Re-Find Missing Items in Media Library

[arT2]

hello all, i'm confused... is there really no option to re-find missing items in the media library?
i think this would be not just for me interesting.
drop me a line, i'm wondering.



keep up the good work with winamp and have a nice day!

[DJ Egg]

What do you mean by "re-find missing items"?

Library button > remove missing items
Library button > rescan media folders

Or just: Prefs > Media Library > Media Importing
Checkmark: 'automatically remove missing files'
then rescan.

[arT2]

thanks for your fast answer, but i have to explain a bit more.

for example i have saved a playlist in my library... there are some items missing 'cause i've moved them to another directory. now i want to re-find the missed songs in the playlist.



> remove missing items
> rescan library
...this buttons are great, but they doesn't solve my problem.


thanks for your help

[DJ Egg]

ah, you said 'library', not 'playlist'.

Nah, there's currently no automatic way of doing that.

To remove dead links:
Playlist > rem > remove missing files

To manually correct dead links:
Playlist > right click entry > playlist entry...


The library is database driven (local media views), whereas playlists are just text file equivalents (m3u files).


What you wanted was possible under Winamp3 / wasabi.player, because it was all database driven at the core, but alas, Winamp (2.x/5.x) isn't :/

[arT2]

hum... okay i begin with the search now. thanks for your support.


peace

[billyvnilly]

could a plugin be made to go into the .m3u and change the path?
Perhaps, a plugin could just save the removed items to a .txt?

[arT2]

yes maybe, but i really have no idea how to code a plugin

[jojo 544]

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=179079

[billyvnilly]

yes, ino about "playlist entry" but i would like to see which files are no longer working. It would be much nicer than having to rescan ml. And then recreate the playlist.

[arT2]

Originally posted by billyvnilly
It would be much nicer than having to rescan ml. And then recreate the playlist.

word!