by queuewindow » Tue Dec 09, 2025 6:10 am
Hi, sorry to bump this so much later, but I'm just coming around to doing this and I realised that the process you described wouldn't detect changes in files if their filenames were not changed, e.g. if I updated the tags or replaced the same album with a different mastering. Is that right?
Peke wrote: ↑Tue Nov 18, 2025 5:53 pm
Hi,
Thank you for bump. I thought I replied, but it was left not submitted. Strange here is what I wrote:
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Hi,
Yes, I still think it is the right way. Point of my presentation is that you keep your original/source FLAC files on your external drive, you make converted copies locally on LAPTOP but manually do conversations on FLAC files -> Local MP3s and have them listed separately. Setting sync path to library scan folder will (at least that was the case in my tests) create issues like you describes where MM do not know if tracks are synced tracks or tracks in library. What I propose give you full control of tracks on external Drive (when connected), but you always have your local converted to MP3 copies available like they are actually the source files too.
In previous MM versions there was a feature called "Virtual CD" which allowed tracks from Removable drives and Network URLS to bi cached (available offline) locally (in set format) while still pointing to original path. It unfortunately made many confusions and due the demand was removed from MM. Your question and usage case made me question to introduce some sort of similar feature for local files not just Cloud based files.
Hope I have made it more clear now.
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Hi, sorry to bump this so much later, but I'm just coming around to doing this and I realised that the process you described wouldn't detect changes in files if their filenames were not changed, e.g. if I updated the tags or replaced the same album with a different mastering. Is that right?
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Hi,
Thank you for bump. I thought I replied, but it was left not submitted. Strange here is what I wrote:
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Hi,
Yes, I still think it is the right way. Point of my presentation is that you keep your original/source FLAC files on your external drive, you make converted copies locally on LAPTOP but manually do conversations on FLAC files -> Local MP3s and have them listed separately. Setting sync path to library scan folder will (at least that was the case in my tests) create issues like you describes where MM do not know if tracks are synced tracks or tracks in library. What I propose give you full control of tracks on external Drive (when connected), but you always have your local converted to MP3 copies available like they are actually the source files too.
In previous MM versions there was a feature called "Virtual CD" which allowed tracks from Removable drives and Network URLS to bi cached (available offline) locally (in set format) while still pointing to original path. It unfortunately made many confusions and due the demand was removed from MM. Your question and usage case made me question to introduce some sort of similar feature for local files not just Cloud based files.
Hope I have made it more clear now.
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