Collection CSV export does not match Collection count (missing and extra tracks)

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Hello Engine DJ team:

I’m trying to audit my music library using Engine DJ Desktop (latest version) and I’m encountering serious inconsistencies between the Collection view and the CSV export.

What I see:

  • Collection (visible in Engine DJ): 6863 tracks
  • Export Collection → CSV: ~10,000 tracks
  • The CSV includes many tracks with paths like C:… and other drives that no longer exist.
  • All my actual music files are physically located on drive L:.

To clean up the data, I did the following:

  • I exported the Collection to CSV.
  • I removed all rows that were NOT from L:.
  • After filtering, the CSV contains 6421 tracks.

The problem:

  • The collection shows 6863 tracks.
  • The CSV filtered to the actual drive shows 6421 tracks.
  • This means that approximately 442 visible tracks in the Collection are missing from the CSV export.

I also ran Collection → Run Cleanup, but this did not resolve the issue.

Why are some visible tracks in the Collection not exporting correctly (or not exporting at all) to CSV?

Is there a supported way to obtain a reliable, 1:1 snapshot of the visible Collection?

Currently, the CSV export does not seem reliable for auditing or verification purposes.

Thank you for your time.

Sincerely.

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Simply use Lexicon for this. The database synchronization feature doesn’t require a subscription. With Lexicon, you can reassign the data if the files have been moved to a different location. There are also tutorials available for this. However, I’m currently unsure whether this feature is free. It’s better to pay a small fee upfront than to end up with an incomplete collection later.

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Thank you so much, I’ve already tried it. And Lexicon doesn’t allow exporting, so it’s useless to me…

Anyway, I did another test and I’m amazed at how badly it works.

In the CSV I exported from a playlist, it tells me that a song, for example, is on drive F: I look for it, and it’s actually on drive L:

And it’s not duplicated or anything, I don’t know why, but this information changed when I exported to CSV… I’m baffled.