by Mizery_Made » Fri May 24, 2013 2:37 pm
I haven't followed this forum too much, so it's possible this has already been brought up.
I recently copied my music to another drive to serve as a backup as I was going to be toying around with another program. Never really got around to playing with that other software, but I figure it's good to keep a second copy of my library. Should've done it a long time ago, but haven't really had the space until recently. So, I pulled up a comparison program I have and ran it on the two sets of my library. I was baffled to find a half doesn't or so files showing as different. Checked the contents and while a couple had differing tags (due to the language code on comments and custom tags going from "en" to "XX"), 8 of them showed identical tags and audio content. That's when I realized the timestamp was different.
I happened to also look at the "Tracks with" node of the Tagging Inconsistencies script right before this, and was surprised to see that the same files listed under the "More PlayCount
Than in MM's internal History." That opens up a whole other can of worms... namely
10160, but I digress. So I figured it had to do with the Wireless sync between MMA and MMW. Played a track on MMA, and then synced. Yep, there goes that file I just played showing a new timestamp.
Should the MMA-MMW sync be altering the timestamp on files who's only update is to a "database only" field like Playcount? I don't recall seeing this behavior with the iDevice syncs in years past (unless I just happened to miss it, due to my shadow copies being a new thing for me). Even then, it doesn't seem logical to me. The files haven't been touched, just the database updated with the played information. Kind of an inconsistency I find, as the MMW player doesn't alter the timestamp each time a track is played. Only when tag contents are changed or the file otherwise modified.
I haven't followed this forum too much, so it's possible this has already been brought up.
I recently copied my music to another drive to serve as a backup as I was going to be toying around with another program. Never really got around to playing with that other software, but I figure it's good to keep a second copy of my library. Should've done it a long time ago, but haven't really had the space until recently. So, I pulled up a comparison program I have and ran it on the two sets of my library. I was baffled to find a half doesn't or so files showing as different. Checked the contents and while a couple had differing tags (due to the language code on comments and custom tags going from "en" to "XX"), 8 of them showed identical tags and audio content. That's when I realized the timestamp was different.
I happened to also look at the "Tracks with" node of the Tagging Inconsistencies script right before this, and was surprised to see that the same files listed under the "More PlayCount
Than in MM's internal History." That opens up a whole other can of worms... namely [url=http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=10160]10160[/url], but I digress. So I figured it had to do with the Wireless sync between MMA and MMW. Played a track on MMA, and then synced. Yep, there goes that file I just played showing a new timestamp.
Should the MMA-MMW sync be altering the timestamp on files who's only update is to a "database only" field like Playcount? I don't recall seeing this behavior with the iDevice syncs in years past (unless I just happened to miss it, due to my shadow copies being a new thing for me). Even then, it doesn't seem logical to me. The files haven't been touched, just the database updated with the played information. Kind of an inconsistency I find, as the MMW player doesn't alter the timestamp each time a track is played. Only when tag contents are changed or the file otherwise modified.