App Data

Locating the user data file directory

If you’d like to access or backup Tauon’s app data folder, you can locate it useing the “Open data folder” button under “MENU” > “Settings”. Otherwise, here are some common paths:

Platform	Path
Linux	/home/<user>/.local/share/TauonMusicBox
Flatpak	/home/<user>/.var/app/com.github.taiko2k.tauonmb/data/TauonMusicBox
Portable	./user-data
Windows	C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\TauonMusicBox

Data files

There are two important files in this directory:

• state.p Contains playlists, track database information and settings.

• star.p Contains track play time and love information independent of the main database.

Tip

If you want to backup or move installation, you can copy this user data folder. If you only care about keeping playcounts/loves/ratings, you only need to keep star.p.

Resetting the application

Partial reset

Delete both the files state.p and state.p.backup and optionally tauon.conf (while app is closed). This will delete all playlists and reset most settings, but keeps track loves, play-counts and ratings.

Full reset

Delete all the files and folders in this folder (while app is closed). All related player data will be lost unless backed up.

Keeping track of playcounts

Playtimes are kept in the star.p file, 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 jsut 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 lose the playtimes of a particular 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.