foo_playlist_revive, Revive the dead items in playlist Options

[mll]

I am not sure whether that info is helpful to user. I'll consider it.

I'm rather sure it is. I was about to download your plugin just because I've needed it a few times, and will be needing it again and again... but I didn't download. Because I will wait until I need it, sincerely hoping this feature will be there. But just highlighting them seems to me like a rather unpleasant status report...

The more control the better. A report when done, that seems obvious to me. I think it should state which items worked and weren't touched, which items were changed, last but not least any items that were broken but couldn't be found. If it could also show all new filepaths, that would be great. That way I could check that there hasn't been any mixing up of similar songs.

I second this. Moreover, I see cases where the plugin fails to find an alternative (same artist, same title, but different codec).

Anyway, hakase seems to have dropped any development ont theis pretty plugin... Would anyone suggest an alternative ?

[TimUK]

Anyway, hakase seems to have dropped any development ont theis pretty plugin... Would anyone suggest an alternative ?

I have looked but never found any better playlist fixers other then Hakase's plugin. Perhaps it could be open-sourced?

A change I would like to add would be for it to uniquely id the files based on the audio content portion of the file only. This would make it resistant against ID3 header, filename changes and the like.

You might want to look ats M3U Reviver a standalone by Werner Staudacher but I found it quite a fiddle to use.

Another trick I tried was to use an in-built playlist repair facility of WinAmp but looking at my current version that option seems to be absent?

Perhaps there are other apps, I would be intrigued to know.

This post has been edited by TimUK: Oct 18 2011, 10:50

[mll]

A change I would like to add would be for it to uniquely id the files based on the audio content portion of the file only. This would make it resistant against ID3 header, filename changes and the like.

Yeah, using MusicBrainz'MUSICBRAINZ_TRACKID field would be very cool.

[ELITEeNergizer]

It doesn't seem to work for some of my playlists, I'm trying to fix the location of a file that used to be in C:/Shared but is now in D:/Shared. I see it in my library but it still doesn't work.

[Vanav]

Works perfectly, thank you!

[John Doe]

Not working here.

It shows me the missing tracks but cannot revive them eventhough I definitely have the same file OR the same title in my Media Library.

[John Doe]

CODE

Tracks that fail to update due to no or multiple candidates are selected in the playlist. Please make sure your media files have been scanned into the media library.

Any idea on this one?

[KLR]

Great plugin! I've only recently been creating dedicated playlists, had always used the autoplaylists, and have a general Music folder that I just toss new folders into as I obtain them. Problem with playlists of course is when it's time to do some housecleaning the playlists become hopelessly screwed up; but this component fixes things in no time flat. Thanks for your work!

[bulletproof2k]

Very useful plugin, thanks! :]

[Arakura]

How do you get it to run once you extract it? there is no revive dead files option... or am I just being stupid?

[marc2003]

or am I just being stupid?

it would seem so. from the opening post:

Use main menu -> Edit -> Revive Dead Items to do the job.

edit: just noticed you mentioned extracting. there's no need for that....

http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?ti...all_a_component

This post has been edited by marc2003: Nov 8 2012, 12:03

[RonaldDumsfeld]

Very useful little app. Works like a charm so far.

In theory it's not strictly vital as fileops within Foobar itself keeps playlists up to date but using revive is much more straightforward.

[compoopers]

Brilliant.

[OOOOPS]

Thanks!

[Mr Broly]

Thanks.