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I never had any problems at all with my iTunes "synch" -- set to export the .MP3 version to the Repository for all tracks -- until I recently upgraded my main working computer at home. Rather than try to move the iTunes library over. in retrospect probably a big mistake, I thought I'd start "fresh." Nothing has synched properly ever since. I won't bore people with all of the weird things I've seen and tried to "fix" things, but I'd love some suggestions as to how to set things right again.

My latest round of actions:

--clean install of iTunes, make sure it is working right, and that there's nothing in the iTunes library and there's no .sooloossycndata file (not the exact filename probably, but I don't have that computer in front of me for reference).

--confirmed with /debug that I've got a set of matching .MP3 files associated with each album, as per my settings for "export" in control

--deleted the existing iTunes export setting

--rebooted TwinStores and C15

--set up a new iTunes export with the "All tracks" checked

--checked edit details on the new synch--initially it was reading correctly, as in showing "Top 30 of 7712 tracks" and it began the export process

--I could verify from iTunes library and Explorer that the export had started working

--It seemed to be working extremely slowly, but labored on a for a few hours. But after exporting a dozen or so albums' worth of tracks, it just stopped.

Now it acts as though there are no more tracks to export. The 'Scan for Problems' comes up showing no problems, but it has only exported 1% of the existing .MP3 files (which I can see in /debug in the directories).

Any suggestions as to how to "force" a clean start or reindex or whatever is needed would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

Well, good things to those who wait, or something like that. Just to put this on record for future reference:

After doing all of the things listed above last night (after a week of fiddling with this in other ways), I left both Control:PC and iTunes open and running all night and nothing had changed by morning at all. So I closed them down and did yet another reboot of TwinStores and Control 15 just before heading off to work, without waiting to restart either program. When I returned this evening and opened up both, ALL of the tracks had been copied to the iTunes repository.

So there you have it.

Glad that's worked.

Did you, or has anyone else, ever look at the iTunes link ('copy files' disabled) option?

I had confirmed that the "copy files" flag was turned on in iTunes, if that's what you are asking. And I confirmed that the files actually were in the iTunes repository and not just linked to Sooloos after they miraculously appeared at the end of the day.

Jerry

No. Just wanted to know people's experiences about keeping music on Sooloos and having iTunes just linking to it. On paper it looks an elegant solution.

Talking to a Meridian rep at one of the shows in NY yesterday and it turns out that some/all of the problems I was having with the iTunes Repository are apparently due to a "known bug" introduced in the last software update--which Meridian is "actively working to resolve."

Jerry,

Thanks for the update and the feedback on the iTunes/MP3 generation integration, it is a nice feature on paper but I myself haven't used it yet.