Trouble With Rekordbox

Is it possible something went wrong with the transfer from PC to removable disk? I had that once. Real pain. I reformatted the USB stick (FAT32), re-exported everything to the USB stick and it all seemed to work just fine next time.

Weird and absolutely one of the drawbacks of the digital way. You walk out of the door thinking you are prepared and then nothing. Good for you that you had a backup drive. Even though finding stuff on it if you have no playlists and no search index can be a real pain on any CDJ.

Greetinx,
C.

Many programs will build a database file for the MP3s. So if you had Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” in a “disco house folder, then it would mark it as:

[INDENT=1]C:UsersDJcRaveMusicDisco HouseDaft_Punk-Get_Lucky.mp3[/INDENT]

Now you move it all to your little hard drive, and the new path is actually:

[INDENT=1]D:Disco HouseDaft_Punk-Get_Lucky.mp3[/INDENT]

But the database file still says it’s:

[INDENT=1]C:UsersDJcRaveMusicDisco HouseDaft_Punk-Get_Lucky.mp3[/INDENT]

Thus you get problems or “file not found”.

I remember on old versions of Traktor and Deckadance I would have this problem. I see it still when I use iTunes to manage my library (because it remembers file path). Torq would make a .tqd file to sit in the same folder as the mp3, so the program would not get confused. Traktor now stores all the cue info now on the mp3, which is very cool.

Like I said, ideal solution is to scan the drive you will plug into the CDJ or what not. It should work perfectly.

You should obviously move your files using the method provided with (and thus from within) RekordBox. The path should not be an issue because Rekordbox will set it to . Not near RB now, but it is something like that. So once on a stick/disk it doesn’t look at drive letters anymore.

If you copy your files from their oroginal location by hand, then you are right about what happens.

So, always transfer files from within RB.

Greetinx,
C.