Augh! Help! Reinstall of songs (Hoster version 3.321)

[dave2851]

I'm lost. I posted earlier in the week about my laptop dying. I bought a new computer, downloaded and reinstalled Hoster (version 3.321)
I keep all of my songs on an external drive. They are both KMA files and MP3G files. MadJim replied on how to rebuild my database and that worked. However when I search, a TON of songs are missing. I called support several times and get voicemail. Can someone please help?

[hwheeler43]

Are all of your files in the same folder on the external drive? You may have already checked this, but sometimes it is the simple things that trip us up.

[madjim- with the Lord]

Hey Dave,
Are all of your KMA files in one folder? If not you have to select each folder that contains KMA files when you rebuild the dayabase.

(Thanks hwheeler43 for helping out, you snuck in on me. )


Jim

[dave2851]

Yep, I selected all of the folders that have karaoke songs in them. I have both KMA and MP3g files. It built it - 15, 000 plus songs. It made a .txt file showing this:

DUPLICATE BOOKIDS DETECTED DURING DB BUILD ON: Thu Mar 05 15:33:33 2009

C:\MTU\Hoster\BuildSongDBLog.txt



BOOKID SONG NAME ARTIST NAME
PATH


26201 It's Only Rock N' Roll Rolling Stones
J:\Karaoke Tracks\Backstage\BS9217-1.kma

26202 As Tears Go By Rolling Stones
J:\Karaoke Tracks\Backstage\BS9217-2.kma

26203 The Harlem Shuffle Rolling Stones
J:\Karaoke Tracks\Backstage\BS9217-3.kma

26204 Time Is On My Side Rolling Stones
J:\Karaoke Tracks\Backstage\BS9217-4.kma

26205 Satisfaction Rolling Stones
J:\Karaoke Tracks\Backstage\BS9217-5.kma

26206 Get Off Of My Cloud Rolling Stones
J:\Karaoke Tracks\Backstage\BS9217-6.kma

26207 Paint It Black Rolling Stones
J:\Karaoke Tracks\Backstage\BS9217-7.kma

26208 Mother's Little Helper Rolling Stones
J:\Karaoke Tracks\Backstage\BS9217-8.kma

26209 Jumping Jack Flash Rolling Stones

.....it goes on and on and on like this.

Could this be the problem?

[Singsation]

Do you not have to import your mp3g files into hoster for them to be converted into Kma files before the data base will pick them up? I think all the files must named kma. You can play mp3g using add track.

[madjim- with the Lord]

Dave,
When you rebuilt the database, Did you hit "Add" or "Rebuild"?

With Hoster closed go to C:\MTU\Hoster and delete the songs.mdb and the songs_backup.mdb then Rebuild (not Add) your database.

This should fix the Dupilcate Book Id issue.

Jim

[dave2851]

I clicked "ADD" folders...and "BUILD" database. I will try your suggestion right now.

[dave2851]

No luck. I deleted the files, did the rebuild. Still missing a ton of songs in my search.

And I get the duplicate file .txt file :



DUPLICATE BOOKIDS DETECTED DURING DB BUILD ON: Thu Mar 05 17:39:56 2009

C:\MTU\Hoster\BuildSongDBLog.txt



BOOKID SONG NAME ARTIST NAME
PATH


26201 It's Only Rock N' Roll Rolling Stones
J:\Karaoke Tracks\Backstage\BS9217-1.kma

26202 As Tears Go By Rolling Stones
J:\Karaoke Tracks\Backstage\BS9217-2.kma

26203 The Harlem Shuffle Rolling Stones
J:\Karaoke Tracks\Backstage\BS9217-3.kma


.....and so on and so on....

[ddouglass]

Hoster does not use the original MP3G files when playing except when you use the MP3G button on the main screen and that is a temporary import. If you have imported them through the Import from Hard Drive then they have been re-formated to KMA and that copy has been placed in your Save To folder.
The only folders you should list in the Rebuild Folder List are the ones with KMA files in them. Do not include the ones with MP3G files in them as they won't be included in the database again.
I should have called it Merge instead of Add. The new versions call the function Add. Either way this will hopefully clear the duplicates.

[Beavis]

are you sure they arent zip files ?

[dave2851]

I've been importing them for a bit and it seems to be working. Tedious, but working.