song database

[slsides]

i've tried to figure this out, and searched the forums as well, but i can't find out how to change the location of the songs database in hoster.

in the old version, there was a control on the dialog box that allowed one to manually select the location. i can't find any such thing in 3.321, and i even struck out finding a registry key to edit.

i have the songs directory set to the external drive. i want to have the database on the external, too, but it insists on being at c:\mtu\hoster

thanks,

shaun

[Beavis]

im not using the latest version, but you have to move your files then rebuild your database.

[slsides]

Originally Posted by Beavis

im not using the latest version, but you have to move your files then rebuild your database.

move what files? i don't have any songs in it yet

[ddouglass]

You cannot change the location of the songs.mdb database file and never could. The only thing you can change is the location of the song files (.KMA) by using the "Select Folder" and "Remove Folder" buttons at the top of the Build Database window.
If you have changed the Import location to the external, then that should already show in the list of locations as it is automatically added when you change the Import location.

[slsides]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

You cannot change the location of the songs.mdb database file and never could. The only thing you can change is the location of the song files (.KMA).

i can assure you that in the version i've been messing with up to now, i was able to define the location of the songs.mdb. i are you saying that i can't put the database on the external hdd? :: sigh ::
i have the kma location set to D:, which is the external hdd. the database location, displayed in green text at the bottom of the dialog, is still showing as C:\MTU\Hoster.

[ddouglass]

What you were changing previously was the folder location of the song files not the location of the "songs.mdb" file which was located originally under the Program Files area before Vista (BV?) but is now located in C:\MTU\Hoster\. This is the location shown in green near the bottom of the Build Database window.

[mindonstrike]

Originally Posted by slsides

i've tried to figure this out, and searched the forums as well, but i can't find out how to change the location of the songs database in hoster.

in the old version, there was a control on the dialog box that allowed one to manually select the location. i can't find any such thing in 3.321, and i even struck out finding a registry key to edit.

i have the songs directory set to the external drive. i want to have the database on the external, too, but it insists on being at c:\mtu\hoster

thanks,

shaun

If you are referring to the database file Hoster creates after building the database, that Hoster uses to find KMA's for adding to your playlist, you've never ever been able to change the location of that file (songs.mdb).

If you are refering to the folder(s) you store your kma's in you just need to use the "select folder" button on the build database screen to tell Hoster where your KMA's are.

Sam

Oops, Dale beat me to this by 2 minutes! - That's what I get for typing so slowly