Can't Change Build Songs Database Destination Folder

[MTUSUPPORT]

This change is for ME.

The reason for this is to Eliminate the main phone calls that I now get about this. I have many times told people how to set this up, when they need to rebuild their Database. I got tired of them placing the Database in the Song Location, and not building it correctly.

It seems that everyone makes this mistake at some point, and I get lots of calls about it.

So if you need to copy your songs.mdb to your external HD, then go to the C:\Program Files\Micro Technology Unlimited\Hoster\Databases\ directory and copy it. Then paste it onto your External Drive. Most people who are pretty knowledgable with the computers, will have no problems doing this.

I am sorry about this, to the ones of you who don't like it, but it will save me alot of time.

[Beavis]

its ok with me bryan....

[dlessnau]

Doug:

I don't use an external hard drive except for back up, but someday I might. I have printed and saved your instructions about copying and pasting the database into your external drive.

Does this mean that if I need to use my backup to play songs instead of the songs on my laptop, I have to paste the database FOLDER into my external drive before I can use it to play songs?

[quaizywabbit]

just a bit curious......

why would it be desirable to have the songs.mbd on the same external drive with the music?

is it so there can be different "sets" of music available to each system?

Why not add the drives serial number into the "properties" of the songs.mbd it matches, and perhaps compare its "last modified" property against each song in the drive to verify there are no new additions(if there are newer songs that the database, it would show as "not current")

This concept would allow hoster to ignore songs.mbd's that have no songs currently connected.