No "find missing tracks" feature?

[tbessie]

Hi all...

I searched this forum and couldn't find a reference to this feature, so I'm asking here.

You know how Media Monkey for Windows has a "find missing tracks" feature (in case you move or delete files, for example). Well, if I am not syncing MM for Android with MM for Windows, but just using it as a local music player and manager on the phone, a "find missing tracks" feature would be great, because I often move my music around on the phone (using a file manager).

I moved one track to another location on the phone, and MediaMonkey couldn't find it/said it was missing. But I didn't see anything in the settings or elsewhere that let me tell MM for Android I wanted it to go search for the file (or to point to where it lived now).

Is there a way to do this, or is it a future feature?

- Tim

[Lowlander]

I believe it is up to Android to update its media database. After that media Apps like MediaMonkey will see the tracks. I've read people doing this update manually, but I don't know how that's done.

[tbessie]

I believe it is up to Android to update its media database. After that media Apps like MediaMonkey will see the tracks. I've read people doing this update manually, but I don't know how that's done.

Huh - that seems weird. So MediaMonkey depends on Android's database to know where files are, instead of searching itself?

I would think it would be able to search files directly on the filesystem, just like various filemanagers do.

- Tim

[Lowlander]

Don't quote me on it. I understand for quick development of the first version that the existing Android Media system was used. This makes a lot of sense I think as there's no need to reinvent the wheel. However it seems a future version may depart from this as the Android Media system has its flaws and drawbacks.

[tbessie]

Don't quote me on it. I understand for quick development of the first version that the existing Android Media system was used. This makes a lot of sense I think as there's no need to reinvent the wheel. However it seems a future version may depart from this as the Android Media system has its flaws and drawbacks.

I would think so, especially as phones' available memory grows and keeping track of everything takes more time.

Ideally, any file operations would be caught and the media database updated automatically by the Android OS, but that doesn't seem to be happening.

- Tim