Merging KMA files from one computer to another

[wb6bna]

Hello

I am having trouble merging KMA files from my desktop to my laptop. When I go to my laptop and select merge kma files the program tells me that is merging and the number of files. Yet when it is done I don't have the merged files on my laptop. I go to tools and select merge KMA files and select the source for the files to be merged and then select hit merge it tells me that it is currently processing merge DB track ** of ** and when it is finished it says no new songs were added to the database. On my desktop I had 1895 songs and on my laptop I had 5**+ only. Can someone tell me what I am doing incorrectly. Thanks Alan

[Beavis]

did you rebuild your database first ?

[mindonstrike]

Originally Posted by wb6bna

Hello

I am having trouble merging KMA files from my desktop to my laptop. When I go to my laptop and select merge kma files the program tells me that is merging and the number of files. Yet when it is done I don't have the merged files on my laptop. I go to tools and select merge KMA files and select the source for the files to be merged and then select hit merge it tells me that it is currently processing merge DB track ** of ** and when it is finished it says no new songs were added to the database. On my desktop I had 1895 songs and on my laptop I had 5**+ only. Can someone tell me what I am doing incorrectly. Thanks Alan

What is the "source"

Sam

[wb6bna]

I think I figured it out now. I wasn't updating my database. I just did it and all the songs are now there. I will post again if I still have problems. I am using Hoster on my desktop 2.0g 160hd with wireless connection to laptop. Thanks Alan

[ddouglass]

If I understand this correctly, I think you are heading for trouble. You are running Hoster from the desktop with some of your songs on the local hard drive and the rest on the laptops hard drive which you are connected to via wireless network. Is this right?

Unless that wireless connection is one of the newest as in the 54mbs type and your laptop hardrive access is fast, then I forsee stuttering audio and graphics happening. You would really be better off to get you a large external usb hard drive and keep all your song files on it.

[mindonstrike]

Originally Posted by wb6bna

I think I figured it out now. I wasn't updating my database. I just did it and all the songs are now there. I will post again if I still have problems. I am using Hoster on my desktop 2.0g 160hd with wireless connection to laptop. Thanks Alan

You should not need to rebuild the database. You should be able to merge and go.
The reason I asked about your "source" is that it sounded as though you were expecting those songs to be transfered to a different location, which they won't, they remain in their original location.

Sam

[wb6bna]

I think you misunderstood. I am running my show from the laptop. The desktop is only for importing the songs as the cd on my laptop doesnt read the cdg's. Then I import them from the desktop to the laptop and when I look at the songs in the laptop the ones I just imported ae not there. The only they show is if update the data base. I also haved to copy and paste all the songs and the program which takes many hours. I have to be doin g something wrong. Thanks Alan

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by wb6bna

I think you misunderstood. I am running my show from the laptop. The desktop is only for importing the songs as the cd on my laptop doesnt read the cdg's. Then I import (Do you mean you copy them to the laptop ?)them from the desktop to the laptop and when I look at the songs in the laptop the ones I just imported ae not there. The only they show is if update the data base. I also haved to copy and paste all the songs and the program which takes many hours. I have to be doin g something wrong. Thanks Alan

If you are copying the imported songs from the desktop to the laptop then yes you have to update (rebuild) the database because they were not imported through the Hoster on the laptop.

[wb6bna]

Thank you very much. I finally figured that out and it really does work. I still don't know how to merge the songs tho. I must be doing something wrong as the only way I can get them there is by copying and pasting. Thank you Alan

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by wb6bna

Thank you very much. I finally figured that out and it really does work. I still don't know how to merge the songs tho. I must be doing something wrong as the only way I can get them there is by copying and pasting. Thank you Alan

The MERGE Database command is not to physically move the KMA files from one location to another. Its purpose is to add the new songs to your existing database the same as the REBUILD Database with one exception. It also checks to make sure you do not have 2 CDGs listed for the same BookID. This way if you accidently re-use a BookID when you are importing with Hoster on your desktop MERGE will renumber the duplicate to the next available BookID number.

All you need to do is import your CDGs with Hoster on your desktop computer, copy the KMA files to the laptop, open Hoster on the laptop and run the MERGE Database. Simple as that.

[wb6bna]

Thanks again, this is what I do and it works well. I must haved misread the section in the manual about copying files from one hard drive to another.

Thanks again Alan