Traktor & Itunes Playcount

[MisterMoleyMole]

Do these two field get handled different in each prog? is there no way that one can update and it be seen in the other program and vice versa?

Cheers
G

[MisterMoleyMole]

Same for ratings to?

[Afterhour Ali]

I'm not entirely sure as I'd never use iTunes, but I think Traktor saves its playcount inside a metadata-field of the file itself or in its library for filetypes without metadata.

iTunes stores the playcount inside its own library.

Afaik there is no way to synchronise them. I don't know about the improved iTunes integration in Traktor Pro 2 though.

[TwistedPanda]

In Traktor Pro 2, the ratings do sync. I set all my ratings in iTunes and do all my library management there and it's all come over to TP2 nicely.

As far as the play count goes, I don't think there's any way to sync that.

[photojojo]

I don't think playcount is stored in the mp3.

In Traktor Pro 2, the ratings do sync. I set all my ratings in iTunes and do all my library management there and it's all come over to TP2 nicely.

As far as the play count goes, I don't think there's any way to sync that.

That's only on the initial import correct? After you import a song into the collection are you able to change the rating in iTunes and it carry over to Traktor? I'm not and I'm using T2 as well.

[lethal_pizzle]

iTunes doesn't use the standard tags for playcount or rating

[MisterMoleyMole]

iTunes doesn't use the standard tags for playcount or rating

Good old itunes

[TwistedPanda]

That's only on the initial import correct? After you import a song into the collection are you able to change the rating in iTunes and it carry over to Traktor? I'm not and I'm using T2 as well.

I never import into the Traktor library. I just load the tracks out of the iTunes playlists and libraries. Using a lot of Smart Playlists these days and this way they're always up to date.

Is there a reason not to do that? I haven't had any issues yet.

I'm pretty sure from there I've changed the rating in iTunes and it updated in Traktor and vice versa. I could be wrong though.

I did notice though that when I change bpm in Traktor, it's updating the bpm in iTunes as well. I have to open the song in iTunes to see the changes, but they do make it over.

[photojojo]

Traktor will work best when you play off the collection. Plus you don't get file art when you play off the Itunes node.

[ryanashton]

I never import into the Traktor library. I just load the tracks out of the iTunes playlists and libraries. Using a lot of Smart Playlists these days and this way they're always up to date.

I'm also using a lot of smart playlists now. Great way of working. The problem is that because of the play count not updating, I can't make a smart playlist based on the play count. (I like to find old gems that I haven't played in ages and play them again).