Hoster 4.11 & Songverter

[nfountai]

Thanks for the direction I am trying that now with a few songs as a test drive. When I used the import and saved the files to the laptop hard drive I was happy to see the "search" worked great. Would the songverter change the kma files to the correct names after I import them to the external HD?

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by nfountai

Thanks for the direction I am trying that now with a few songs as a test drive. When I used the import and saved the files to the laptop hard drive I was happy to see the "search" worked great. Would the songverter change the kma files to the correct names after I import them to the external HD?

No. You cannot change the names on the KMA files or the database will not be able find them for Search or to add them to the playlist. KMA filenames generally are the DiskID-Track.KMA and if you change this Hoster will not be able to find them.

[Roy Dennis]

If you want to change any of the names it is best to do it from the Tools/ Edit Songs, that way the search will still be able to find them.

[ddouglass]

Roy that won't change the file name which I believe is what he was asking.

[Roy Dennis]

Yes you are right Dale, I misunderstood his problem.

Roy.

[nfountai]

Dale you are correct. Although I have imported some files to see how it will work and "Save As" to my external hard drive and that worked just fine. Trial and error I found some files were not imported. So I clicked on the import screen again, after getting rid of all the newly imported files with "rebuild", I checked "ignore-ignore-title-artist" and that gives me the search ability for all the files I imported. Although when I look at the KMA folder, I haven't a clue which files are what or who. It would be great to be able to see what is what. But I can live with it as I have backup HD's with files still in the zip format. Thanks for your help

[ddouglass]

KMA files have always been set up with the DiskID and Track Number as the file name. This makes the file names shorter and this helps if you have a long path. Windows does have a limit on the number of characters in a path.

after getting rid of all the newly imported files with "rebuild", I checked "ignore-ignore-title-artist" and that gives me the search ability for all the files I imported

Are you ignoring the DiskID and Track when you import or is this other information that Hoster can't use? Also, after you have imported tracks you do not have to "rebuild" as those files that imported are automatically added to the database.