Try to resolve Broken Playlist Entries via Name

[atlantic]

Can you use 'Try to resolve Broken Playlist Entries via Name' to, for example, replace a file like TOTO - Pamela.mp3 with TOTO - Pamela.flac? I want to replace mp3 files with flac versions this way. That way, the already created playlists can still keep working.

[radio42]

You can try. If both entries use else the exact same meta data and use the same track name, it might work.
But I guess it is more save to rename your entries in the playlist file or even edit the playlist using ProppFrexx - note, that you can also edit the filename in the TAG Editor.

[atlantic]

Hi Bernd,

Thanks for the suggestion. I gave it a try, but unfortunately it doesn't work.

I replaced an MP3 file with a FLAC file using the exact same file name and metadata, but ProppFrexx still doesn't pick up the FLAC file — it seems to keep looking for the original MP3 file as referenced in the playlist.

[radio42]

How do you test things? Note, that the DJ Player would resolve a broken track, not the playlist - ie. the mp3 track must be loaded to a player…

[atlantic]

I test by replacing the file before the playlist starts. And the playlist is set to autoplay. At the moment the player tries to load the (now replaced) track, it still skips it and moves on to the next one.

[radio42]

I will double check, could be, that the process tries to resolve to the same audio extension.

As said, editing the original playlist files is recommended, when you want to mass exchange from MP3 to FLAC.

[radio42]

I double checked. But currently the TryResolveBrokenEntryByName function validates the entire filename including the extension.
So I was wrong above and you can not use the mentioned feature to replace mp3 by flac files.
You must do this by editing the playlist files (replace ".mp3" by ".flac").

[atlantic]

Thanks for your reply. Would it be possible to consider adjusting this behavior in the future, so that PF looks only at the filename and not the extension? That would make it more flexible when switching between formats like .mp3 and .flac.

Thanks again!

[radio42]

The current feature targets the case where you ‚just‘ relocated the folder or drive structure.

You case goes much beyond. Eg. I could think of a non filename check, but a Trackname check, where not even the filename, but the Artist-Title is ‚validated‘ to find a track. But that wouldn’t match your case, where you ‚only‘ want to change the format/extention.

But that leads to potential issues, that a completely different track might be used instead.

So I have to think about it in more detail…