[kwitel]

I recently had to re-add all my music folders to iTunes b/c one day it decided on its own to erase all my music.

When added the folders it made duplicates of each album?
Each albums has 2 track 1's, 2 track 2's, and so on.
How did this happen and is there any way to clear all the copies rather than goign through 70 gb's of music manually?

 

[awu_gigabyte]

Windows: Edit, preferences, advanced, general, uncheck "copy files to library"

Mac: itunes, preferences, advanced, general, uncheck "copy files to library"

Good luck

 

[kwitel]

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Originally Posted by awu_gigabyte Windows: Edit, preferences, advanced, general, uncheck "copy files to library" Mac: itunes, preferences, advanced, general, uncheck "copy files to library" Good luck

Thanx-but that stops iTunes from doubling albums on the back end in "my music"-which I dont mind it doing.
The problem I have is that its on the front end; its doubled all my albums on iTunes itself which its not suppossed to do even if I have "copy files to library" checked.

 

[jiiteepee]

Do you mean
- it made copies of all music files into some library (folder)
or
- it shows every file in your library folder twice?

If the latter choice, (I don't know iTunes but,) could this be related to playlist files?
--> you have playlists (m3u, pls, asx, wpl, xml) in those album folders (or elsewhere) and iTunes reads all files and data from playlists into its database

jiitee

 

[blessingx]

View/Show Duplicates
Delete


Or so I would think. As for why iTunes would dupe, it would only if there were some differences between tag info (how iTunes builds its DB). Did you change anything since last import?

 

[kwitel]

Quote:

Originally Posted by jiiteepee Do you mean - it made copies of all music files into some library (folder) or - it shows every file in your library folder twice? If the latter choice, (I don't know iTunes but,) could this be related to playlist files? --> you have playlists (m3u, pls, asx, wpl, xml) in those album folders (or elsewhere) and iTunes reads all files and data from playlists into its database jiitee

It made duplicates of each album ON iTunes.
The duplicates are in the front end of iTunes where you normally view your music.

BLESSINGX where is this "view/show duplicates" option you mention?

 

[pds6]

I'm not sure what you mean by front end and back end, but:

Hit "Command" (key with Apple) and Comma (,). This opens your "Prefrences". In "Prefrences" click "Advanced".

What is the location of "iTunes Music Folder location" is the "Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library" checked.

Also, you MUST manually delete folder or they could be copied over again when you do a reinstall. Are you deleting the iTunes Music Folder in your Users account. That could cause two sets of Libraries in iTunes.

Are you making back-up copies of your music files on the same compter and or hard drive? If so, not a good idea. A totally separate external hard drive should be used to back-up iTunes. Also, back-up Music Folder in User account.

Hope that helps.

 

[Bob_McBob]

When iTunes duplicated an imported album, it's usually because there was a playlist file in the directory with the music files. I can't think of many situations that would cause iTunes to delete your entire library -- it was probably something you did.

 

[Nasir]

Quote:

Originally Posted by jiiteepee you have playlists (m3u, pls, asx, wpl, xml) in those album folders (or elsewhere) and iTunes reads all files and data from playlists into its database

This is likely the problem. Look through your music folders you imported to see if they have these filetypes in them.