Hoster 5.09 Has been released May 28, 2013

[Roy Dennis]

Just to test a bit further before adding all your folders, add another folder to the list and if necessary rebuild the database again after.

Then check if you are still getting one long file name.

If these folders were imported before and contain the kmh header file they should import with the title and artist order as it was on your old computer because all that info is in the kmh or kma header file.

Maybe that odd 14 were wrong before.

If it then seems OK you could try using the Add Folder/Subfolders button and brows to your F drive and select that, it will then automatically import all the files on that drive containing both kma & kmh files.
Then if necessary use the rebuild database again after they are all imported.

But again don't have any of the files of types highlighted at the top until you finish importing all your previously indexed files.

[bburton166]

I imported another small folder and it gave one long title with artist, title, and a bunch of other info. So if all the songs were imported with this kmh header and have the long title already, then I will have to go and edit as I add folders it sounds like. Unfortunately I was not the one that imported the previous database, I was the one asked to fix it.

[Roy Dennis]

So it seems they have always been this way

There is another tool in the rebuild database dialog "Define field Order" button where you select the field order but that only works on files that have never been imported before and you would also have to use "Song Types to index " feature with it.

You would probably be better of re-importing them via the Index Song Files dialog. but before reimporting them from there you would probably need to delete the importedFiles.txt in each folder first.

With the amount of files you have this is going to be a long job unless all your files follow the same naming order, which I doubt they would so you would have to be monitoring it all the time.

If you think they were all imported originally with the one long file name then I think this would be the best option If you want them named correctly otherwise you would need to edit every file separately.
Alternately import them all for now as previously but use the Add folders/subfolders button and then see if they are all one long file name or if it only applies to a few.

If decide to re-import the files and you have some kma files that were imported direct from disc might be better importing them as you did with the 2 small folders first as you can't change their field order and that will stop any duplicated problems when reimporting the others.

[bburton166]

Originally Posted by Roy Dennis

So it seems they have always been this way

There is another tool in the rebuild database dialog "Define field Order" button where you select the field order but that only works on files that have never been imported before and you would also have to use "Song Types to index " feature with it.

You would probably be better of re-importing them via the Index Song Files dialog. but before reimporting them from there you would probably need to delete the importedFiles.txt in each folder first.

With the amount of files you have this is going to be a long job unless all your files follow the same naming order, which I doubt they would so you would have to be monitoring it all the time.

If you think they were all imported originally with the one long file name then I think this would be the best option If you want them named correctly otherwise you would need to edit every file separately.
Alternately import them all for now as previously but use the Add folders/subfolders button and then see if they are all one long file name or if it only applies to a few.

If decide to re-import the files and you have some kma files that were imported direct from disc might be better importing them as you did with the 2 small folders first as you can't change their field order and that will stop any duplicated problems when reimporting the others.

So I just need to delete the "ImportedFiles.txt" from each folder and monitor the import of the files? Or do I need to delete each KMH file and then import the files again? I wouuld lilke to have the files read correctly, which would be the best method?

Thanks,
Brett

[bburton166]

Is there any other type of program that I could install and correct the id tags for these songs?

[Roy Dennis]

It would be best to delete the kmh files as well which is then like starting from scratch.

Regarding the id tags, most of the old ripped karaoke tracks never had their id tags indexed so still need to be manually indexed.
I don't know of any other programs that will fix this for you.
Also I don't believe video tracks contain ID tags.

Mp3 tracks on the other hand generally do have all their Id tags in tact and can be indexed automatically. You can try importing these through the index song files dialog and most should automatically get the correct field order without having to set it up previously.
You might want to view my video on this subject here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjf7fxEK5wk ithe mp3 import is at the beginning and it does sort the title and artist for mp3 types.
This is from an earlier version of Hoster but that part is the same and may help you.

[bburton166]

Originally Posted by Roy Dennis

It would be best to delete the kmh files as well which is then like starting from scratch.

Regarding the id tags, most of the old ripped karaoke tracks never had their id tags indexed so still need to be manually indexed.
I don't know of any other programs that will fix this for you.
Also I don't believe video tracks contain ID tags.

Mp3 tracks on the other hand generally do have all their Id tags in tact and can be indexed automatically. You can try importing these through the index song files dialog and most should automatically get the correct field order without having to set it up previously.
You might want to view my video on this subject here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjf7fxEK5wk ithe mp3 import is at the beginning and it does sort the title and artist for mp3 types.
This is from an earlier version of Hoster but that part is the same and may help you.

Roy,
Well I am still in the process of reloading all my songs. I went in and deleted all the kmh files and the importedfiles.txt from each folder. My issue know is that my "C" drive is full and I have only 3/4 of my songs imported. How do I change the drive location for hoster since I have 579gb of storage in my "D" drive rather than the 179gb in my "C" driver. How do I move hoster to the "D" drive? Other than that, seems things are running great, thanks for all your help.
Brett