error - cannot find music files that are not registered to sonicstage

[jamroom]

After a couple of years not using sonicstage, I have a new windows 7 pc and have decided to update my NW HD5 library. I used to rip my cds, but have been buying a lot of albums downloads recently. However, on trying to import the wav files (for onward conversion), I get the following error message. Any ideas?

Cannot find music files that are not registered to sonicstage (error code 00007180)

TIA

[HRL]

I have had similar problems, but I noticed that if I marked the file on the hard disk and chose to open with sonicstage it imported the file. Perhaps it works for you too.

[sfbp]

I have had similar problems, but I noticed that if I marked the file on the hard disk and chose to open with sonicstage it imported the file. Perhaps it works for you too.

Not recommended, at least by me. The one time I tried double clicking and/or drag-dropping files into Sonic Stage, something terrible happened to my Sonic Stage database. In particular what happened was that somehow everything (well, any track that lacked some of the metadata, such as an Artist field - this happens a lot with classical music) got contaminated with metadata from the file that I had attempted to drag-drop onto SS.

I have seen the behaviour (and error) which OP describes. For me it occurred when the db had some sort of previous experience of the file in question. My recommended clean solution is to do as follows:

1. Put SS in "All Tracks" mode (instead of viewing by Artist, or Album)

2. Search through for any track that's not playing correctly (hopefully you haven't messed thousands of tracks!) and delete IT from the db. Always avoid deleting the music file from the computer.

3. Stop Sonic Stage, and reboot Windows (some program such as SSAAD.exe had the file open, or perhaps a network access from another computer on the home network).

4. Re add the file(s)

Generally at this point the problems ceased.

Another solution for INDIVIDUAL files (this won't work for many files you will wear out the mouse and keyboard) is to use MOVE from a working file to its new position.

Another solution when running out of space (what usually triggers this in the first place) on the hard disk, is to use JUNCTION.EXE to mount a directory on a new hard disk instead of the old directory on the old hard disk. Here are the steps for that. Let's suppose you had the root of the SS data in C:SSmusic

1. Exit SS, and rename SSmusic to (say) SSmusicXXXX

2. Create a folder on your new drive called the same as the old one (SSmusic in my example)

3. Copy (using Windows explorer or any copy routine) the entire structure of what is below SSmusic to the new drive. So instead of all your music being in C:SSmusic, it's in H:SSmusic, for instance.

4. Download JUNCTION and go to a dos prompt and type:

JUNCTION C:SSmusic H:SSmusic

5. Restart Sonic Stage and see that magically all your music appears to be in C:SSmusic (in fact it's not) when really it's in H:SSmusic

6. DELETE the C:SSmusicXXXX folder (once you are 100% sure all is copied and functional in the "new" location).

The advantage of this is that SS doesn't even know that you moved any of its music, so the database is untouched. The only caveat with this is that deleting empty directories has to be done on H: rather than C: when you are doing routine cleanup. Some weirdness of Windows.

It's common to blame SonicStage - but I have a feeling the problem is caused by trying to do something with omgjbox.exe (what it was called before SS) that it originally did not do

Hope this helps.

[jamroom]

Thanks for your help. When switching to "all tracks", I found the tracks I had previously been trying to import were actually there. I just needed to add the artist and album name and all is well. As I downloaded the album from bandcamp and the files were tagged, I had presumed SS would sort them into artist/album. At least I don't need to go looking for a new mp3 player, as the HD5 still works well. Just too old for flac support.