What is Toricxs good for?

Scenario 1: cleaning up your collection on hard disk the first time

If you just downloaded Toricxs then it is ingenious to clean up your whole collection the first time now. Follow the further instructions of this help document. Just scan the root directory of your collection (e.g. ‘C:\MUSIC\’) in step 1 as a move directory. In step 8, set the new root directory of your cleaned up collection. If you want to retain C:\MUSIC\ then that’s no problem, just enter ‘C:\MUSIC\’ also as new root directory. In step 11 you should choose ‘retain’ as already existing file handling.

Scenario 2: you downloaded music via p2p software or ‘legal’ download services

The TAGs and file names of downloaded filess are mostly a real mess. To clean it all up, add the download directory of your p2p software (e.g. ‘C:\KAZAA\downloaded’) as move directory. In step 8, set the root directory to the root directory of your existing collection (e.g. ‘C:\MUSIC\’). Retain already existing files.

Scenario 3: you are connected to a LAN and want to get music files of your friends

To get the files of your friends, perform the Mega-Scan on the network only. Create copy directories only, to retain your friends’ files. In step 8, enter the root directory of your existing collection, e.g. C:\MUSIC\. As existing files handling choose ‘retain’ in step 11, to verify Toricxs does not copy files that are already existing on your hard drive.

Scenario 4: you got mp3/wma/wav cds by a friend

You can make Toricxs copy the files from cd to your hard drive, just insert one cd, scan the cd (step 1), insert the next one, scan again etc. You are asked to insert the corresponding cd only when necessary. In this way, you don’t need to copy the files twice (first into a temp. directory and then into the collection directory), but you must often change cds. If you prefer a pre-copying, then copy all of the cds’ files on your hard disk, for instance to ‘C:\TEMP\’. Then continue like in scenario 2. Otherwise, set the output directory and existing files handling like in scenario 1.

Proceed like in scenario 1, just use your media player’s library as scan- and output directory. You may need to make Media Player (tm) re-scan the library after cleaning as the mp3s'/wmas’ file- and directory names changed.

Scenario 6: you just ran Toricxs the first time, are on a LAN-Party and want to create the ULTIMATE MUSIC COLLECTION, with ALL files of your disk, and also all files of the network

My son, your dream will come true. Use the MEGA SCAN and scan EVERYTHING. Add directories as copy dirs by default. After the scan, mark all directories of YOUR old collection (located on your hard disk) and make them to move directories (right-click and choose ‘Move instead of copy’), so that the files of your old collection are moved and all other copied. In step 8, define the root directory of your new, cleaned up collection. Numerate doubled files in any case to verify not one file can get lost. In step 11, retain already existing files. Hell yeah brother, this will rock! [Please note that the number of files that can be cleaned up at once is limited to 32000. If the Mega-Scan found more files, then use the normal scan to add the resting dirs in a second cleaning cycle]

Scenario 7: You just want to move your music files to new sub dirs (e.g. named like the artist), without changing the files’ TAG or name

Add the current directory/directories of your collection as move directory in step 1. In step 8, set the new output directory format (e.g. C:\MyMUSIC\%artist%\) and select ‘retain all file names’ and disable ‘write TAGs’. With these two options set like this the files will just be moved. But DO select what is to be done with doubled files (numerate/delete). This is important as two evenly named files from currently two directories could be located in the same directory after renaming. You should verify the TAG data in step 9 as, although the TAGs are not written, the new directory names will be build out of TAG data. In step 11 select ‘retain’ as existing files handling. Finally rename your files. Have fun!

If you have questions, then just mail louis@toricxs.com

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