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    Rob Calcutt
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    …OK – getting somewhere.

    I’ve given up on the idea of streaming the music from Rekordbox wirelessly via my NAS drive (unless you think it’s worth pursuing?)

    I can easily upload stuff to flash drives – I guess I’ll just need to buy a few to keep everything fresh.

    Next question is about tagging…I’ve created loads of useful tags on Rekordbox but my XDJ-RX doesn’t seem to read them. When I press the ‘tag list’ button I get no returns – yet I can clearly see the tags have been embedded in the tracks as comments.

    Any idea how I can drill down through my tracks using tags via the controller?

    #2481701

    Streaming is never a serious option imho. USB-connected laptop with RekordBox DJ on it would be much preferred.

    I am not too familiar with your controller. Bit dazed by your remark that tags are in the comment field. In which case they are not tags, they are (duh) the comment field. I think RekordBox let’s you export whatever column you want, so if you export the comment column you should (this seems logical, but again from a theoretical point of view) be able to see the comments on your XDJ-RX.

    Keep in mind that RekordBox and RekordBox DJ are two different things. In order to DJ with DJ software and the RX as a DJ-controller, you will need RB DJ (switch in the software from Export to Performance mode).

    Other than that, I hope some of the RX-owning members here can help you out a bit further.

    #2481741
    Rob Calcutt
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    Thanks for coming back!

    Hehe – yes I realise how ridiculous this sounds…but the tags were added in Rekordbox using ‘tags’ but when they appear on the XDJRX they don’t seem to appear as such (but I can still see them if I click ‘info’ under comments).

    Ah well – I’m sure it’s a matter of time before I get to the bottom of this one.

    #2481881
    Fredrik Bjaaland
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    On the XDJ-RX you have to press Menu -> Mixer Mode -> Midi , then it’s ready for usb connection with rekordbox.
    Have you got your Rekordbox DJ (Performance mode) lisence? It was attached to the RX in the last month…

    Still don’t understand why you want to use this as an controller, the whole point with the RX is the standalone player. 😉

    #2482031
    Rob Calcutt
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    Yes I tried that but it doesn’t seem to be reading the laptop – just says ‘no connection’.

    I’m not too bothered about this though as it was never my intention to use as a controller – I just wondered if it would be possible to use my NAS drive to stream files wirelessly instead of the flash drive.

    I’ve now bought a fancy 500gig flash drive so all good. 😉

    My issue now is this:

    I’ve spent a lot of time adding tags to all my music in order to give me the option to drill down into sub genres, track elements, keys etc.

    I’m still getting used to the features of the XDJ-RX so I may be doing something wrong here…

    The logical way to view similar tagged tracks would be to press the ‘tag list’ button while playing the master track. Unfortunately, when I do this I get a blank screen.

    My tags are embedded in the tracks because I can view them when I click ‘info’ (they seem to sit in the comments section).

    Any idea how to copy these across so I can view them correctly and search with them?

    THANKS!

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