Reinstall a computer with Pioneer Rekordbox | move recordbox database to another computer
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- čas přidán 10. 02. 2018
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How to move Rekordbox library from one computer to another computer.
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==== TRANSCRIPTION ===
Reinstalling your computer with rekordbox
This guide works also if you want to move your rekordbox to another computer
1) make a backup:
rekordbox collection / via the menu LIBRARY - BACKUP and store on a safe location like an external hard disk or usb stick.
music files / on a safe location like an external hard disk or usb stick
backup app itself on a safe location like an external hard disk or usb stick
backup the rekordbox XML on a safe location like an external hard disk or usb stick. This is only nessary if you want the change the location of the music files.
2) note down which directory you put your music and which username you used. Case sensivity of letters is important
3) reinstall your computer and make a user account with the same name as before
4) install rekordbox from backup
5) put your music files in the same directory as it was before
6) import the rekordbox backup
if you have choosen another username or another directory than the original, rekordbox cant find the music files.
scary workaround, not supported by pioneer:
ON YOUR OWN RISK!! I DO NOT SUPPORT IT.
I DONT WANT ANY COMMENTS TO SAY THAT IT FAILED. ITS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
IF IT FAILS, ITS YOUR OWN FAULT.
1) make sure rekordbox collection is empty. Otherwise in the /library/pioneer/ folder, delete the ‘rekordbox’ folder.
2) download and open TextWrangler, or any other text editor. we are goig to edit the Rekordbox XML file
3) open the file and replace the path of the music files the xml file. Make sure that the text you are searching for is unique, otherwise other text or settings will be accidentally replaced too. This will currupt your xml file or your library. The %20 is the code for a space.
4) in the Rekordbox settings, point to the xml file
5) now import the playlists by dragging them from the xml file to your library
6) after the beachball freeze, shoot the application from the process list or right click on the icon and choose forced quit.
7) Open Rekordbox again
8) Rekordbox needs to analyse alle the files again. This might take a while. After this is done, you are good to go.
There is a more time consuming alternative, only available in Rekordbox 5.
You can export all your songs to USB and then import them back from the usb drive.
If your library is bigger than 32Gb, you have to do that in stages of 32GB each - Zábava
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Exactly what I needed! This is great bro
Thanks for the tutorial! I have a question. Basically I have rekordbox on my macbook and on my window PC , the USB sticks are formatted on FAT32. Can I use it on both devices without having to format them differently or MS-DOS will do ? (The case is I travel a lot, the main database is in my window PC but i need to update my library on the go - with the Macbook )
Please help me, thanks a lot!!!
Very helpful video! Question: do you still need to backup the music files? The newest Rekordbox versions now asks for 'backing up the tracks' aswell.
Only if you want a backup :)
Dear Dexx, I am on DDJ-400, what I would like to know is, how do I prepare my USB sticks e.g. playing on CDJs. You know, having my cue points and all custom things pre-set by me within my collection. Thanks for advice!
you can do all the preparations is rekordbox and export the files to a usb drive.
I have an export video on the channel about this.
Also: my first external harddisks (on which I want to back up my collection) says: Data cannot be written in the specified folder(s). The second one works fine. Is this a formatting issue? Any tips on how to solve this? Thanks.
maybe do a drive check.
this is not supposed to be.
Thanks for the video. It seems I can't find the "rekordbox" folder. I'm french and on a pc, does somebody know where I could find it (in order to try the "scary workaround")? Thank you for your help, I'm kinda desperate here, I feel like I'm losing all my work...
have you tried a computer search (no idea how that works on windows)
Do you know how to change the file paths of Rekordbox5 files after moving all my iTunes12 music to an External HD? I have moved the iTunes files w ease and it knows where to songs are. My main issue now is that Rekordbox files (cue points/grid,etc) cannot be found due to the old path. Any solutions here for me other than relocating each file manually? Thx
well, not easily.
use the 'missing file' feature in Rekordbox a couple of times.
It is really helpful if all the music files are just in a few directories, otherwise it takes forever to find them all.
Luckily it searches for more than one file when you point to a location.
Hello DJ Dexxter,
I kindly would like to ask how to COPY my collection from a laptop to another (Windows to Windows), that includes all my tags, hot cues, comments, etc... for each track.
