Graomi
Hey folks,
I wondered if its possible to combine 2 databases from seperate drives ( 2 externals) on to one larger external drive without having to rescan half the data?
If so instructions would be tops.
Ta
John
I wondered if its possible to combine 2 databases from seperate drives ( 2 externals) on to one larger external drive without having to rescan half the data?
If so instructions would be tops.
Ta
John
发表时间 Mon 28 Jun 10 @ 7:57 am
jakovski
FIRST OF ALL - MAKE BACKUPS OF YOUR 2 DATABASES !!!
- Copy all files to the new harddisk.
- Copy the larger of the both Databases to the new drive.
- open the DB on the new drive and change the drive letters to the new one with a text editor (like http://www.pspad.de).
- Search for the old drive letter like 'E:\music' and replace it with the new path like 'h:\newpathname'.
- !!! Don't try to replace just 'C' to 'H' because every song from 'ACDC' will be also replaced (AHDH - **LOL**)
- Open the second DB file and replace the path also like: 'T:\songs' to the news path 'h:\newpathname'
- Copy just the data part of the database into the clippboard and add it at the end of the other, larger database.
Like that:
You only need the part that starts with <song and ends with </song>
Don't copy the <?xml... and <VirtualDJ_Database... part.
Greets, Heiko
- Copy all files to the new harddisk.
- Copy the larger of the both Databases to the new drive.
- open the DB on the new drive and change the drive letters to the new one with a text editor (like http://www.pspad.de).
- Search for the old drive letter like 'E:\music' and replace it with the new path like 'h:\newpathname'.
- !!! Don't try to replace just 'C' to 'H' because every song from 'ACDC' will be also replaced (AHDH - **LOL**)
- Open the second DB file and replace the path also like: 'T:\songs' to the news path 'h:\newpathname'
- Copy just the data part of the database into the clippboard and add it at the end of the other, larger database.
Like that:
Quote :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<VirtualDJ_Database Version="607">
<Song FilePath="C:\mp3\U2\U2 - Bad.mp3" FileSize="9719936">
<Display Author="U2" Title="Bad" Genre="Rock" Album="The unforgettable fire" Year="1984" Color="6019287" Cover="2" Tag="1" />
<Infos SongLength="16364160" FirstSeen="801262009" Bitrate="128" />
<BPM Bpm="26939" Phase="606" />
<FAME IsScanned="510" Volume="5053" Key="Dm" />
<Automix MixType="2" TempoStart="3932242" TempoEnd="13748400" FadeStart="909312" FadeEnd="15405056" RealStart="0" RealEnd="16121856" />
</Song>
...
...
...
</VirtualDJ_Database>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<VirtualDJ_Database Version="607">
<Song FilePath="C:\mp3\U2\U2 - Bad.mp3" FileSize="9719936">
<Display Author="U2" Title="Bad" Genre="Rock" Album="The unforgettable fire" Year="1984" Color="6019287" Cover="2" Tag="1" />
<Infos SongLength="16364160" FirstSeen="801262009" Bitrate="128" />
<BPM Bpm="26939" Phase="606" />
<FAME IsScanned="510" Volume="5053" Key="Dm" />
<Automix MixType="2" TempoStart="3932242" TempoEnd="13748400" FadeStart="909312" FadeEnd="15405056" RealStart="0" RealEnd="16121856" />
</Song>
...
...
...
</VirtualDJ_Database>
You only need the part that starts with <song and ends with </song>
Don't copy the <?xml... and <VirtualDJ_Database... part.
Greets, Heiko
发表时间 Mon 28 Jun 10 @ 8:12 am
GadgetMan
rather than tamporing with the database, I would do the following.
Attach the new drive and one of the old drives to your laptop/pc/mac and fire up VDJ.
Using the VDJ browser copy the files from the old drive to the now ny right-clicking on the folder and selecting "Copy To" from the menu. VDJ will then not only copy the files to the new drive but will also copy across all the cue points, BPM, etc. Plus also make sure the drive letter is correct.
After the first drive is done, repeat the process for the second drive.
Remember as long as you move the files around from within VDJ, the database will be kept intact.
Cheers,
Roy
Attach the new drive and one of the old drives to your laptop/pc/mac and fire up VDJ.
Using the VDJ browser copy the files from the old drive to the now ny right-clicking on the folder and selecting "Copy To" from the menu. VDJ will then not only copy the files to the new drive but will also copy across all the cue points, BPM, etc. Plus also make sure the drive letter is correct.
After the first drive is done, repeat the process for the second drive.
Remember as long as you move the files around from within VDJ, the database will be kept intact.
Cheers,
Roy
发表时间 Mon 28 Jun 10 @ 12:01 pm