File status badges
LTCast checks every setlist song against the disk. A song whose audio file it cannot find is marked as missing, and it cannot play until you relink it. There is no separate green or red badge on the card — a song that is found simply looks normal.
How a missing file looks
- Found — the card looks normal and the song is ready to play
- Missing — the card is dimmed, its name turns orange italic with a warning icon, the ▶ button is disabled, and the tooltip reads File missing — click to relink
Relinking a missing file
Click the dimmed song card. A file picker opens — navigate to the new location of the audio file and select it. LTCast updates the stored path and the card returns to normal immediately.
Reconnect Folder
If many files have moved to a new folder (for example, you copied the project to a different drive), use Reconnect Folder instead of relinking each file individually. Click the Reconnect Folder button on the orange N missing banner under the setlist tabs, select the folder that now contains your audio files, and LTCast scans it (and the folders inside it) for matching filenames. Every file it can match is relinked at once. A toast notification tells you how many songs were relinked.
No automatic search on open
LTCast does not look for moved files by itself when you open a project. The nearest thing is that relinking one song also relinks the other missing songs it can find in the same folder, across every setlist tab, as described in Relink missing files.
The N missing banner
When one or more files in the list on screen are missing, an orange banner under the setlist tabs shows how many, with the Reconnect Folder button. It counts the active tab only, and gives you a quick check before a show without scrolling through the entire setlist.
.ltcast file does not follow its audio when you move it. Use Collect Project to gather a show and its audio into one folder, and Reconnect Folder to re-point it after you move that folder.Related
For recovering a project where many files have moved, see Relink missing files. To gather a project and its audio for handoff or archiving, use Collect Project (see Sharing projects).