iTunes "Recently Added" Playlist..... help!?

[paddymph]

So.

I don't really buy my music from iTunes, it's all mostly downloaded from specialist sites..Beatport etc.

When I download from there the site saves each MP3 directly to my iTunes> iTunes Media > Music which is the correct place. Happy Days

However, I could do with iTunes realising that new music has gone into there and highlight it under the Recently Added playlist. The settings on the playlist don't seem to be able to do it?

Am I missing something? My main library doesnt show the new music either until? But they're in the right folder?

 

[The Boosh!]

This help you?

http://www.jakeludington.com/ask_ja...aylist_of_recently_added_music_in_itunes.html

Everytime I download a new album from various sources, I import into itunes and that music gets added to my recently added playlist. I've set it up to keep the first 150 songs.

 

[paddymph]

That's how it's set up mate.

Thing is, I used to save to a windows folder and then drag new stuff into my itunes library. Which worked perfectly. Until I discovered that because I have "Copy files to Media Libray when adding to library" turned on I ended up then having to delete the original download.

Hence me saving it direct to the Music folder...

 

[The Boosh!]

I don't really understand what you're asking tbh.

 

[paddymph]

Ok.

For example you download a track from Beatport.
You save it with the rest of your music (in the correct folder - ie where itunes reads it's library from).
If you check the windows folder manually, it's in there correctly. If you check the itunes library it isn't. Nor is it in recently added playlist.

 

[paddymph]

ah: read this!

I should be adding the actual MP3's to "Automatically add to iTunes Folder".

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2364949?start=0&tstart=0

 

[Jay_G]

Why don't you drag it to the "automatically add to iTunes" folder?

Set your downloads up to download to there, then soon as you open iTunes, it auto imports it.

Dragging it into the music folder dot work AFAIK

Edit: f**k sake I was too slow!

 

[paddymph]

Seems to be the answer then

Last thing, this won't result in me having 2 of each MP3 tho? Because I have "Copy files to Media Libray when adding to library" turned on?

 

[Jay_G]

Seems to be the answer then

Last thing, this won't result in me having 2 of each MP3 tho? Because I have "Copy files to Media Libray when adding to library" turned on?

Basically, "copy files to media library when adding" does just that. When you drag a song onto the iTunes window, normally it creates a shortcut, but you tick that if you want all your music in one place, so it copies the song to your iTunes folder, and the original is redundant as far as iTunes is concerned. It is only used for inside iTunes.

As your putting it straight into the "auto add" folder (don't copy it there, move it) it will move the song into the library it self anyway.

Either way, there will only be one song, no duplicates. Presuming you haven't already got it in the library, and you move it to "automatically add to iTunes", and you do one or the other (copy to "auto add" or drag it onto iTunes window)

Hope that helps

EDIT. Iv overcomplicated things now, basically, set it to download to "auto add to iTunes" and iTunes will deal with it. That option doesn't affect that way at all, only if you physically drag it in to iTunes yourself

 

[paddymph]

Basically, "copy files to media library when adding" does just that. When you drag a song onto the iTunes window, normally it creates a shortcut, but you tick that if you want all your music in one place, so it copies the song to your iTunes folder, and the original is redundant as far as iTunes is concerned. It is only used for inside iTunes.

As your putting it straight into the "auto add" folder (don't copy it there, move it) it will move the song into the library it self anyway.

Either way, there will only be one song, no duplicates. Presuming you haven't already got it in the library, and you move it to "automatically add to iTunes", and you do one or the other (copy to "auto add" or drag it onto iTunes window)

Hope that helps

EDIT. Iv overcomplicated things now, basically, set it to download to "auto add to iTunes" and iTunes will deal with it. That option doesn't affect that way at all, only if you physically drag it in to iTunes yourself

Nope, that all makes sense mate! Thanks for everyone's help