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Originally Posted by mindonstrike
Based on your initial post it appears that your file system is extremely inconsistant which is what will make importing from the hard drive slow and cumbersome.Files that are numbered and corespond to a disk will be easy as you just tell Hoster the brand and diskid and the root id you wish to use for that disk, for example you select 888-1 and Hoster would place every file that starts with 888 into the import list, you then tell it that it is a Chartbuster brand with a disk id of CBEP456-4, you then tell it to assign the rootid of 888 to that disk, and in 2-3 minutes (about 10 seconds per track importing .bin's) that disk is done.
With files that do not have something like a number or diskid with a track # to tie them together, you will have to go through that whole process 1 song at a time
The disk id is only used by Hoster to look up artist/title info when it is absent from the file, otherwise it has little to do with how you number things.
There are no rules saying you can't mix import methods. You could do the easy ones from the hard drive and the harder from CDG's. You'll just have to study your situation and see what's going to work best for you.
Sam
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MindOnStrike...my file system is actually quite efficient as it stands now. All my discs have no more than 5 numbers for the requester to fill in along with the artist and title on the slip.
Also, there are no duplicate songs(of approx. 5,000 now) as there is in almost all song books(many contain 5 - 10 listings of the same song with song numbers of 4-5 letters and 10-12 numbers apiece.
I understand about the program rarely using the song number, but the requester needs to fill it in with the tite; as often they make a mistake and you need the song number for searching to compare accuracies.
That is why I feel a need to keep the numbering system.
My books now are really easy to read(3 columns: title, artist, and simple number), with not one duplicated song.
However, how long do you think it will take me to log in 200 discs that have a brand name associated with them but need a new rootbookID; and another 100 custom discs with NO associated brand name( I assume I have to enter the song titles one - by- one at the rate of 15 songs per disc)?
Can you give me an estimate of how much time might be involved in this import process?
Thanx a bunch, you guys have been a BIG help!
Bryant