radish112 wrote: > I recently restructured my library of FLAC files, and the complexity of > the restructuring has meant that neither restoring my latest > (pre-restructuring) scheduled backup of Trackstat nor the option to > "Find alternative files" is successful in salvaging all of my Trackstat > data. > You can always edit trackstat's backup xml files and manually search/ replace paths
> > 1. What procedure can I use to achieve an absolutely fresh start with > Trackstat? For example, could I achieve this by doing something as > "simple" as deleting the persist.db file and other files? If so, where > would I find such files? > First of all, it's important to understand that ratings / playcount are LMS functionalities. trackstat synchronizes it's data with LMS. Deleting persist.db will delete LMS' ratings / playcount and trackstat data. You could delete trackstat's table from persist.db, keeping LMS' data. However, if you move your audio files, LMS will lose it's ratings / playcount in any case. > > the deleted, incomplete data come right back and subsequently entered > ratings data don't "stick." > not sure what you mean by "don't stick". If you set a rating, what happens? > > I'll have no problems browsing and selecting the directory where I'll > have read/write privileges. But although I've successfully done > scheduled backups in the past, I can't remember how to create (?) the > file that will store the initial backup of data. > You don't need to create any files, just configure backup in trackstat's settings. Test by doing a "Backup to file" (to the same folder as the scheduled backup) 'Various SW' (https://www.nexus0.net/pub/sw/): Web Interface | TUI | Playlist Editor / Generator | Music Classification | Similar Music | Announce | EventTrigger | Chiptunes | LMSlib2go | ... 'Various HowTos' (https://www.nexus0.net/pub/documents/LMS/): build a self-contained LMS | Bluetooth/ALSA | Control LMS with any device | ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Roland0's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56808 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=113844 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
