Change the name of the folder containing all of your Platinum Notes processed files to be the name of the original \Music folder iTunes uses. Now change the name of your existing iTunes music folder, e.g.
This takes away all of iTunes knowledge of your music library!Ĭopy or move the Movies folder from your old music folder to your new music folder if you have movies. In iTunes select All Music and note the total number of tracks you have so you can check all or most are there after the update.Ĭlose iTunes and remove "iTunes Library l" and "iTunes Music Library.xml" (move them somewhere else so you have them as a backup if you've not already copied them).
This file contains all of the music file information and playlist information (search for a track or playlist name and you should find it in the file) Use find and replace to update all of the track files name as follows (this assumes you have exported from Platimum Notes as mp3 – adjust the replace with's if not): I used Dreamweaver because I have it, but any simple text editor should do. Export it to an xml file and save it somewhere. Open iTunes then from the menu use File > Library > Export Library. Make a backup copy of your "C:\Users\username\Music\iTunes" folder which contains your iTunes l master database file. mp3's and with _pn.mp3 on the end of the filename. This created a copy of all of my music files (make sure you have enough disk space!), but with all of the files now.
I used Platinum Notes on my iTunes music folder and selected it to save to a new folder but with the same structure. After a bit of research this process worked for me, but take care and ensure you keep a backup of your original music folder and the iTunes database files in case you get problems… xml file, exit it and then re-import it (you can see details of the files iTunes uses here). itl file can't be edited (its in a proprietary format), there is a way to export it to an. It turns out that although the iTunes master database. mp4, etc) and the iTunes library needs to somehow be updated with the new adjusted filenames and file extensions. The issue is not just that Platinum Notes won't overwrite existing music files with the processed file, its also that your iTunes library probably contains several different types of music files (e.g.mp3. The official guidance from Platinum Notes here is that you should manually re-add all of your processed music files into iTunes, but this is obviously a non starter if you have a few thousand tracks and lots of playlists you want to retain.
This guide is based on my using Platinum Notes to process all of the music in my iTunes library in June 2014 on Windows 7.