The main change is that now a backup zip file is created in the iTunesDSM folder inside your user directory folder when new tracks are added to iTunes. This is useful for when iTunes fails to copy music back to the music folder. If all is well with your iTunes music then you should be able to delete the zip folder, but it's there just in case.
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ReplyDeleteWhat do this program actually do when treating orphan files? I want orphan files removed from the iTunes database, not from the system!
ReplyDeleteOrphaned tracks are those that iTunes does not have a file reference to. For example, a podcast episode is downloaded and for some reason the podcast file is deleted (not necessarily by iTunesDSM or iTunes) but iTunes still has that podcast in the library. When iTunes puts an exclamation mark on the library track, you have an orphaned track. Also sometimes iTunes does not yet realize the file is missing, so maybe orphanes are not yet realized by iTunes.
ReplyDeleteNevertheless, removing an orphaned track from iTunes never removes an actual file from the computer.
If you think that iTunesDSM may have removed files, check/search your user folder for the iTunesDSM folder. In the iTunesDSM folder you will find zip files that contain files handled by iTunesDSM. Unzip those files and you have your tracks back.
Let me know if you have any other issues.
Brian
I'm using your program, thanks!
ReplyDeleteProblems/Issues I encountered;
1. When I click "Find duplicates", it shows the alert whether it finds duplicates or not then the "duplicate search progress" progress is stuck in "Scanning unknown album".
2. It only finds few duplicates on my collection, but when I click find duplicate in itunes, there are still plenty.
Could you add option to scan duplicate by Title + Artist or Title + Artist + Album or the one you are currently using.
I'm using Windows 7, java 1.6.20
Anybody else experienced problems in installing? I alread have Java 64 bit installed and yet the installed of iTunes Duplicate Song Manager falls over with a Java installer problem. Can you install w/o it trying to reinstall Java?
ReplyDeleteYou could just run it with the .jar file. If you go to SourceForge and view all files instead of downloading the windows version, you find another zip folder that has just the jar executable. You could try running iTunesDSM that way.
ReplyDeleteI have downloaded zip file itinesdsm v.0.9.7.zip; ran itunesdsm.jar and it says itunesdsm was unable to fin the itunes xml database file .... please locate this file and then it closes down. Help please?!
ReplyDeleteAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!! Your stupid worthless program made me delete half of my iTunes songs!!! Now I have to locate them individually!!! There's over 150 songs!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am not happy AT ALL!!! UNINSTALLING IMMEDIATELY!!!!
ReplyDeleteThere is a ZIP backup of the files deleted made to your My Documents folder. The folder is named with a timestamp so it might look odd but every file removed is stored there.
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