Solution Found - Delete Missing Tracks 👨🏾‍🔧

Legacy Products Engine PRIME
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I think I may have found a solution to delete missing tracks in Engine Prime

Steps

  1. Select all Tracks in Collection

  2. Right Click

  3. Re-Import track information (can take some time to complete depending on library size, but you can speed this step up by clicking on an empty playlist or crate - I have a blank playlist created in EP solely for this purpose)

  4. Missing tracks that were red and previously contained tags now shown with empty tags/Id ie no title, no artist name etc

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  1. Sort library by Title column

  2. All the tracks with empty title from step 4 are now grouped together

  3. Select all the missing tracks

  4. Remove from Collection

  5. Profit

MacOS, EP 1.3.2

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Clever. Thanks.

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Amazing, this should really be a feature of engine prime

As much as I’m growing to love the prime 4 controller I’m hating engine software

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It would really be great if we didn’t have to use this “Workaround” as of May 2020

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Does this work in windows…

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Yes it does work on windows.

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Apparently this workaround was “a bug” which is now “fixed” in 1.5

I’m not sure who reported it as a bug

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So now there is no way to bulk/ batch delete missing tracks

Dont forget to like the following

https://community.enginedj.com/t/relocate-missing-tracks/12251?u=mufasa

https://community.enginedj.com/t/ability-to-delete-missing-files-in-bulk-in-ep/16309?u=mufasa

https://community.enginedj.com/t/remove-missing-files/15841?u=mufasa

https://community.enginedj.com/t/option-to-delete-tracks-from-collection-and-drive/13839?u=mufasa

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They definitely need to update this fast.

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Aye, just found out this no longer works, it’s like people who develop for prime don’t actually use it. :confused:

Definitely need this resolving, otherwise I’m having to delete my database and re-import File management in engine is really really poor.

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I think i just found another workaround

  1. Make sure entire Collection library is analysed
  2. Select all tracks
  3. Reimport Track information
  4. Sort by GRID column

The Red Missing tracks will not contain the grid dot and will be grouped together.

  1. Select all the red
  2. Remove from collection
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Yes, it might work.

But I don’t understand why this point is necessary:

Why is it not enough to “Sort by GRID column”?

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How will EP know the track is missing?

You either load a track and see its missing

So re-import track information for all tracks, is just a way to make EP initiate a bulk checking.

Its the same with other DJ software - some just have it automated.

Looks like a false alarm ladies and gents.

I just tried it again and its no longer working

As you were!