Keeping track of playcounts

Playtimes are kept in a file called star.p along with the rating and whether a track is marked as loved. Tracks are uniquely identified by a matching filename, artist and track title.

Therefore in order to keep track of these, you must not change the filename outside of functions provided by Tauon Music Box. (You can use the Reload Metadata function to update tag information provided the filename has not changed)

Tip: If you're moving installation and want to keep playtimes, just make sure to copy the star.p file from the old program data folder to the new one.

Recovering playcounts of an album

If you do lose the playtimes of an album, you can try getting them back by using the Vacuum Playtimes feature available from the folder title context menu while holding Shift. This function will take playtimes of any matching track in the database while ignoring the filename.