I'm starting to record music and use the laptop at my dances
(FINALLY!!). Any thoughts on directory structure? So far I've
put an 'MP3' and a 'CueSheet' directory under the 'MUSIC' directory set up during your install. Any thoughts about organizing, backing up, etc.?
Use whatever folder structure makes sense to you.
I use the following:
- C:\Sqdata\Mp3 -- contains my square dance MP3s
- C:\Sqdata\Non-Square Dance Mp3 -- contains my non-square dance MP3s
- C:\Sqdata\CueSheets -- contains the cue sheets.
Currently, it is easiest for the program to have all the cue sheets in the same folder, and all the music in another folder. But... do whatever you'd like, and whatever you think is easiest for backup.
For backup purposes for MP3 files, you only need to back them up
once since they never change.
You should backup your Music Database (folder C:\Sqdata\Music) occasionally. Alternatively, you can use the 'backup feature' of
the Music Database itself:
- from the CSDS main menu, select 'Music | Edit Music Database'.
- from the Edit Music Database window, select 'Tools | Export'.
- the file created can (in the future) be 'imported' into the
Music Database to restore it.