I am looking for having my collection on 2 separate sources in case one laptop broke down during a gig or wateva.
Many thanks in advance
Maybe some clone software?
Is there a method to run your library on an external hard drive? Want to move everything to an external drive as quickly running out of space on my mac! Thanks for any info on this guys!
yes you can. maybe not very handy but it is possible
Any idea how to copy only playlists and track markers/cue points? I have already installed Rekordbox on my new machine and newly added and analysed my whole library collection. I would just like the playlists I made in my old machine to be duplicated along with the cue and markers I put on those tracks. Would exporting the playlist as .m3u8 from the old machine and importing this to the new machine include all this data?
do an export of your playlist like you normally would do to a usb stick (but now a hard drive).
Import that like you normally would import from a usb stick on the new computer
But get rid of the analyzed database on your new computer
I would like to copy my tracks, playlists and cue points from windows to mac but I don't want to use the move database option because that would delete it from my old pc. I tried copying the datafile to the mac but that didn't work. Can you please advise me how to do this? Thanks
Pioneer officially says you can't do that. Never tried it, but I don't see why not.
Indeed, try to copy the datafile, but the file structure on windows is different than mac. Try "relocate file"option (see my video: czcams.com/video/IpiafaTt0bw/video.html ) to find your files. I think that will probably work
Great vid, watched multiple times but still can't get the imported library from version 5, to work in version 6. HELP!
yeah, but you need to convert that library. You can't copy it ,that won't work.
install it fresh (don't start RB yet)
copy the lib
start RB and it asks to convert
Hey ! great video, I made a mistake when I created a new user on my Mac and the user name is changed, is there a way to change the path before importing?
don't know. I've never done it.
google It.
You can also make a new user on you computer (with the right name).
Maybe there is a user migration tool??
Is it the same process if you want to copy the database to another install of rekordbox? I have it installed on 2 machines and want to duplicate my tracks, collections and playlists
yes, but of course you can't synchronize between the 2 computers.
Am just starting to used rekordbox I got all my music on a external hard drive cause that's where I want to play from but when I plug it up am not seeing anything in rekordbox can some please help me out with this am using a windows laptop for my serato the external hard drive pop up n working just want to figure out the rekordbox
you need to import the songs in rekordbox
Se my video about importing songs for the details
thanks. my computer crashed and I had to reinstall windows. I have the old windows files including the rekordbox folder, but my library is now completely empty due to the reinstall. do you know is there anyway I can recover my playlists/cue points? this is pretty soul destroying :(
you need to copy the rekordbox library, not the music folder
Ik ben nog maar net begonnen met rekordbox dus kan nog veel aanpassen.
Is het niet mogelijk om die database en muziek ergens in de C-schijf te zetten in windows => bvb C:/DJmusic/... ipv ergens achter gebruiker zodat dit makkelijker naar een ander pc over te zetten is?
Btw: Hoe kan ik een gemaakte database van liedjes verwijderen (bvb als ik een hele hoop liedjes verwijder of in andere folders zet) omdat dit maar om te testen was?
1) kan
2) ik snap niet wat je vraagt
I have a new mac. do i have to uninstall recordbox from my old laptop before i downlaod it on my new laptop. i cant have the same recordbox account on 2 laptops can i?
it is not very convenient, but you can install on multiple computers
when i tried to backup collection, it says failed to backup collection after sometime, any idea?
no not really
will this method keep all your cue points and playlists exactly the same?
yes i think so.
but always make a backuo every steo of the way
Bro for rekordbox Dj can I use same license for more then two pcs or laptop after deactivating on previous one or they only allow two machines for one licence even after deactivating previous one... please help me in this doubt
I don't know. never tested it.
Contact Pioneer??
