Hi, I use Lexicon as my single source of truth and sync with Engine DJ without any issues however when I sync to iTunes I am finding that in my play lists there are songs missing.
For example I have the following Playlists
Tech House - 50 (Lexicon) - 46 (iTunes)
Deep House - 369 (Lexicon) - 353 (iTunes)
House - 1194 (Lexicon) - 987 (iTunes)
When I look at the XML file that Lexicon has created all the songs are there but iTunes is saying that there are songs missing however the songs are all there in the folder.
I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this and if they have been able to resolve the issue without having to manually go through each playlist and compare iTunes to Lexicon.
Do you have an idea which tracks are missing? Could it be they are streaming (Beatport etc) tracks?
Can you copy paste a few of the track locations that you see in the XML but don’t see in iTunes after that?
Thanks for the quick response. All the songs are ones that I have purchased.
In Lexicon the Tech House Playlist has 50 songs. I have exported just this single playlist and imported it into iTunes.
iTunes has listed only 45 songs. The songs which are missing are:
- Can We Get Together - Chris Lum
- You Know How - Colin Dale
- From Disco To Disco - Whirlpool Productions
- Oh Yeah - Hello
- Leave I Pants - Superwow
I have attached the XML file but as an example
<key>5</key>
<dict>
<key>Track ID</key><integer>5</integer>
<key>Name</key><string>Can We Get Connected</string>
<key>Artist</key><string>Chris Lum</string>
<key>Album</key><string>Get Connected EP</string>
<key>Kind</key><string>MPEG audio file</string>
<key>Size</key><integer>13179244</integer>
<key>Total Time</key><integer>547683.2653061224</integer>
<key>Date Added</key><date>2023-04-15T14:30:00Z</date>
<key>Bit Rate</key><integer>192</integer>
<key>Sample Rate</key><integer>44100</integer>
<key>Comments</key><string>2A - Energy 6</string>
<key>Composer</key><string></string>
<key>Grouping</key><string></string>
<key>Genre</key><string>Tech House</string>
<key>Rating</key><integer>0</integer>
<key>Play Count</key><integer>0</integer>
<key>Persistent ID</key><string>40A57BAE2C2C0A72</string>
<key>Track Type</key><string>File</string>
<key>Location</key><string>file:///Volumes/DATA/Music%20Collection/Chris%20Lum%20-%20Can%20We%20Get%20Connected%20-%20D#m%20-%20126.0.mp3</string>
</dict>
The path to the song is correct, so I am not sure why iTunes is saying the song is missing.
Here is an example of a song that has been successfully synced from Lexicon to iTunes. For the life of me I can’t seem to work out why this one worked but the other one didn’t.
<key>4</key>
<dict>
<key>Track ID</key><integer>4</integer>
<key>Name</key><string>Catch The Pig</string>
<key>Artist</key><string>Art Of Tones</string>
<key>Album</key><string>Art Of Tones - Volume 1</string>
<key>Kind</key><string>MPEG audio file</string>
<key>Size</key><integer>14952405</integer>
<key>Total Time</key><integer>372349.38775510207</integer>
<key>Date Added</key><date>2023-04-15T14:30:00Z</date>
<key>Bit Rate</key><integer>320</integer>
<key>Sample Rate</key><integer>44100</integer>
<key>Comments</key><string>4A - Energy 6</string>
<key>Composer</key><string></string>
<key>Grouping</key><string></string>
<key>Genre</key><string>Tech House</string>
<key>Rating</key><integer>0</integer>
<key>Play Count</key><integer>0</integer>
<key>Persistent ID</key><string>407B08E426CC7349</string>
<key>Track Type</key><string>File</string>
<key>Location</key><string>file:///Volumes/DATA/Music%20Collection/Art%20Of%20Tones%20-%20Catch%20The%20Pig%20-%20Fm%20-%20126.0.mp3</string>
</dict>
Please let me know if you need any more information
Lexicon_iTunes Library.xml (76.7 KB)
Interestingly enough, If I export the playlist from Lexicon as a M3u playlist and import it in iTunes all the songs are there.
Very weird but maybe it’s just an iTunes thing. At least I have a workaround to sync the music without any manual rework.
It’s probably an itunes thing… Do you delete the entire iTunes library before you import the full library XML? Because one other weird thing that I do know for sure exists is that iTunes doesn’t update tags of existing files when importing an XML. Really stupid
I did delete the entire iTunes database. I wasn’t initially sure if it was my environment given I couldn’t find anyone else having the same issue or if it something to do with iTunes itself.
Now that I have the structure in place, I can export the playlists individually as a .m3u and import them to keep things up to date.