deleteing catalog and starting over

[MrMark]

which is the easies/best way to delete your database and start over fresh...
thank you

[Roy Dennis]

Which version of Hoster are you using ?

Various ways to do this, one easy way is to open C:\MTU folder and rename the Hoster Folder to something like HosterBackup and the KMA files folder to KMAbackup disconnect any external drives if you have them connected. Then start Hoster and it will build a new Hoster folder with an empty database for songs and singers. If any thing goes wrong you can delete the new Hoster folder rename the 2 folders back to how they were and restart Hoster as normal.
When you are satisfied you don't need the backup folders you can just delete them.

Option 2
This appears slightly different according to your version but from the build database dialog, remove all folders from the list of folders shown, then when that list is empty and not showing any files press the rebuild database option.
This will build you an empty songs database and be like starting from new except it still leaves the singers database but this can be deleted after-wards from within Hoster.

When you say delete and start over, if you original music was imported from CD+G disc's as KMA files and you were to delete all these files you would have to re import all those disc's over again, quite a time consuming thing if you have a lot of disc's
If you Add that KMA folder back to the list of folders then nothing will have changed, it will rebuild them back as they were as all the information Book id, Disc Id is built into the KMA headers.
If you imported them as mp3+g or zip as KMA files and did not keep the original mp3+g or zip file then these files would be lost.
One way out of this dilemma is to convert all you KMA files to mp3+g or zip files instead of deleting them. This will allow you to re import them from scratch as Hard drive imported files without all the original Book id data that can't be changed in the KMA file.
To do this you would need Songverter that is available from the main MTU site.
If you imported your files via mp3+g or zip as KMH files you could just delete the KMH headers in the folders then you would still have your original files to start over with. To just delete the KMH header files open the folder containing them and right click on a blank area in the folder and from the options fly out select "Sort by then if it's available select "Type", that will list the KMH headers separate from the other files so you can just delete those.

[MrMark]

I have converted my kma into mp3-g files i am using the latest version of hoster....i redid my karaoke library...went in and corrected every typo issue you name it I spent days doing this....so now i have to rebuild my database...the old folders that are on the box no longer exist...but still showing up and causing me issues with importing

[Roy Dennis]

When open the build database dialog, if the folders are still listed there that no longer exist can you not select one then press the Exclude folder button to remove it ?
If it won't allow you to do that probably because it doesn't exist you can remove all folders from the list by first closing Hoster then open the C:\MTU\Hoster folder find the "HosterInfoIndexed.ini" file and delete it.

Then open Hoster build database dialog and Press the Rebuild database button, this will clear out the old database first. once thats finished just Add the folders that you want in your database using the Add Folder Button adding them one at a time or if they are in sub folders use Add Sub folders option.
Highlight the type buttons that you are importing before using the ADD folder button (unless you have previously indexed these folders). Hoster will first scan that folder for existing KMH files then add any new found files after. As you add the folders it should add their contents to the new songs database, if not use the rebuild database button when you finish adding all the folders.

[MrMark]

this helps alot thank you....