restructuring hard drive screws playlists up?

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restructuring hard drive screws playlists up?

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I just really got into media monkey and playlists. If I move files onto one drive instead of 2 like they are now, will it totally mess up the handful of playlists I've made? Is there a script or way that will find files and reassociate them to a playlist?
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Just move your files within MediaMonkey so that the links are not lost. Send them to the other drive using the Auto-organize tool at Tools -> Auto organize or move them through the "My Computer" node.
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cool, thanks for the reply
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Re: restructuring hard drive screws playlists up?

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Took a similar risk some weeks ago, but I prefer doing it using explorer for mass moving (decided to have a new structure using record label).
As I have only right now a couple of playlists (also part of my reorganization process), I found it easier to save them as .m3u, and edit them with a text editor (find original path/replace with new path-save). I put them back into MM when I was finished. Of course I was moving folders and not stray files...
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Re: restructuring hard drive screws playlists up?

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Forgot to mention that if you have the Gold version and File monitor running, MM should update the file locations when moved by an external program like windows explorer.
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Re: restructuring hard drive screws playlists up?

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nohitter151 wrote:Forgot to mention that if you have the Gold version and File monitor running, MM should update the file locations when moved by an external program like windows explorer.
Good to know. Does file monitoring a few folders slow down MM much?
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Re: restructuring hard drive screws playlists up?

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debu wrote:
nohitter151 wrote:Forgot to mention that if you have the Gold version and File monitor running, MM should update the file locations when moved by an external program like windows explorer.
Good to know. Does file monitoring a few folders slow down MM much?
Not for me, but I also have a relatively small library. Still, I'm probably monitoring ~500 folders or so without any slowdowns.
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