(1) Is there a setting to “ignore” duplicate files “without” removing them?? If so, how do i access it. I have a lot of the same music files in different crates for faster access. It would be nice if only one file was displayed when there are duplicates.
(2) In the settings menu there is a Library Backup option… Is that going to backup gigabytes of music storage (in which i have no room for)… Or does it just create a “smaller” Library file??
(3) What does Run Cleanup actually do?? The only files i have are good music files. What does it actually cleanup??
This software is really slick… Creating CUE points and Loops could not be any simpler… Way to go Denon Dj.
You can have the same file in multiple crates and playlist.
Crates and Playlists are like virtual lists. Playlists allows the same track to be added multiple times, whereas Crates do not allow the same track to be added multiple times.
Another way to look at it is that Playlist will be a planned set list (but not necessarily so)
No. It backs up the Engine database. This is what engine prime needs to remember what tracks has cuepoints, loops, key info etc
I believe this removes links and data stored for tracks that you have deleted from engine prime collection thus reducing the size of the database that i mentioned above.
The only downside i see (unless i’m missing something) is the saved CUEs & LOOPs are only saving to the one file i am working on and are not carried over to any of their duplicate copies.
Hopefully someone can help me… My engine library folder on the hard drive of my computer is nearly 40gb and is taking up so much space.
I have checked and the engine library folder seems to have duplicated all the music I have imported into engine Dj. So for example if I download a new track into my music folder on my hard drive and then drag and drop it into engine DJ it creates another copy of the track in my engine library folder.
Is this how it should work? It Seems odd to me to duplicate the track! Especially as if I move the track from it’s original computer folder, engine dj cannot find it, despite also being in the engine library folder.
One other thing to mention is that I cannot backup my library (and havent been able to for a while) when I try, it goes through the process and gets to 99% and then it comes up with the following error:
When things get this way a fresh start may be needed.
Copy the entire Engine Folder in Music folder to somewhere safe since you mentioned that you have actual music files in it. Maybe to an external storage or Dropbox.
Delete the c>music>engine folder.
Restart engine dj
Should be empty
Add a music folder and see if the behavior is as expected or not
You could try using Lexicon. There’s a month trial I understand, so you could try to see if it could read your current broken engine library. You can upload your Engine Library to Lexicon, then rebuild your Engine Library, transfer back to Engine from Lexicon and see if your hot cues and playlist will come back.
Alternative is to kind of a drag and drop your engine library playlist into something else maybe Serato DJ, iTunes, Rekordbox DJ or virtual DJ. and once you delete the old engine library, you could try drag and drop the playlist back from any of those software but no hot cues
Edited - I voice dictated my initial message and it was savage…voice dictating does not agree with my Nigerian accent.
I subscribed to lexicon and imported my engine library and then deleted it off my hard drive, then exported lexicon back into engine dj and it is all back up and running properly and I have managed to keep all my cue points etc. Thank you for the great suggestion!
Lexicon is amazing! I have subscribed for one month so that I can sort my library out, it is such a powerful piece of software! It’s a shame engine dj doesn’t have the features of lexicon!