by TheEmpathicEar » Sun Jun 28, 2020 3:13 pm
Lowlander wrote: ↑Sun Jun 28, 2020 1:38 pm
1) Yes
2) No, like said before, rescan doesn't do this, only when files are first added to the Library.
Instead use Tools > Auto-Organize Files to fix the files.
I think I see where my confusion started. Tools>Options> At the bottom is "Automatically Organize Files (during scans or edits)" checked. And, below that "Delete Empty Folders" is not checked. Click on the Edit Button brings up "Auto Organize Rule". This is where I added a rule:
"D:\iPod\My Music\<Album Artist>\[<Year>] <Album>\<Track #:2> - <Title>"
What I missed is at the top: Collections, Genres and Playlists. If you click on "Collections", you get a chance to select from "Music", "Classical Music" and "Podcasts". I assume when you say, "Manually", this is where I would check off "Music". In any case, "Automatically Organize Files (during scans or edits)", is where I assumed that that a Scan/Rescan was going to Auto-Organize my music collection? I just tested this by doing a "Scan/Rescan file to the library" w/o checking off "Collections">"Music". I checked the results by looking at a few artists/albums using Windows Explorer and it seems to have moved all the music back into the above folder(s) that have only one space.
Unfortunately, after I checked "Delete Empty Folders" and did another "Scan/Rescan file to the library", the empty folders remain? Any idea why this did not work? Maybe this is where "Collections">"Music" needs to be explicitly checked? Maybe there is 3rd party software that can do this?
[quote=Lowlander post_id=469783 time=1593369497 user_id=262]
1) Yes
2) No, like said before, rescan doesn't do this, only when files are first added to the Library.
Instead use Tools > Auto-Organize Files to fix the files.
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I think I see where my confusion started. Tools>Options> At the bottom is "Automatically Organize Files (during scans or edits)" checked. And, below that "Delete Empty Folders" is not checked. Click on the Edit Button brings up "Auto Organize Rule". This is where I added a rule:
"D:\iPod\My Music\<Album Artist>\[<Year>] <Album>\<Track #:2> - <Title>"
What I missed is at the top: Collections, Genres and Playlists. If you click on "Collections", you get a chance to select from "Music", "Classical Music" and "Podcasts". I assume when you say, "Manually", this is where I would check off "Music". In any case, "Automatically Organize Files (during scans or edits)", is where I assumed that that a Scan/Rescan was going to Auto-Organize my music collection? I just tested this by doing a "Scan/Rescan file to the library" w/o checking off "Collections">"Music". I checked the results by looking at a few artists/albums using Windows Explorer and it seems to have moved all the music back into the above folder(s) that have only one space.
Unfortunately, after I checked "Delete Empty Folders" and did another "Scan/Rescan file to the library", the empty folders remain? Any idea why this did not work? Maybe this is where "Collections">"Music" needs to be explicitly checked? Maybe there is 3rd party software that can do this?
