I think this might be what youre looking for.... assuming youre on a mac....
Go to your Computer Library Folder (NOT your User Library Folder).
Open the Library>iTunes>Scripts (if any of these folders don't exist, then create them).
Place this Applescript (below) in the Scripts folder.
Quit and relaunch iTunes you should now see the Applescript icon in the menu bar with this script in it. Just select it and see how that does.
Code:
(*
"Super Remove Dead Tracks" for iTunes
written by Doug Adams
dougadams@mac.com
v1.5 october 26 2005
-- prevents error when trying to delete empty Smart Playlists and/or playlist that can't be deleted (Party Shuffle, Podcasts, etc)
-- code tweaks
v1.0 sep 25 2003
-- initial release
Get more free AppleScripts and info on writing your own
at Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes
http://www.dougscripts.com/itunes/
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
Get a copy of the GNU General Public License by writing to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
or visit http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
*)
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(* the number below is the number of tracks
to count before reporting progress -
you can change this number to a larger or smaller number.
If you set it to zero, you will not see the progress message *)
property progress_factor : 500
tell application "iTunes"
display dialog "Super Remove Dead Tracks" & return & return & ¬
"Removes tracks whose files are missing or deleted, so-called" & ¬
"\"dead\" tracks designated with (!) next to the track name." buttons ¬
{"Cancel", "Proceed..."} default button 2
set mainLibrary to library playlist 1
set totalTracks to count of file tracks of mainLibrary
set all_playlists to user playlists whose smart is false -- don't delete Smart Playlists later
set deleted_tracks to 0
set all_checked_tracks to 0
set countem to ""
set oldfi to fixed indexing
set fixed indexing to true
repeat with t from totalTracks to 1 by -1
try
set this_track to file track t of mainLibrary
if this_track's location is missing value then
delete this_track
set deleted_tracks to deleted_tracks + 1
end if
set all_checked_tracks to all_checked_tracks + 1
if frontmost then
if (progress_factor is not 0) and (all_checked_tracks mod progress_factor) is 0 then
if deleted_tracks is greater than 0 then ¬
set countem to (deleted_tracks & " dead tracks removed so far...")
if frontmost is true then display dialog (all_checked_tracks as string) & ¬
" tracks checked..." & ¬
return & countem buttons {"Cancel", «data utxt266B»} giving up after 1
end if
end if
end try
end repeat
set fixed indexing to oldfi
repeat with this_playlist in all_playlists
if (get count of tracks of this_playlist) is 0 then
try
delete playlist this_playlist
end try
end if
end repeat
if deleted_tracks is greater than 0 then
set ps to " was"
if deleted_tracks is not 1 then set ps to "s were"
display dialog "Finished removing \"dead\" tracks." & return & ¬
deleted_tracks & " track" & ps & ¬
" removed." buttons {"Thanks"} default button 1 with icon 1
else
if gave up of (display dialog "It was not necessary to remove any tracks." buttons {"Thanks"} ¬
default button 1 with icon 1 giving up after 15) is true then error number -128
end if
end tell
To use this code in an applescript open up Script Editor (found in Applications>Applescript>) and then copy and paste this code into a new script. Then save the file into the directories noted above.
and comon guys. im the windows dude. i shouldnt have been the first guy to think "i bet theres an applescript that can do this" =p
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