by Steegy » Sat Dec 10, 2005 8:42 am
I think the importing can be done by a script, but the major drawback of this is that MM won't recognise the cd when you put it in. It will think it's a new one.
Normally, MM stores the serial number of a cd you add to the library. That way, it can recognise it later and show the tracks on it, that are already in the database.
The only way to add these serial numbers to the MM database is to add all your cd's manually to MM by "rescanning/adding" them. For your 15000 records, that would mean 750 cd's for 20 tracks/cd. That would be a huge work. If you have some patience, you can add 15 cd's per day (in your spare time) and that would take 50 days. Hmm...
If you don't bother MM recognising your cd's when you put them in, you can use a script.
PRE-POSTING EDIT: I partially withdraw my words.
It seems that MM does recognise cd's with serial number set to 0 in MM's database, but it only shows this recognition in the "My Computer" node (the right cd name is shown and the right track properties are there)
However, in the rest of the program (My Locations, Albums and Artists, ... nodes), the tracks are gray (offline).
Maybe this is some kind of shortcoming. (Recognised in My Computer should be recognised everywhere doesn't it ??)
Cheers
Steegy
I think the importing can be done by a script, but the major drawback of this is that MM won't recognise the cd when you put it in. It will think it's a new one.
Normally, MM stores the serial number of a cd you add to the library. That way, it can recognise it later and show the tracks on it, that are already in the database.
The only way to add these serial numbers to the MM database is to add all your cd's manually to MM by "rescanning/adding" them. For your 15000 records, that would mean 750 cd's for 20 tracks/cd. That would be a huge work. If you have some patience, you can add 15 cd's per day (in your spare time) and that would take 50 days. Hmm...
If you don't bother MM recognising your cd's when you put them in, you can use a script.
PRE-POSTING EDIT: I partially withdraw my words.
It seems that MM does recognise cd's with serial number set to 0 in MM's database, but it only shows this recognition in the "My Computer" node (the right cd name is shown and the right track properties are there)
However, in the rest of the program (My Locations, Albums and Artists, ... nodes), the tracks are gray (offline).
Maybe this is some kind of shortcoming. (Recognised in My Computer should be recognised everywhere doesn't it ??)
Cheers
Steegy