After I had enough of the many duplicates, I deleted it from the directory (.squite file on Mac, but I kept the squite-journal file). after that, I selected the new directory, and then I saw in confusion that discs were also included from another hard disk (i never used it for Audirvana), how is this possible? I like the Audirvana, but a lot of things work very imprecisely. There is iTunes, which works quite well as a library (the sound is bad and missing dsd, dsf playing etc). It would be nice to upgrade a few functions. I also don’t understand why I can’t select several albums and delete them in a batch or why there is no option to delete them from the library or from the hard disc (or just didnt find it how possible)?
Start again…
If you have Playlists that are important, backup them first to desktop and save them in a folder…
when Audirvana is reset, you can restore them… see picture at the end.
Apple hide the Home Folder in User Library at some time depending on OS System…
When you have clicked your Home Folder, and cannot see the Library Folder in there,
just do a ‘‘cmd J’’ to show the folder settings preferences and see at the bottom…
click Show Library Folder and then you’ll have access to the rest forever.
If you continue and trash the database .sqlite, you will lose also the play count number
of how many times you played those songs… if important to you or not.
Go to Audirvana preferences panel and delete with - sign your music folder(s) there. iTunes Library, if you want less trouble and don’t use it 
If with Studio, i don’t like those 2 other preferences at ON, i make sure after a restart they are at OFF, but that is me, you decide. your music should disappear from main window…
Close Audirvana. The .sqlite journal will disappear…
Go to User… Home Folder… Library… Applications Support… Audirvana Folder…
Trash All the files .sqlite in that folder (that is your database of music, back it up! or not).
Restart Mac. Restart Audirvana.
Add a music folder when asked or go to prefs again and add one with + sign.
LET IT SYNC, even better don’t try to adjust windows or edit files, even playing music
while it is not finished… you’ll see the progress bar going… Could be long the first time
depending on how large your library is, and Mac is fast or not…
go to sleep if it is too long. But it is generally fast if you don’t have 400000 songs
Then when finished, close Audirvana, yes close it before playing a song…
That way you will have your database from scratch saved without crashing or bugs or duplicates.
Then copy the .sqlite file to somewhere else in a folder as a backup for today.
Do this as often you can, if you do many edits in your library or add many CDs, that way
if a bug comes back, you’ll have a not so far library to put back in the same place without bugs.
When copied, reopen Audirvana, and play a song.
Hi,
ok. thanks,
(i am using Origin and I dont have metadata recovery tab…) I have 880000 tracks but i am trying to get used to it, so just testing with 100000 tracks
but the most important for me the favorites how can i import them back after a made the process? Can i rebuilt from the saved .sqlite file? or lost them or how can i do it?
Hi,
i didn’t say metadata recovery tab… said playlists recovery
If you had look at the same place in Origin you would have seen the same window…
like now in my picture from Origin.
I don’t use favorites, but it is the first in the list, so you can try what i said up there and see…
i was talking for your duplicates removing. The good thing about the database is, it can be replace… if something you don’t like happen, put the old one in the same place…
So when i say up there:
Go to User… Home Folder… Library… Applications Support… Audirvana Folder…
Trash All the files .sqlite in that folder (that is your database of music, back it up! or not).
keep the .sqlite you have now and put it somewhere else on your mac. Trash the one in the folder…restart… blah blah blah. … then put 100000 songs to test, that is also big! i have 4000 albums, like 50 000 songs Restore your playlists favorites that you have backup somewhere too before. And then, see if you still have your doubles, and if your favorites are still there… if not, close Origin, put the sqlite that you save before test, and restart Mac and Origin and all your duplicates and favorites that you have before will be like they were.
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thanks again