Transfer All Song Files To external Drive

[Skybird74]

Originally Posted by laddie

I said you can view it, I would not recommend trying to change it. I don't have a 3.xx version playlist so I don't know what was in it. I have only looked at the 4.00 version playlist. Incidentally, you can change .hst to .txt and read the data without the script. Again I would not recommend trying to change the file.

When you expose the contents of the 4.06 list files, there are no obvious links to a file location. The file references the BookID. I don't think the list files care where the files are located, it simply calls the bookID from the DB, the DB knows where the file is. I have changed file locations in 4.06 and did not reload the list, list still worked.

Laddie, your original post did say that your Playlists located the songs "by Book ID" and not by the file path..... that's what I was asking about, because in my experience Hoster follows the "file path" to locate the files that are in a Playlist. So, when you said to "view" them in HTML, I wondered how that would help solve what Joe & I are asking - i.e. how to get Hoster to find the songs in a saved playlist without having to re-enter them (after we moved those songs) Am I missing something???

[ddouglass]

The file path is in the playlist. It does not go by BookID, so therefore you will have to re-enter them if you move your files.

[laddie]

Originally Posted by Skybird74

Laddie, your original post did say that your Playlists located the songs "by Book ID" and not by the file path.....

What is said is that "there are no obvious links to a file location. The file references the BookID. I don't think list files care where the list is located, it simply calls the bookID..."

Originally Posted by Skybird74

So, when you said to "view" them in HTML, I wondered how that would help solve what Joe & I are asking - i.e. how to get Hoster to find the songs in a saved playlist without having to re-enter them (after we moved those songs)

Kinda thought the benefit was obvious, if you can read the file you can make a determination as to what can or cannot be done outside of Hoster..
I reviewed some of my old list and did find a path reference. If your list has a path ref. Just search for the path ref and replace it with the new one. ( make sure you make backups of the .hst files, cause this process may corrupt them)

Originally Posted by Skybird74

Am I missing something???

I don't know.

[Joe Nieves]

Hi laddie

I opened the .hst playlist file by changing the ext. to txt as you suggested and it has the file path to each playlist listings.

The problem is if you find and replace with the new file path it won't work, even though I coppied all my songfiles and folders to the external drive I referance in the edit. (I know they work I checked it.)

When you open Hoster and try to open and load the playlist it errors out with file is currupt.

Is there another way or program that doesn't have this effect on the playlist file when edited?

This would solve the playlist problem when moving files and a big savings on time and effort to reimport all you're playlist listings.

Any help on this is appreciated.

Thanks

Joe....

[laddie]

Originally Posted by Joe Nieves

Hi laddie

I opened the .hst playlist file by changing the ext. to txt as you suggested and it has the file path to each playlist listings.

The problem is if you find and replace with the new file path it won't work, even though I coppied all my songfiles and folders to the external drive I referance in the edit. (I know they work I checked it.)

When you open Hoster and try to open and load the playlist it errors out with file is currupt.

Is there another way or program that doesn't have this effect on the playlist file when edited?

This would solve the playlist problem when moving files and a big savings on time and effort to reimport all you're playlist listings.

Any help on this is appreciated.

Thanks

Joe....

Sorry Joe, thats kinda what I thought would happen. I think Dale is right, just going to have to change it in hoster

[laddie]

Joe,
I am curious, my older .hst files show a drive path, but my new ones do not.
If you open your list in 4.06, add a song to it and then save it as a new name, does it still have drive path information. Again, I'm only curious

[Joe Nieves]

Hi laddie

The answer is yes, Hoster 4.6a logs the drive peth of each song file in you're playlist listings.

Is there another way or program that doesn't have an adverse effect on the playlist file when edited?


Thanks

Joe....

[laddie]

Originally Posted by Joe Nieves

Hi laddie

The answer is yes, Hoster 4.6a logs the drive peth of each song file in you're playlist listings.

Is there another way or program that doesn't have an adverse effect on the playlist file when edited?


Thanks

Joe....

Sorry Joe, all out of ideas.

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by Joe Nieves

Hi laddie

The answer is yes, Hoster 4.6a logs the drive peth of each song file in you're playlist listings.

Is there another way or program that doesn't have an adverse effect on the playlist file when edited?


Thanks

Joe....

Joe that is what we have been trying to tell you all along. There is no way for you to edit the HST files.