Changing file names and relocating in Rekordbox
Hello,
I'm using Rekordbox 5.8.3 on Mac OS Mojave. I recently had to change the names of all my music files from %artist% - %title% to %title% - %artist%, but since then Rekordbox requires me to relocate all of my files. They are all in the same folder, so I tried to use the "Missing File" option, but it always says that Rekordbox did not find any file (though every time it finds the songs through which I started the relocation).
The change in file name does not pose any problem when I relocate one song at a time, but as soon as there are 2 or more songs it doesn't work.
Is there any way to resolve this?
Thanks
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I'll just let you know that relocation works for missing files that have been moved, not renamed. If you want to do a full rename relocation, you're going to have to find them one at a time or you'll have to use an XML work-around which I won't get into here due to the complexity and not-officially-supported nature of it.
Pulse is the same for RB 6 as well?
Hey Pulse, can you please let us know where we can find instructions or a resource for this workaround? The fact that it exists tells me that there are more than just a handful of people who need it.
I'm on RB-6.
I have been DJing for 20+ years, and because of the fact that I started when I was a teenager and have gone through several different softwares since then, my tracks were a bit of a mess.
I recently gathered them all into one folder and renamed them all as "Artist - Track Name", and have been spending weeks updating all the tags with missing and incorrect information. It's a project I should have done years ago.
I use iTunes / Music app to build all my playlists and Doug's Applescripts allowed me to change the file names (etc) while still allowing iTunes to point to the files.
But now I need to get Rekordbox to relocate all the files, of course, which I was expecting. I would REALLY prefer to use a workaround so I don't have to start from scratch, re-importing my collection, and rebuilding all my cues etc. It's taken years to do this already.
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