Updating the Library

MediaMonkey can update Track properties when changes are made to them outside of MediaMonkey.

Manual Updates

For manual updates, select a folder in the My Computer or Location nodes, then right-click and select Add/Rescan Tracks to the Library or press <Insert>.

A dialog will appear, allowing you to choose what types of audio files to scan for, and to modify which folders to scan. In addition it allows you to set several Advanced configuration options . Once you press 'Ok', MediaMonkey will scan the selected locations for the types of files that you chose, and:

• Add any music files that are found to the Library.
• Add any .m3u playlists that are found to the Library, along with any of the Tracks contained within the playlists (if they can be found).
• Update the properties of any Tracks that are scanned, if this has been configured in Library cofiguration options (by default, only Tracks whose filesize or timestamp has changed are updated).

To interrupt this process at any time, right-click on the status bar near the bottom of the screen, and click Terminate. If you wish to reduce the amount of CPU cycles used during the process, you may similarly right-click on the status bar, select Change Priority, and choose a lower priority level.

Automatic Updates

MediaMonkey can automatically monitor your Library for changes so that if you make changes to a Track with another application, the Library will automatically be brought up-to-date. For instance, if you use another tagging program to change a track Tag, MediaMonkey can be configured to observe the change, and automatically update the Library with the new information from the Tag.

This is accomplished via the File Monitor. It monitors user-specified directories for changes at startup and while MediaMonkey is running, and updates the Library accordingly. See File Monitor Configuration to set it up. It is more comprehensive than standard Add/Rescan functionality in that it will:

• Add any music files that are found to the Library.
• Add any .m3u playlists that are found to the Library, along with any of the Tracks contained within the playlists (if they can be found).
• Update the properties of any Tracks that are scanned, if this has been configured in Library cofiguration options (by default, only Tracks whose filesize or timestamp has changed are updated).
• Remove any Tracks that have been deleted (if so configured)
• Change the location of any Tracks that have been moved (if so configured)

Note: Although the File Monitor does monitor for moved files, it only searches the specified directories for the moved file, and consequently will not detect the location of the moved file if it has been moved to an unmonitored directory. For these situations, you can manually search for the moved file.