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Old May 31st, 2012, 05:43 AM
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Re: moving the singers database to a new computer

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Originally Posted by djbikeerrob View Post
thank you everyone all set on that i did a built the data base thing but when i clcik on certain songs it tells me that the files is not on the drive ?
Are you referring to clicking on a song from the singers list which was what this thread started as ?
If so then as I stated before, it's because the file path has changed.
If you use the Hoster search dialog does it find and play that song title from there ?
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Originally Posted by djbikeerrob View Post
so i went back and put that folder in the add folders thing and clicked build database again and then tried to play it again and it still tells me the file isnt there even though i can search for it with both hoster and windows search and see it plain as day. now my question is do i have to have the actual mpe+g song in the computer or just the kma? i've never not had the actual mpe+g files before. and do i have to index them on the new computer to get them to play?
You need to understand the difference in importing songs as KMA files or KMH. Read the manual on this point, if you scroll down the left column of the manual to "Index Song Files" clicking that will take you to that section.
If you imported as kma then it would copy your existing mp3+g file and convert it to kma file, this type does not require the existing mp3+g file to remain on the computer.
If you choose to import as KMH type then Hoster just adds a small file with the same name as the original but with the kmh extension which has to remain in the same folder as the original mp3+g.
So if you imported as a KMH file you would see them listed as example:
Foreigner - Feels Like The First Time - LG104.mp3
Foreigner - Feels Like The First Time - LG104.cdg
Foreigner - Feels Like The First Time - LG104.kmh
All 3 files have to be on the hard drive for Hoster to play them.
Or if you had them as zip types then you would have just 2 matching files, 1 with .zip extension and the other with the .kmh extension.

If you import them this way it is unlikely you would find them from the singers lists as the file paths would have changed so I would say from the singers button delete those missing songs.

When you used the ADD folder option from the Build database dialog, if the files in that folder were mp3+g files you would have had to had that type button mp3+g selected before adding that folder. Importing this way will only import those songs as kmh types. You can still add those files by selecting that folder in the folders list, with the type button selected as well then press the "Rescan folder" button that will just rebuild that folder but I personally prefer using the Index songs files button which is found below the build database button as this dialog allows more control over how it lists your files in the database. Also from here you can choose to import as either KMA or KMH types.
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Last edited by Roy Dennis; May 31st, 2012 at 05:52 AM.
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