"Missing" tracks

[Scot Hacker]

On Jan 2, 2007, at 11:28 AM, steve harley wrote:

> i haven't been iTunes hacking much lately, but i would try working  
> with the XML version of the library file; i believe all the  
> metadata which isn't contained in the tracks is encoded in this  
> file, and you can reload your library from this file, possibly  
> restoring the state; in the past when i've moved selected tracks to  
> different volumes, i've had success modifying the path text in the  
> XML library then reloading -- iTunes found the old tracks in their  
> new locations; you may find there's a status flag for "missing"  in  
> the XML which can be twiddled (make a backup of the current library  
> files so experimental failures don't set you back)

  I thought of that too, but just checked again - there doesn't seem  
to be any reference at all to missing tracks in the iTunes XML.

./s