Newbie need some help?

[speters]

I just purchased Jaikoz yesterday and I have already posted some questions in the Issues forum, but I am still very confused by all that’s happened since I tried adding my music files to itunes 8. I am having alot of issues and I thought Jaikoz would be able to help me fix those problems but I guess I am still not sure I understand exactly how it works. When I adding all of my files to itunes it moved around alot of my tracks, created new folders and even deleted alot of my folders that had the artists name, then album name and then the tracks. It then put all of those tracks into an “unknown album” folder. So now I have 4,000 songs in one folder and none of them have the artist name. Also, I have alot of folders that now only have one song. I think it took all of my compilation albums and separated them into just the artist folder. On top of all of this, some of my flac files where transferred over but the majority where not. Some I was able to just double click on the track and Fluke would then do what is does and they would load. But alot of them will not load at all. What happens is that Max opens a file conversion window, then I can convert them to something else and they play fine. The problem is that I am not sure there is an easy way to batch convert multiple folders with multiple tracks?

So now I am trying to straighten out this whole mess. I was hoping Jaikoz could help me straighten this all out but I am not exactly sure the best way of going about fixing all of this? I started trying to go into each folder and then run auto correct. This would fix the names in the edit window of Jaikoz but not change the actual files on my hard drive. I have tried reading the manual, but I still am not sure which action to run. Then there is the issue of all of my compilations tracks moved to artist folder, not the album folder. Then there is the problem that all of my aiff tracks no longer have an artist or album associated with them. So can some one please tell me the best way to start sorting all of this out?

[paultaylor]

[quote=speters]When I adding all of my files to itunes it moved around alot of my tracks, created new folders and even deleted alot of my folders that had the artists name, then album name and then the tracks.
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Do you still have the files in the original folders as well because I don’t think iTunes should delete your original files it just that by default it copies files into its own Music folder and reoragnizes them into folders based on the artist and album. Personally I would disable both these options under iTunes/Preferences/Advanced/Keep iTUnes Music Folder organised and Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library

So if this is the case lets start again, forget about iTunes, load the files into Jaikoz and start correcting.

I started trying to go into each folder and then run auto correct. This would fix the names in the edit window of Jaikoz but not change the actual files on my hard drive.

Yes you need to select ‘Save Changes’ , this gives you the chance to review Jaikoz edits before commiting to them.

Also by default Jaikoz will save the file but not rename the file or folder, but you can do this by using ‘Action/File and Folder Correct/Correct Filenames from Tags’ and ‘Correct Folders from Tags’

[speters]

I am converting all of the aiff files to Apple Lossless. Then I will run Jaikoz on the “music” folder. Will Jaikoz automatically put all of the appropriate tracks into the appropriate albums or are there some specific settings I need to adjust? Which action do I run to then save all of the appropriate folders on my hard drive as well as saving any new track names? Do I run correct subfolders first then run correct file names?

[paultaylor]

You need to do ‘Save changes’ to save any changes, changes will be made to the original file unless you have renamed it or moved it using Correct Filename from Tags or Correct Subfolders from tags. The Base Folder,Sub Folder and Filename columns are not shown by default so it might help to turn them on.

Alternatively you can move /copy files to another location by using ‘Save and Copy’ or ‘Save and Move’ instead of using ‘Save’.