I have a few files that are sound clips, previews, funny clips from the internet, public domain music (for videos I post to YouTube etc), ripped from vinyl that have issues. Missing titles, album names, album artists, genres etc. Review the sections in your media tree under Available Tracks (also Music): When doing multiple files, you can change things like genre, but not title. To edit a song or multiple songs, select them in the media tree, right click, -> Properties. I turned on Automatically organize file (during scans and edits) for the reorg. I learned the hard way to click on “Delete emptied folders”. This is one of the most important sections I will discuss later. I turn on File Monitor for a folder “To Be Organized” when I add new files to the library. You should probably review the settings you have for you library under: ->Tools – Options – Library This does let you find some things that otherwise, you might have forgotten about. You can fix issues you find, or you can just ignore them. – MediaMonkey Add-on – 3) Fix problems with your library that I would probably have to reinstall if I moved to a new computer. Modifying the MediaMonkey db and ini files I also exported all my playlists with a script (Tools – Scripts – Export all Playlists) Related topics I also backup my Milkdrop2 visualizations: C:\Program Files (x86)\MediaMonkey\Plugins\Milkdrop2. Updated by Russell Samuels on Nov 30, 2014Ĭ:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\MediaMonkey\*" "I:\MMDB\*.*" /s /r /y /q /d How to Backup and Recover a MediaMonkey Library 2) Backup your music (and other media) and MM files Save copies of these reports to compare totals etc after your reorg. >File – Create Reports – click on the file list format of your choice. >Click on Entire Library in the Media Tree ![]() Generated by MediaMonkey ON Sunday, Novemat 9:04:42 AMĪdd up the space you see in File Explorer Properties for your Libraryġ55.7 = Library File Size from above. ![]() MediaMonkey Music Library Statistics (Edited) Totals Let us get started! 1) ->File – Create Reports – Click on Statistics Then I set up automatic rules to keep the rest of the library organized by the original genre in the metadata. The Short Story (TSS) is, I fixed the crap I added to have 2 of my own “genres”. This post is rather long, mostly because it shows lots of examples and details. I hope this guide gives you an idea of some of almost unlimited things you can do with MM. I am know going to set up automatic rules that keep my library organized the way I want it. I used this setup for over 10 years, and never really had to think or worry about it. Everything else was added to “Recordings Purchased After 2009 Music”. The actual genre classification in the metadata was much more diverse than my personal “genre”. Everything I ripped from CD originally was in folders by my own “genre” classification. My original library was segregated into 2 major sections. Then I started adding non standard (missing meta data, etc) files to the library. I never really had to do much with MM, it just worked. It was either when I was adding some public domain music or when I was creating previews. First thing, buy a USB drive large twice as large as your collected works.īTW, my library was in pretty good shape, until I whacked it. This guide pulls together the steps I think are prudent when undertaking this task. Media Monkey has many capabilities and features that make this extremely easy. ![]() I wrote this guide as I was researching how to reorganize my music library. “A guide to reorganizing a large MediaMonkey Library”
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