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alanjstr

02 Jan, 2010 03:08 AM

Win7, iTunes 9. I get an error when I launch beaTunes (iTunes is running):
Failed to read iTunes Music Library file. It either does not exist or cannot be read. Will use C:\Users\Alan\Music\iTunes\iTunes Music Library.xml

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by hendrik on 02 Jan, 2010 05:24 AM

   

   Hi Alan,

   Thanks for your mail.

   Did you ever move your iTunes library by any chance?
   After you get that message, does beaTunes work correctly?

   Which version of beaTunes are you using?

   Thanks,

   -hendrik

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2. 2 Posted by alanjstr on 02 Jan, 2010 05:33 AM

   

   beaTunes 2.1.0

   Yes, once I click OK on the dialog, things seem to work ok.

   iTunes Path: C:\Users\Alan\Music\iTunes

   Yes, I did move my library. When I upgraded from Vista to Win7, my username
   changed, and music moved from under My Documents. Indeed, the following is
   in my preferences2.xml file

         <component id="beatunes">
               <embed-audiometadata>false</embed-audiometadata>
               <itunes-file
   persistentid="E7D724E63341F256">C:\Users\Alan\Documents\My
   Music\iTunes\iTunes Music Library.xml</itunes-file>
               <itunes-file persistentid="E7D724E63341F256"
   selected="true">C:\Users\alanjstr\Music\iTunes\iTunes
   Music Library.xml</itunes-file>
               <itunes-file
   persistentid="E7D724E63341F256">C:\Users\Alan\Music\iTunes\iTunes Music
   Library.xml</itunes-file>

   <theme>com.tagtraum.beatunes.plaf.GradientBackgroundTheme:-986896</theme>
               <amazon>
                   <locale language="en" country="US" variant=""/>
               </amazon>
               <minimizeitunes>false</minimizeitunes>
               <synchronize>true</synchronize>
           </component>

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3. Support Staff 3 Posted by hendrik on 02 Jan, 2010 07:15 PM

   

   Hi,

   do all of these files exist?
   C:\Users\alanjstr\Music\iTunes\iTunes Music Library.xml, C:\Users\Alan\Music\iTunes\iTunes Music Library.xml and C:\Users\Alan\Documents\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music Library.xml?

   -hendrik

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4. 4 Posted by alanjstr on 02 Jan, 2010 08:42 PM

   

   Nope. Only the one in C:\Users\Alan\Music\iTunes.

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5. Support Staff 5 Posted by hendrik on 03 Jan, 2010 09:46 AM

   

   Hi Alan,

   does deleting the preference2.xml file solve the problem?

   Or do all three files show up again in the preference2.xml file after
   it is recreated when restarting beaTunes?

   Thanks,

   -hendrik

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6. 6 Posted by alanjstr on 03 Jan, 2010 05:16 PM

   

   Deleting preferences2.xml from C:\Users\Alan\AppData\Local\tagtraum
   industries\beaTunes did the trick.

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7. Support Staff 7 Posted by hendrik on 03 Jan, 2010 05:38 PM

   

   Good.

   I will add some code to the next update that hopefully works around the problem of multiple iTunes Music Library.xml files with the same id.

   -hendrik

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8. hendrik closed this discussion on 03 Jan, 2010 05:38 PM.

9. alanjstr re-opened this discussion on 03 Jan, 2010 05:44 PM

10. 8 Posted by alanjstr on 03 Jan, 2010 05:44 PM

    

    In the UI, you can select a new one, but it doesn't look like you can delete
    from that list.

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11. Support Staff 9 Posted by hendrik on 04 Jan, 2010 09:10 AM

    

    Yeah - that's right - no option to delete. And usually, you actually don't want to delete.

    What happens is, that beaTunes asks iTunes which library it is using. iTunes returns an id. beaTunes then checks the configured iTunes Music Library.xml files and chooses the one with the correct id. Now, if you have multiple files with the same id, one is pretty much chosen at random. In the next update the behavior will change - beaTunes will select the one with the correct id that is newest, as that file is constantly modified by iTunes. This should take care of most (if not all) cases like yours.

    Thanks,

    -hendrik

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12. hendrik closed this discussion on 04 Jan, 2010 09:10 AM.