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Memory issue cancelled fixing songs (java heap space)

#1

Will post log reports

#2

Okay the issue is you have over 112,000 files directly in /Volumes/Music/Music/Music, with no metadata, since SongKong tries to group songs by folder or by metadata that presents difficultues.

Can I ask have you on purpose scrubbed the metadata and/or removed the subfolders before presenting to SongKong or is that just how it is?

I see Status Report completed okay but Fix Songs failed.

#3

Sorry misread your reports, you do have 112,000 files in one folder but most do have basic metadata. If it was me I think I would run Rename Files on that folder first to group songs based on their album metadata to get them into better shape then run Fix Songs to improve further.

Or you could increase the amount of memory allocated to SongKong to see if that resolves it - see here

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#4

I lost my metadata accidentally. I’ve been trying to extricate myself from the Apple Music ecosystem, as it’s become completely useless for a library of this size. I got Swinsian to replace Apple Music on my Mac mini and was doing some cleanup (deleting albums/tracks I no longer needed) when I inadvertently dumped a large portion of my library in the trash. When I put them back, the metadata was gone.

This is one reason I purchased SongKong. I thought it would do a better job with the metadata and organize the folders more cleanly. I’ll try increasing the memory allocated to SongKong and go from there.

I really appreciate your help! Thanks so much.

#5

Okay so i dont think you have lost your metadata, you have just lost your folder structure.

So I would run Rename Files as follows.

  • Select /Volumes/Music/Music/Music folder
  • Select Rename Files task
  • Select Default Profile and then Start
  • On Basic tab ensure Preview Only enabled
  • On Basic tab modify Base Folder and Sub Folder split so that Base Folder just contains /Volumes/Music
  • On Rename Files tab set Rename based on metadata to Yes if has metadata
  • Select Start
  • Once report created select Browse/Browse by Folder and navigate into a few folders to see if results look good.
  • If look good rerun but disable Preview Only
  • Run Create Support Files
  • Then run Fix Songs with default options
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#6

Fantastic! That makes sense.

I’ll give it a try and report back.

Thanks so much, again.

#7

The report processed quickly and the folders looked good so running it now with Preview off. It’s much slower, but I expected that. I’ll give another update when that’s done.

Much appreciated, Paul!