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iTunes Music library vs. music folder(s)
Partly in response to Kimhill's post, here's a way to keep a subset of the iTunes library on your laptop drive:
iTunes Music library vs. music folder(s)
I skimmed the above comments, and now here's my humble (ahem) solution for "getting" music from one iTunes library to another; pseudo-code for general solution follows. If and when someone automates these steps, please provide the script for all to enjoy. Thanks...
iTunes Music library vs. music folder(s)
I wonder if it'll ever be possible to do that kind of iTunes library/content management without manually modifying XML files or use external scripts.
iTunes Music library vs. music folder(s)
I think Apple makes this kind of iTunes library management obscur to preservse the perception that Apple doesn't promote illegal music dissemination. Allowing the movement of copyrighted material freely between arbitrary libraries walks a fine line...
iTunes Music library vs. music folder(s)
This seems a bit much. I have three hard drives for music: one external, two internal. In my /user/<me/iTunes/iTunes Music folder I have two simlinks, one for the external FW drive and one for the secondary internal drive.
iTunes Music library vs. music folder(s)
I don't understand why you're manually sorting music folders after you've imported it. Why not just unset the "Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library" preference before importing your preorganized music folders? Do you leave the "Keep iTunes Music folder organized" pref unset?
iTunes Music library vs. music folder(s)
if iTunes then tries to play a track on an external volume when it's not connected you'll wind up with a dead track. However I do think that iTunes has been fixed so that next time you mount that drive, iTunes will recognize it properly. I'm not sure, however, whether iTunes will skip that "dead track" in a normal playlist shuffle unless you try to play it manually. If it doesn't that could be a limitation of this method.
iTunes Music library vs. music folder(s)
Thanks for the info about dead tracks. I finally got around to ridding my main iTunes library of the few dozen remaining ones. I considered using Doug's "Bring Out Yer Dead" script but that would have modified Date Added info and I wanted to preserve it so I just reassociated the tracks directly from iTunes. I'll be surprised if any go dead again since all the files/folders for that iTunes library are now on permanently mounted internal volumes, with backups on external volumes and iTMS purchases redundantly burned to DVD. A few years of chaotically managed iTunes content are finally behind me.
iTunes Music library vs. music folder(s)
Actually, when "File -> Import..." is used on an XML file (as specified above), iTunes copies the XML and the audio content (AIFF, WAV, ...) into the library from the source specified in the XML. When the source volume is unmounted, it doesn't matter - the content is now IN the target iTunes library. Hence, no dead track when the volume is unmounted. |
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