Not A Fan Of Hoster Right Now!!!!

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Originally Posted by POCAHONDIS

As of this very moment, I feel that Hoster could quite possibly be the worst, least user friendly program I've ever encountered.

I cannot, after two days, repeated readings of the manuel, and repeated calls to tech support. . . get my mp3g and zip files imported into the program.

Trust me, I've exhausted everything.

I have several thousand files to import. Many of them are labeled differently.

Any suggestions?

1. You will use the Import Songs > Import Hard Drive Files command and screen.

2. You must first pick the TYPE (either ZIP or MP3G) to use. Read the instructions around the screen.

3. You must pick the Folder where the first files are located you want to import.

4. Once this is done, the files of that TYPE from that FOLDER appear in the Files List Window. Read the instructions around the screen.

5. You must click (select) an "example" filename to use. Pay attention to the order of the "fields" in THAT filename. Read the instructions around the screen.

6. You must choose either a Preset button on the left that EXACTLY matches your selected name "field order" within the filename, and/or use the Define Field Order fields below and define which field is first, then select or type in the delimiter your filename has between the first and second field, moving on down the filename and defining the field order and delimiters between each field.

7. I'd suggest you click the SINGLE button to import only the tracks that have the same DiscID (assuming your filenames contain a DiscID field - if not, click the BATCH button and let it import all the files that match your "Defined Field Order" settings.

8. Click the Add Tracks button (I think that's it's name), and the Track List Window below will populate with files that match your defined field order.

9. Click the Select All check box and all check boxes below should be checked.

10. Import Selected Tracks button. This will start converting the selected file TYPE to KMA HDMP3G files, indexed in your Songs Database.


If this doesn't help you, along with reading the manual on the IMPORT HARD DRIVE FILES topic, then post 5 example filenames of files you can't import and we'll help you understand what to do, or why you are having problems.