arnold_layne
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What layout are you using for Foobar? There should be a way to see the original path of the audio file.
In the attachment the path is in the right upper panel under Location
View attachment 28357
Another odd thing I noticed before I deleted everything. Not all of the individual songs transferred over to the NAS. About 1/4 had the folder, but no songs. EVen though, last night, it got to the end and said 100%. @: Can't imagine how that could happen...so just as well I start over. I'm doing it in smaller chunks now. Dragging all the folders over that start with "A" and going from there. ugh
Ok. I've said this before but it bears repeating. If you have two versions of the same album you have to tag the album titles differently. For example if you ripped the stereo and multichannel versions of "A Night at the Opera", you need to tag the stereo version as "A Night at the Opera (2.0)" and tag the multichannel version as "A Night at the Opera (5.1)". Else the music player database lumps them all together as "A Night at the Opera" and will list each song twice, in order. One is the stereo, one is the 5.1.
This will also happen with SACD ISO files, though I cant say how to avoid that because I don't play ISO's directly. I convert them to FLAC files and then tag as described above.
This will also happen if you include both your original 1TB drive and the NAS as separate music sources in your media player. The NAS is a duplicate of the drive and they share the same album titles, listing 2 copies of each song.
Also, at least in Kodi, you would need to clean the database to get rid of the dead paths of any files you removed that are still in the database. I'm sure Foobar has a similar option.
Your comments are correct. But in my case, I have all my stuff tagged right. Additionally, the duplicates, were literally duplicates. Down to the exact size. I really can't explain it, but that's how it appeared. AGain, I killed it all and starting over. I guess before I get too far, I should pause things and open up Foobar and make sure it's not repeating what happened before....
Oops - you were responding to my empty folder comments. I even had folders that had only 1 album and still empty. I know I keep coming back with explanations, but it's true. Example, Alman Brothers...I only own 1 of their titles, and it was simply an empty folder
Like I said, when you add the NAS as a music source in Foobar, you need to remove the 1 TB drive as a music source. Then clean the database if that function is available.
I did that too....first thing I did (and my wife watched me) is remove all the sources of music that were in there. Then, I clicked ADD, and located the NAS on the network. Oh well.
I know, but OK. I just remembered last night or yesterday...or whenever it was (and I posted in this thread about it), I was complaining about it taking so long to copy files. Somebody said it sounded like I was copying though the web/browser. I said, yes, I am. So, I killed that process as it was taking forever and then simply went to the drag and drop method from windows and it sped way up.
I assumed that it would simply overwrite files if they had transferred from my other session. Maybe it didn't overwrite them, but add to them. I didn't think that was possible..but is it?
That is true and might be convenient for some. I prefer to keep them together and let JRMC automatically sort between the formats.Ok. I've said this before but it bears repeating. If you have two versions of the same album you have to tag the album titles differently. For example if you ripped the stereo and multichannel versions of "A Night at the Opera", you need to tag the stereo version as "A Night at the Opera (2.0)" and tag the multichannel version as "A Night at the Opera (5.1)". Else the music player database lumps them all together as "A Night at the Opera" and will list each song twice, in order. One is the stereo, one is the 5.1.
That is not a problem with SACD ISOs since the tracks are numbered sequentially, e.g., Tracks 1-7 are stereo and tracks 8-14 are multichannel, and sort that way.This will also happen with SACD ISO files, though I cant say how to avoid that because I don't play ISO's directly. I convert them to FLAC files and then tag as described above.
JRMC, too.This will also happen if you include both your original 1TB drive and the NAS as separate music sources in your media player. The NAS is a duplicate of the drive and they share the same album titles, listing 2 copies of each song.
Also, at least in Kodi, you would need to clean the database to get rid of the dead paths of any files you removed that are still in the database. I'm sure Foobar has a similar option.
This is way I asked GOS to view the path of the duplicate files. If your right click, then choose properties, then click on the properties tab, you will get the path to the file. See if their are different path's for each duplicate. This will help you narrow down why you are getting duplicates.
haha - too late now. Last night I killed all the files and started over. I just now finished. It all looks correct this time. @:
That is not a problem with SACD ISOs since the tracks are numbered sequentially, e.g., Tracks 1-7 are stereo and tracks 8-14 are multichannel, and sort that way.
Im glad to see it worked out. Have you played from the NAS yet? Any issues?
I didn't know that. Is that an SACD standard?
Thanks man - but you missed the part about me wanting it easy. Maybe I should have said....
Since I'm totally a NOOB with all things computer, I need it to be really easy.
Command line....batch file? Way.....over my head there my good man. :yikes
robocopy C:\Music E:\Music /S /mir /l /LOG:"C:\Users\GOS\Documents\Robocopylog.txt"
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