep 01, 2022 5:41 am Validate songs goes through the songs in the database and if files are missing from the disc it prompts to remove songs from the database, locate it in a different folder or do nothing.
I thought it only tried to find them on another drive with the same location path. Has it been updated to find the new file?
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If it is a drive letter that has changed, you may specify a new drive letter for the device songs are stored on when a missing file is detected.
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Re: Validate songs

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adam wrote: Fri Sep 09, 2022 10:59 am If it is a drive letter that has changed, you may specify a new drive letter for the device songs are stored on when a missing file is detected.
I was just wondering if they added a Locate button like they did on the edit song screen. That would be a nice addition if possible.
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