microstudio and hoster

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by lslade

Jim:
what about the songs i imported directly to hoster from disks. i do not have those in a file on my hard drive except in hoster

You do not have to re-import them to use them in Microstudio. Open Hoster click on Tools/Songs Database. Then click on Rebuild (your not going to rebuild, just look). In the top section it shows the path where your KMA files are located. Write the path down. Click on Close. This will get you out of the Rebuild without actually doing the rebuild.
Open Microstudio and Browse to the folder listed in Hoster. Depending on how many songs you have it may take a few minutes for it to list them all. From that list choose which songs you want to write to a CD and add them to the playlist to the right. In the playlist click on the first song in the list, hold down the shift key and click on the last song, then click on the Add to Write List button. Then open the Write Disc screen and you will see the list there.
Keep in mind that a CD will only hold 80 minutes worth of music so don't try to add too many songs.

[lslade]

ok tried that and it only brought up 50 songs out of about 3000

[madjim- with the Lord]

That tells me that you have your KMA files in different folders.

Use Windows Search (Start > Search > All files and folders) and type in "*.kma". This will tell you where every KMA file is located.

Once you identify the folders your KMA files are in you can:
A. Find the folder that has the files you want to copy in it, use the browse button in Microstudio and select this folder or
B. Put all of your KMA in one folder, go to Hoster > Tools > Songs Database > Rebuild, and rebuild your database. Be sure to select the folder you put all of your KMA files in and delete the other folders. This is how I do it.

I hope this gets you one step closer.

Jim

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by lslade

ok tried that and it only brought up 50 songs out of about 3000

Then you have another folder that has song files in it. Repeat what I told you and write down all the folder paths.

[hwheeler43]

Does the demo limit the amount? Maybe thats why only 50 came up. I don't know as I have the full program and never tried the demo.

[madjim- with the Lord]

Originally Posted by hwheeler43

Does the demo limit the amount? Maybe thats why only 50 came up. I don't know as I have the full program and never tried the demo.

This is a good point and makes sense since it is a demo with restrictions, but I'm not sure. I also have never used the demo. One thing, if this is the case I would think Dale would have mentioned it.

Have you tried to burn a disc using the some of the 50 KMA files that came up? Being you are using the demo they won't be complete songs anyway so give it a try and see if your burner works.


Jim

[lslade]

Actually, after i made the comment about it only finding 50 songs, i noticed on the pop up that it does say it will only hold 50. But thank you all for your help. I guess the next step is to buy the complete microstudio. Thanks again!!

[madjim- with the Lord]

It's well worth the investment. I'm sure you'll enjoy the porgram. Thanks for being patient with everybody. Have a great day!

Jim