Adding tracks to library/database

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Buck
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Adding tracks to library/database

Post by Buck »

Hi!
Is there an easier way to add tracks to the library? The only way I am seeing is to add/rescan tracks to library and then hunt down the directory you wish to add. Is there a drag and drop way to to do it? You can drag tracks from Explorer into the playlist, is there a way to add tracks in the playlist to the database/library? Am I missing something obvious and easy or is the add/rescan the only way to do it?
By the way, I have been using MediaMonkey and loving it since MusicMatch changed to Yahoo Music Suckbox :evil: a few years ago. You can thank them for my Lifetime Gold Purchase. :D

Thanks in advance!

Buck
Schlumischubu
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Re: Adding tracks to library/database

Post by Schlumischubu »

check Archive-->Scan at start-up or scan during work so MM adds the files when you add them to the folder
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koro
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Re: Adding tracks to library/database

Post by koro »

To avoid long time waiting during monitor scan on my files, i made a new map like "New".

I put my new tracks into it and when starting MM it scans only this folder.

After the monitorscan i drag the new files into the definitive map, after i set genre, Score ...
Lowlander
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Re: Adding tracks to library/database

Post by Lowlander »

You can right click on the folder in the Location node and select Add/Rescan Tracks to only scan the folder. This might be faster than hunting down the folder in the Add/Rescan Tracks dialog. If the folder isn't yet in the library you can also use the My Computer node to locate the folder.

Using a new folder like suggested above is a good idea for new tracks. From there you can tag the tracks and use Auto-Organize Files to move them to your normal music location.
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Re: Adding tracks to library/database

Post by rovingcowboy »

Lowlander wrote:You can right click on the folder in the Location node and select Add/Rescan Tracks to only scan the folder. This might be faster than hunting down the folder in the Add/Rescan Tracks dialog. If the folder isn't yet in the library you can also use the My Computer node to locate the folder.

Using a new folder like suggested above is a good idea for new tracks. From there you can tag the tracks and use Auto-Organize Files to move them to your normal music location.
i do both of what lowlander has said so i'm seconding his way's :)
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Buck
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Re: Adding tracks to library/database

Post by Buck »

Thanks for the suggestions! I thought a bit more about what I was suggesting originally. I can see a library becoming a hodgepodge of folders very quickly if you allowed a user to add tracks to the library regardless of what folder the tracks are located in. I like the idea of having a "new" music folder. I think I will play around with variants of this idea.

Thanks again!

Buck
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Re: Adding tracks to library/database

Post by Buck »

http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewto ... =7&t=33459

The method this person describes works just as I was hoping for. I haven't upped past 1183 myself so I don't know if I would have his problems or not.

Re-reading your posts, it is essentially what I think you all were trying to tell me except I didnt realize you could just drag the tracks from Windows Explorer to the Library Node. it works great!

Later

Buck
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