editing "brand " names

[bryant]

Originally Posted by billyo

we have songs that my partner and i sings all the time and its listed under our names, and these songs are also listed under theire brand names..we havent had any problems with it ..yet

But do you have other songs on those same discs that are listed under a different brand name, and do you have
other discs that also have combinations of more than one brand name on it. That was my real question. maybe your discs do exist this way, hopefully. Please inform me again.

[admin]

Originally Posted by bryant

But do you have other songs on those same discs that are listed under a different brand name, and do you have
other discs that also have combinations of more than one brand name on it. That was my real question. maybe your discs do exist this way, hopefully. Please inform me again.

You can import one or more tracks from a disc with a DIFFERENT BRAND, such as *My Private Reserve*, and assign whatever DiscID you want. Click the NEXT button to assign the next BookID. Then, type in whatever Artist and Title you want for your tracks.

This will work.

[bryant]

I see. All my book Id's are already in and they are matched with the disc id's. Example: book Id# 812-8 is in disc ID # 812 and bookroot Id #812 as well, and were all imported on one brand name. All my discs were previously set up that way.

Now I need to know about editing just the brand names at this point here and there throughout the complete list of disc Id's.

After I do that, the disc ID's and rootbook Id's will still match; but will have different brand names within the same ID. And....similar brand names will be scattered among different "root and disc" ID's as well.

Will this be okay.
I just want to be clear that everyone knows exactly what I am doing before I do it, that's all.

[admin]

Originally Posted by bryant

Now I need to know about editing just the brand names at this point here and there throughout the complete list of disc Id's.

I just want to be clear that everyone knows exactly what I am doing before I do it, that's all.

There is no way to edit an imported KMA file to change the Brand. You will need to re-import with a different brand.

When you start to do this, you will know on the first disc you try to import with a different Brand. You will need to type in a custom DiscID, and you will need to click the NEXT button to get a different BookID. This is all assuming you want to keep the original, correct Brand/DiscID/BookID. If you don't, then delete them before you start, and type in or select the NEW Brand you want to use.

[bryant]

Originally Posted by admin

There is no way to edit an imported KMA file to change the Brand. You will need to re-import with a different brand.

Now I am really confused, as I noticed yesterday I previously mis-typed a "whole disc worth of songs' "
brand names; went into edit songs mode and edited each one's brand name to the correct brand name I wanted in the first place. (I'm sure I confused the question earlier).

So now my original question in the post just prior to the one before this still stands. Can someone help me once again in my attempt to do that, please?

[bryant]

So May I assume that editing brand names from the tools edit songs menu is perfectly an okay thing to do, and should not create any unexpected problems. Anyone?

[ddouglass]

Bryan,
Since no one seems to have done it before then I guess you get to be the pioneer! Try it and see. If it causes problems you can always change it back.

[admin]

Originally Posted by bryant

Now I need to know about editing just the brand names at this point here and there throughout the complete list of disc Id's.

After I do that, the disc ID's and rootbook Id's will still match; but will have different brand names within the same ID. And....similar brand names will be scattered among different "root and disc" ID's as well.

Will this be okay.
I just want to be clear that everyone knows exactly what I am doing before I do it, that's all.

I stand corrected... must have been asleep when I answered above. You can edit the Brand name. There is no checking to verify the Brand you select is correct for the DiscID. Thus, you can enter something custom, choose any Brand from the standard list, and even choose a WRONG Brand for the DiscID... there is no checking.

When you try to import a disc that already has some tracks imported and others you changed the Brand name on, the Import CD Tracks screen may not identify those tracks that are already imported. Thus, you could end up with duplicate songs under different Brand names. Without a programmer studying the code, I can't tell you for sure, which is why I said "MAY NOT" above.

I'd recommend you make very sure you enter the Root BookID in the Search For: field and then set the Brand the same on ALL tracks from that DiscID/Root BookID. Otherwise, I don't know what will happen.