transfering

[jonhaaven]

Originally Posted by George

Been waiting along with you for someone who uses this program to answer your question, but that doesn't seem to be happening, so for want of something better, here's what I'd do.

When in the edit songs section I'd look for any disk I.D.'s that are out of whack on any track in the disc..

Make a note of any bad ones, if any, then delete them and re-import them.

I believe I'd try a database re-build after any such changes to hopefully have nailed the culprit without having to go through them all.

Once again, sure don't mind someone jumping in here with a better solution, or adding to this one.

Jumped back in here to see if it wouldn't be possible to open the folder where your KMA's are and spot a disc ID that's not right, since they are grouped together sequentially by manufacturer's disc number...

Hurrah! Not quite sure what I did . . .but all is working. This may have been the culprit, however. While I downloaded 90 percent of the songs into Hoster LITE . . . the other 10 percent I put in the later-acquired, full Hoster program. Once I copied the songs from Lite to Full, I was able to rebuild the data base, no problem. Does this sound logical to you?

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by jonhaaven

Hurrah! Not quite sure what I did . . .but all is working. This may have been the culprit, however. While I downloaded 90 percent of the songs into Hoster LITE . . . the other 10 percent I put in the later-acquired, full Hoster program. Once I copied the songs from Lite to Full, I was able to rebuild the data base, no problem. Does this sound logical to you?

What do you mean by copying the songs? Did you copy them from the songs folder under Hoster Lite to the songs folder under Hoster?

[jonhaaven]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

What do you mean by copying the songs? Did you copy them from the songs folder under Hoster Lite to the songs folder under Hoster?

Yes . . . thru the copy/paste method, I took the songs in the Lite folder and pasted them into the Full folder. Thought I had nothing to lose . . . even though both programs allowed me to create song lists using songs no matter where they were downloaded. Weird? I'm just guessing this action cleared the problem but I've tried so many things . . .who really knows?

[ddouglass]

You could have added both paths to the rebuild database window. Such as
C:\Program Files\Micro Technology Unlimited\Hoster\Songs
C:\Program Files\Micro Technology Unlimited\HosterLite\songs
This would have built the database from both locations at once. As it is now you have two copys of 90% of your files.

Actually the best way is to create one folder, preferably on another hard drive (external even better) then copy/move all of the kma files to the one folder and delete from the C:\ drive. This way if Windows crashes you don't lose all the song files.

Glad you at least got them back.

[jonhaaven]

I just picked up an external drive last week. Is it possible to back up the complete Hoster program, including the songs, to it? Or do I have to download the program from your website?

[admin]

Originally Posted by jonhaaven

I just picked up an external drive last week. Is it possible to back up the complete Hoster program, including the songs, to it? Or do I have to download the program from your website?

Backup your KMA files on your external drive. That's what most users do.

Whenever you download any MTU installation program, we always recommend you SAVE it (versus RUN in the download panel) to the hard drive. Then, make a CDROM backup of it, and even use Notepad to copy/paste your RegCode(s) to a .txt file, and burn that to the CDROM also. Title it with whatever programs-version# you stored on it. Then, if you need to reinstall Hoster on the same computer again (for example after reformatting the HDD and reinstalling Windows), you can.

From your posts on this page (2), my post above is somewhat answered already.

Now, if you WERE building the Songs Database with all the KMA files in folders listed in the Build Songs Database command dialog window, and they still didn't build as you say above, there may be a bug in the software.

What do you think?

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by jonhaaven

I just picked up an external drive last week. Is it possible to back up the complete Hoster program, including the songs, to it? Or do I have to download the program from your website?

You don't want or need to have the program on the external drive. The program will run best from the internal C:\ drive under the program files folder.
Just copy all of the KMA files from the songs folder under the Hoster folder to a folder on the external drive. Verify they are there and then delete them from the C: drive location. Next open Hoster and rebuild the database setting it to point to the external drive folder where you put the files. That's all it takes.