Re Transfering KMA files

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by SVENDSEN

Thankyou for replying to my post Dale Douglass,
I now understand how to take my files & put them to hoster in my new computor. (BUT)
I have been importing my KMA files to my C:drive & playing them from my C:drive , i have been backing them up to my extenal drive. When i select my external drive in hoster my songs will not play, this is now suggesting to me that i have not backed them up correctly, am i right in thinking this, or perhaps i am not selecting my external drive in the right manner,i now certainly agree that it would be much wiser to play from my external, does this mean i need to import to the external drive to enable playing from that drive, & copying them to the c:drive. or do i not need to have them on my C:drive at all. I do have a very big C:drive & was not concered about the space, but will be fatel if i cannot play them from my external drive if need be.
I will await your reply,
Thankyou
Reagards
Patricis Svendsen

You can play them from either location, but not instantly. If you want to play them from the C: drive then put the location (C:\MTU\KMA Files as example) in the Rebuild Database window and delete anything else in there. Then rebuild the database. If you want to play them from the External you have to repeat that process but put in the external drive location (F:\KMA Files again just an example) and rebuild the database.
As stated above you can not have both locations in the database at the same time because Hoster will see them as duplicates and reject half of them.

[OneEskalera]

You have to rebuild hoster database with both c: drive and external drive. You just have double the number of files in you database, but it will work.

[laddie]

Originally Posted by OneEskalera

You have to rebuild hoster database with both c: drive and external drive. You just have double the number of files in you database, but it will work.

Are you sure???

You will have files on both drives with the same header informantion

[OneEskalera]

yes, just did it on 4.02 and works. Why do you need both C: and external drive? Just wondering...

[madjim- with the Lord]

Originally Posted by OneEskalera

yes, just did it on 4.02 and works. Why do you need both C: and external drive? Just wondering...

I think the KMA files on their external drive is a back-up.

Jim

[madjim- with the Lord]

Originally Posted by OneEskalera

You have to rebuild hoster database with both c: drive and external drive. You just have double the number of files in you database, but it will work.

This will work, but will make a big mess. You are better off selecting one drive or the other since they have the same files on them. You do this in the Build Database window before you rebuild the database.


Jim