'm trying to consolidate my music library that is currently spread across a few different folders and drives for multiple reasons that I won't go into here.
I'd like to consolidate the folders but I'm wondering what the impact is to any SMP specific data.
Testing a bit by copying one set of folders to another location --> reimporting the new folders --> comparing the original files with the "new" copies...I noticed most files looked identical in SMP, but a few had different playcounts and ratings. It's the ratings I'm most concerned with. I seemed to recall that SMP stores these outside the files themselves.
After some searching, I re-discovered the "Save playcounts and ratings to files now" option in SMP's Settings. So I'm assuming I should use this to save those files to the MP3 file tags before moving/copying. I'm pretty sure this is stored in the Popularimeter tag (POPM).
QUESTION: What, if any, other things will be broken or different after moving files to a new location?
Any suggestions on how to best move collection folders to a new location with the least impact?
Thanks in advance.
I'd like to consolidate the folders but I'm wondering what the impact is to any SMP specific data.
Testing a bit by copying one set of folders to another location --> reimporting the new folders --> comparing the original files with the "new" copies...I noticed most files looked identical in SMP, but a few had different playcounts and ratings. It's the ratings I'm most concerned with. I seemed to recall that SMP stores these outside the files themselves.
After some searching, I re-discovered the "Save playcounts and ratings to files now" option in SMP's Settings. So I'm assuming I should use this to save those files to the MP3 file tags before moving/copying. I'm pretty sure this is stored in the Popularimeter tag (POPM).
QUESTION: What, if any, other things will be broken or different after moving files to a new location?
Any suggestions on how to best move collection folders to a new location with the least impact?
Thanks in advance.