Unable to remove album
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All,
I have a small challenge. Strawberry has a specific album in the Library but this album is not on disk. I did all the possible scans but it will not remove.
Any help on how to remove an album from the library which is not any more on disk.TIA,
Arjan -
Try this:
Tools > Settings > CollectionRemove your source folder (Under, "These folders will be scanned for music to make up your collection")
Click "OK". Close Strawberry.
Open Strawberry. Collection should now be empty, and you can add the folder back in. Allow Strawberry to fully scan the folder.
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@silver-sun
That will also cause you to lose playlists, and possible also play counts and ratings unless it's saved to tags. -
@jonas Ahh, too big a hammer, I guess! I didn't think of that. Thank you for the caveat.
What would the solution be, then? Editing the database? That might be beyond the skill level of many users.
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To all: All my tracks are in a directory structure /Media/audio, so there is only 1 source folder.
My expectation was that if I do a full rescan Strawberry would scan my folder structure and update the database AND it would scan the database and validate if the track is on the disk. If not, then remove it from the database. It seems it does it different .
So the only thing that needs to be done is removing the tracks from the database (from what I understand). I am not a db admin but I am willing to give it a try by deleting the tracks from the db. It is unique since the album artist is 10CC (my other 10CC albums are by 10cc ... in lower caps).
If you can give me the instructions .. I am willing to give it a go
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@athoopen I am on Linux, and have used DB Browser for SQLite, but only in the most rudimentary manner; and not even for Strawberry's database. So, at this point, you know as much as me.
Back up everything before you go poking around. My previous mention of editing the database was a question, not a statement. So I'm not even sure that is the correct path. It seems like it might be. Your call.
Jonas is right about losing playlists, etc., if you use my heavy handed approach.
If you have not already done so, I would suggest you back up your important playlists, by saving them to disc (not just assigning a "favorites" star).. Easy to do in Strawberry. If your directory path remained the same after a "nuke and pave" approach, I think they would still be valid, but I'm not 100 percent sure. Other metadata, like ratings, might be lost though. Back up!
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@silver-sun @jonas I am not scared .. got my backups ..
Stopped strawberry and opened sqlite.
Browsed to the records which are not there any more, deleted them ... short pray ... saved.
Restarted strawberry .. and it solved my problem. Double checked and just those non existing tracks are removed.Thanks for standing by!
Arjan
