Can not import songs

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by kevinkennedy

It's the latest version, just downloaded it.


The files are from many different brand names, these files were from a 15 SCDG set I bought from a local music supply house. They range from 300 to 900 tracks per disc and have been converted to hard drive tracks with the disk#,track#, name, artist info in the filename.

Some SCDGs are in the database. However at present you are going to run into a problem in that Hoster currently only imports up to 99 tracks/files per DiskID, so if you have more than 99 in the folder with the same DiskID it will not load correctly. This also includes the Custom Assembly too.

Try putting the first 99 in a separate folder, enter the correct brand name and use the add songs from database. See if they don't show up.

Also check to make sure your separators match correctly. You can change what Hoster is looking for from the dropdown on each of them if your files don't match what is there as default.

[kevinkennedy]

The disk id is not the problem, even if I delete the disk id, disc id and track#,. I've done all that, I have deleted the track and disk id info from the file names leaving only track [Title ] and artist and Hoster still acts the same way. Demanding a brand name. Even when I have "custom assembly" or any of the others set.

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by kevinkennedy

The disk id is not the problem, even if I delete the disk id, disc id and track#,. I've done all that, I have deleted the track and disk id info from the file names leaving only track and artist and Hoster still acts the same way. Demanding a brand name. Even when I have "custom assembly" or any of the others set.

Hoster has to have a brand name, discid, and track number. Since brand name is not part of the filename it will ask you for a brand name. Deleting the discid and track # from the filename isn't going to change that.

[kevinkennedy]

Then what good would "Custom assembly" or "unknown brand" be? what are they used for for?

Even the manual says to use the custom assembly if you dont know the brand name or if your choosing seperate tracks. Here is what it says.
(Quote)
There are several Special Brand Names you can select if you do not know the Manufacturer who produced the song:

• *Custom Assembly* - Use this if you made a custom disc with your favorite songs and no longer know the original Brands and DiscID's.
• *KHProducer Made* - Use this if you created your own songs using MTU's Karaoke Pro or Karaoke Home Producer software.
• *Private Reserve of Mine* - Use this for whatever you want to.
• *Unknown Brand* - Use this if you have no idea where the song came from.

(end quote)
That was the whole reason I bought this software.
I imported some of these files using the demo and it worked fine. I have over 11,000 tracks that I need to import to this program to make it work for me.

[gduns - with the Lord]

The Whole purpose of the brand name and the disk number is so it can fill in the title and artist for you. Certianly you dont want to type in all this by hand.