You can use 2 at the same time. You can deactivate 1 licence and use on another I’m currently on my 4th laptop with the same licence
@@jamiestonebridge9919 How to deactivate from 1 pc? I did on my Pc and my tablet (Surface) but may need to change that 2 a laptop later
Wim Van der Velde you remove the licence number that you inputted.
i backup rekordbox with music , installed a new ssd drive that is too small for my music and istalled a second hdd to store the music . rekordbox_bak is on there but cant relocate the files and dont want to copy them to my c drive where rekordbox is now installed . all the music files have now a map and the music files start with 0000ba and so on . cant import them like this
the missing file search function has greatly improved since RB6, so I don't exactly understand what the problem is
@@DexxterClarkMusic to be honest , rb6 is just junk . it goes slow , doesnt do what you want and so on . i stay with rb 5 . i now bought a larger ssd drive , transfer my backup . it installed all the maps from my previous hd so transfered those mp3 files again to the other hard drive and then it will recognize with the file search . lot of work but that was the only option
HELLO SIR CAN YOU EXPLAIN ME HOW TO TRANSFER DATABASE FROM WINDOW TO MAC
there is no easy straight forward way of doing that.
there's a video on my channel about missing files in rekordbox, check it out.
I was never able to restore library form backup. Either in rekordbox or traktor. Always problems. Relocations etc. This really sucks. And should be on button process.
You always need to have your music in one place
Point Rekordbox to the directory it restores the file locations
Hoi, met xml neem je alleen de playlist namen mee? Want daar ben ik juist naar opzoek. De muziek heb ik zo weer in gesleept maar 175 mapjes aan te maken in rekordbox is me een rot klus haha. Heb die functie van xml nog niet gespot maaf wellicht over hoofd gezien
phoe dat is alweer een tijdje geleden dat ik daar in gedoken ben.
je zou een xml even in notepad moeten openen en even een CTRL-Fje doen op een unieke naam van een playlist om te zien of ze erin staan.
ik denk het wel
@@DexxterClarkMusic ik ga het eens uitzoeken want is echt een rot werkje omdat opnieuw te doen iig bedankt
i am unable to use backup option
am not able to use any of backups???
a bug maybe?? It should work
@@DexxterClarkMusic what to do now?
contact pioneer
thanks for the video! but why is there an option to "move database" in "Advanced Preferences" when you literally can move your database by just using the backup option?
and if you use dropbox to store your music files, you just have to use the same username with your new laptop, install dropbox, and then the directory of your music files should be automatically the same, right? So in this case you wouldn't have to copy the music files manually and you also wouldn't have to relocate the files?!
"move database" was too obvious to make a movie about ;-)
dropbox: In theory yes. But indeed you have to be really carefull that all the paths are the same ...
But I had some dropbox problems with duplicate files and such and dropbox automatically renames files with duplicates. You have the same problem that Rekordbox can't find your files.
And Dropbox is taking up so much resources of your computer with a lot of files. Every clocktick you need for Rekordbox, because it can be resource intensive too.
By chance I just finished shooting a tutorial about another way of moving music files in Rekordbox
But seriously about the "move database": it only moves the REKORDBOX DATABASE itself in stead of the music files.
Try it, you will see :-)
hmm so in the end it doesn't matter if you use "move database" or the "backup option" because with the backup option you can do it also without the music files?! then it would also just backup the database.
ok, I don't know if I should try to import the music files via dropbox to my new computer or do it manually via a external hard drive to avoid any complications...
The difference is that "move database" points also to another location where the database is stored. That is not the case with "backup database".
But I get your way of thinking ...
External hard drives is also a pain in the *ss.
Copy the entire database and the entire directory every time on your external hard disk and overwrite everything on the second computer.
Not a beautiful solution. But its a solution ;-)
If you are a handy with applescript/automator you can probably make it a lot easier just by executing a script. ( i know it's possible, but never worked with applescript)
I asked Pioneer and they said "backup library" only works if you wanna restore it on the same computer, it does not work on another computer. So if you wanna move your whole database you gotta use "move database" DAAAAH ;D
I dont understand why its so hard for rekordbox to just let you collect all and backup all the info/music on an external hard drive then just plug that hard drive into your new computer and restore from there? all this having to preserve the file name destinations is ridiculous
yeah, I hear you.
It's pretty easy to do from a software perspective.
@@DexxterClarkMusic believe it or not I actually did the back up of all the files and music on an external then copied the folder onto my new computer. ran rekordbox and restored using the zip file in the folder. it have me a quick warning message which I disregarded and voila all my playlists and cue points from my old laptop were there. the error message said by doing this some songs may not export but it seems alright for now.