Changing directory structure
I want to change the directory-structure of my computer and now I have a question:
Is it possible to make changes in the music database with a program or do I have to change every single record?
CSDS 0.98.04 (or later) has some tools
that will assist you in moving the music database to a new computer with a new folder structure.
In particular, the 'Edit Music Database' section has the following options under the 'Tools' menu:
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- 1. Clear contents of database
- Erases all data in the music database.
- 2. Dump contents of database
- Creates a text file containing the entire contents of the music database.
- 3. Import from dump
- Imports a previously dumped music database. This function adds data (without overwriting existing data) to the music database.
How to copy the music database from one computer to another computer with a different folder structure:
- On the source computer, run CSDS, get into 'Edit Music Database', and do a 'Dump contents of database'.
- Copy the music files (mp3 files) to the destination computer to the desired folder.
- Copy the 'database dump' from the source computer to the destination computer.
- On the destination computer, use a text editor such as WordPad or NotePad to edit the 'database dump'. Do not use a word processor such as Microsoft Word! Do a global replace to change
the file pathnames so that they start with the desired folder. Exit the text editor and save the file.
- On the destination computer, run CSDS, get into 'Edit Music Database', and do a 'Import from dump'.