All That Rocks Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 I have some albums in my Apple Music library which were added from Apple Music itself but I would like to replace them with my own CD rips before putting my CD's into storage. Can you advise me of the best method for this. I have done a couple with varying degrees of success. Some appear to have just auto replaced the Apple Music version (after an update to the cloud library) but some appear to create a duplicate. Ideally I would like to retain the play counts and last played information. Can this done automatically or do I need to utilise some of Doug's Scripts. If so what do you recommend? Thanks in advance. Link to comment
GregWormald Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 If the albums are not identical then a duplicate is likely formed. Doug has scripts to change the Last Played date and play counts. Ratings AFAIK must be done manually. I'm now putting them in the Grouping tag so they go with the files. Link to comment
All That Rocks Posted March 13, 2021 Author Share Posted March 13, 2021 When you say not identical, are you talking about tagging or file size, sample rate etc? I'm using the Grouping tag for a more detailed genre already. Link to comment
GregWormald Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 1 hour ago, All That Rocks said: When you say not identical, are you talking about tagging or file size, sample rate etc? I'm using the Grouping tag for a more detailed genre already. Almost anything can make a file "not identical". The easiest way to tell is to have the two files in iTunes at the same time and see if they get filed separately or as part of the same album. Link to comment
Elgibby1 Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Most of the time when a ripped duplicate is created, in my experience, it's because of capitalization difference in song titles. For example, Apple may use "Night Of The Living Dead," capping prepositions and articles. But a ripped list of titles (the metadata is not the same) might have it "Night of the Living Dead." I've spent way too much time making things matched before ripping replacement copies. Link to comment
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