
Re-Playlist Tool
Watch the Dupin Re-Playlist Tool video.
The Re-Playlist command allows you to replace the non-Keeper tracks in selected iTunes playlists with their associated Keeper tracks.
- Please note:
- You must have performed a filter with the Filter Controls before performing a Re-Playlist. The current Keeper/non-Keeper configuration of the Dupe Groups is used to determine which tracks are to be replaced.
- Re-playlisting does not remove tracks from iTunes. Tracks that are replaced in a playlist still reside in the iTunes library and their files are not deleted. To remove non-Keeper tracks and/or Trash their files use the Purge function after re-playlisting.
- Smart Playlists and Genius Playlists are not eligible to be re-playlisted. These types of playlists are created dynamically and removing a track from them may be fruitless since a track may just be put back again automatically.
- Playlists are re-populated using their current sorting order.
An example
Let's say a Dupe Group contains two versions of the song "Layla". After filtering with the Filter Controls, you have determined that one of them is a Keeper and the other is not. However, it is the non-Keeper "Layla" that appears in your "Eric Clapton Songs" playlist, and the Keeper "Layla" does not. If you were to Purge now, the non-Keeper "Layla" would disappear from the "Eric Clapton Songs" playlist. By using the Re-Playlist feature, you can replace the non-Keeper "Layla" with the Keeper "Layla" in the "Eric Clapton Songs" playlist before performing a Purge (if you wanted to perform a Purge at all).
Of course, unlike this example that illustrates the process with just one Dupe Group, the Re-Playlist command works with all the Dupe Groups that have a Keeper checkmarked. Tracks of any Dupe Groups which have no Keeper selected are unaffected
Note: By default Keepers are designated by being checkmarked. However, if you prefer the opposite configuration whereby a Keeper is designated by being un-checkmarked, you can toggle this behavior in Preferences. In any case, the text color of non-Keepers is always lighter than the text color of the Keepers. Throughout this help book, tracks will be referred to as Keepers and non-Keepers as often as possible to avoid any confusion with what is "checked" or "un-checked".
How To Use
Be sure to have filtered your Dupe Groups, either automatically with the Filter Controls or manually by clicking their checkmark buttons. Make sure you are satisfied with the current Filter's results. It is assumed that the Purge tool will be used to delete the current non-Keepers shortly after a re-playlist operation. If the Filtering is changed after re-playlisting the non-Keepers may not be the same as those in the previous Filter and the "wrong" tracks may be removed from re-playlisted playlists when Purge is eventually used.
Re-playlisting will consider all the Dupe Groups in the main window. Alternatively, you can select just the Dupe Groups whose tracks you want to re-playlist.
Select "Re-Playlist..." from Dupin's Tools menu, or press Command-Option-P, or click the "Re-Playlist" toolbar icon.
The Re-Playlist window will be displayed and will list any user-created playlists that contain at least one non-Keeper track as currently Filtered:
Select the playlists you want to re-playlist by clicking on them (Playlist Folders cannot be selected). You don't have to re-playlist all playlists at once. There may be situations where you only want to re-playlist just a few playlists. Click on the "OK" button.
DO NOT engage or interact with iTunes once the scanning of playlists begins.
During re-playlisting, iTunes may bounce in the Dock when larger playlists are being re-added. This is normal and doesn't need to be acknowledged.
In a few moments, iTunes will update the playlists you have chosen, replacing any non-Keepers in the playlist(s) you selected with their associated Keeperif the selected playlist(s) contain any of the non-Keepers, that is.
If re-playlisting creates superfluous multiple copies of the same track entries use the Remove Duplicate Entries From Playlist... tool in the Tools Menu.