Song Database Issue

[lrn4569]

the funny thing is I went to import a few extra songs as a test. They imported fine, hoster picks them up and they work fine. I go into the songs database and they are NOT there. Hoster is currently NOT using the songs database it was using prior to the upgrade.

[Lonman]

Look in here.
C:\MTU\Hoster

It used to be stored in
C:\Program Files\Micro Technology Unlimited\Hoster
in the older 3.1xx versions, but they had to change that for Vista around the time (or after) 3.118 was released.
They are using the songs.mdb currently.

[admin]

Please read the manual Songs Database topic to solve your "misunderstanding" problem. As others have stated, Hoster still uses the Songs.mdb database it builds, but it is now stored in a new location required by Microsoft!

The world marches on. We document what we change, and Vista FORCED us to change. It is very hard to find a computer today that has Windows XP. NEW computers come with Vista, and have since June 2008. We had no choice.

I am VERY GLAD you finally took our advice and stopped using 3.318 as it had a disastrous bug that could cause Windows to delete all your KMA imported files.

[lrn4569]

Loneman, you are the man! Hard to understand how or why a database would be replicated. It looks like I have about 10-15 discs to go back and backfill data on. Now that I think about it, I might just import the few new files from the new database to the old database, then move the old database to the new spot. Either way I now know I am not going insane. Two thumbs up Loneman

[Lonman]

Originally Posted by lrn4569

Loneman, you are the man! Hard to understand how or why a database would be replicated. It looks like I have about 10-15 discs to go back and backfill data on. Now that I think about it, I might just import the few new files from the new database to the old database, then move the old database to the new spot. Either way I now know I am not going insane. Two thumbs up Loneman

Nothing was replicated, like stated, they had to add the separate directory for when trying to make it Vista compliant. The songs.mdb you are used to is an outdated remnant from the previous version no longer used by the current. Chances are if you just copy the old & paste it into the new directory & rebuild your database, you'll have all your updates.

[lrn4569]

It seems as though it replicated the old songs database, and the reason I believe this is I had added a few columns in that old database, (quality, date song was added, Vocals, Comments) and all these columns were in the new database. No worries, I am in the process of squaring one of them up and making sure it goes to the correct folder

[marklwood]

Originally Posted by lrn4569

the funny thing is I went to import a few extra songs as a test. They imported fine, hoster picks them up and they work fine. I go into the songs database and they are NOT there. Hoster is currently NOT using the songs database it was using prior to the upgrade.

That is what I was referring to. You are looking at the old database. If the songs aren't in the database, Hoster won't play them. If I was in front of a computer with Hoster right now, I would give you the old vs new path. Can someone help us out here?

edit: Thanks, Lonman. You beat me to it.