DJ Dave SU1
One of the biggest pains with just about any DJ software...is being able to make changes on one computer... and transfer them to other computers.
I'm a mobile DJ, I have a main office computer, a main laptop and a backup laptop. Normally I work on playlists on my main office computer, as it has two BIG monitors, that makes it easy to do research and pull files. Currently I still have to use Apple iTunes to do this, as it is the easiest to use and update my main and backup laptop. However iTunes continues to get worse and worse...constantly locking up and being a general pain in the ass.
On top of that, if I set cue points on my main laptop... I have to do the same thing on my backup for any event where I plan on doing some serious mixing.... which is even more of a pain in the ass.
It would be SO NICE, If I could do all my playlist editing in VDJ, including cue points, as well as when I make new samples, add new filters... or any changes for that matter, if I had a software sycronize feature that I could automatically have all the changes update on my other computers. Whether its a cloud thing where I update a cloud profile, then download that profile to my other computers, or even just have them on a wifi network and have them syncronize.
The sychronize would copy all my playlists, new files, new samples, cue points, etc...
Hell I'd pay $10-$20 a month to have that feature.
I'm a mobile DJ, I have a main office computer, a main laptop and a backup laptop. Normally I work on playlists on my main office computer, as it has two BIG monitors, that makes it easy to do research and pull files. Currently I still have to use Apple iTunes to do this, as it is the easiest to use and update my main and backup laptop. However iTunes continues to get worse and worse...constantly locking up and being a general pain in the ass.
On top of that, if I set cue points on my main laptop... I have to do the same thing on my backup for any event where I plan on doing some serious mixing.... which is even more of a pain in the ass.
It would be SO NICE, If I could do all my playlist editing in VDJ, including cue points, as well as when I make new samples, add new filters... or any changes for that matter, if I had a software sycronize feature that I could automatically have all the changes update on my other computers. Whether its a cloud thing where I update a cloud profile, then download that profile to my other computers, or even just have them on a wifi network and have them syncronize.
The sychronize would copy all my playlists, new files, new samples, cue points, etc...
Hell I'd pay $10-$20 a month to have that feature.
Posté Thu 27 Jul 23 @ 6:21 pm
kradcliffe
You can use cloud services to achieve that already. Assuming you're on Windows you can just change the VDJ home folder location.
You can also easily use an external drive and a program like Synchredible which will only copy over any changes made to your music or VDJ folder.
I do the same as you, video editing and prep on my main machine then sync to my gig machine using option 2 and it works perfectly every time.
You can also easily use an external drive and a program like Synchredible which will only copy over any changes made to your music or VDJ folder.
I do the same as you, video editing and prep on my main machine then sync to my gig machine using option 2 and it works perfectly every time.
Posté Thu 27 Jul 23 @ 6:30 pm
wickedmix
I just use an external drive and plug into any PC i want to dj with
Also i keep and exact copy of that drive as a backup
Also i keep and exact copy of that drive as a backup
Posté Thu 27 Jul 23 @ 7:20 pm
gvaste
you can use syncthing to have a mirror of the config and library on different machines.
Posté Fri 28 Jul 23 @ 6:43 am
Mike Kasper
kradcliffe wrote :
You can use cloud services to achieve that already. Assuming you're on Windows you can just change the VDJ home folder location.
You can also easily use an external drive and a program like Synchredible which will only copy over any changes made to your music or VDJ folder.
I do the same as you, video editing and prep on my main machine then sync to my gig machine using option 2 and it works perfectly every time.
You can also easily use an external drive and a program like Synchredible which will only copy over any changes made to your music or VDJ folder.
I do the same as you, video editing and prep on my main machine then sync to my gig machine using option 2 and it works perfectly every time.
Hello
But if you are using VDJ at the same time on Windows and MacOS with external drives, it doesn't work or you can't do it easily. (problem with macos and windows paths)
Definitely developers should find solutions for that.
In rekordbox, for instance, you can have one and only database (files, and streaming tracks) on external drive and you can plug to any computer with RB and it works out of the box.
I prefer VDJ than RB beside this issue of course ! ;)
Posté Thu 10 Aug 23 @ 11:06 am
Adion
External drive should work just as well between mac and windows. What issue with paths do you have exactly in that case?
Posté Thu 10 Aug 23 @ 11:39 am
kradcliffe
I had similar issues trying to work between Windows and Mac. The database ended up a train wreck. I'm all windows again and it's fine.
Posté Thu 10 Aug 23 @ 12:44 pm
Mike Kasper
kradcliffe wrote :
I had similar issues trying to work between Windows and Mac. The database ended up a train wreck. I'm all windows again and it's fine.
Yes, the same situation on Mac...
The solution could be one, central database for all VDJ instances (different computers / platforms) on the external disk NAS, or in the cloud (supported by VDJ software)
Posté Sun 13 Aug 23 @ 12:31 pm
Mike Kasper
Adion wrote :
External drive should work just as well between mac and windows. What issue with paths do you have exactly in that case?
Windows doesn't recognize / change MacOs paths for instance for the same track:
On Macs you have:
<song path="/Volumes/MUZYKA/### My Music ###/Creeds - Push Up (Payback Remix).wav" size="63506710" songlength="240.0" bpm="140.004" artist="Creeds" title="Push Up (Payback Remix)" idx="13" />
On Windows it should be
<song path="F:\### My Music ###\Creeds - Push Up (Payback Remix).wav" size="63506710" songlength="240.0" bpm="140.004" artist="Creeds" title="Push Up (Payback Remix)" idx="13" />
If Windows doesn't recognize path, the track is not visible on prepared on MacoS playlist in Windows.
It's hard to maintain...
Posté Sun 13 Aug 23 @ 7:36 pm
Adion
That shouldn't matter for tracks on the external drive though, vdj will replace the drive letter with the drive's path on opening.
The same for virtual folders on the drive
The same for virtual folders on the drive
Posté Sun 13 Aug 23 @ 7:47 pm
Mike Kasper
Adion wrote :
That shouldn't matter for tracks on the external drive though, vdj will replace the drive letter with the drive's path on opening.
The same for virtual folders on the drive
The same for virtual folders on the drive
Yes, I counted on that, but anytime I plug the disk to Windows machine, many tracks on playlist are not recognized because of path. I have to change paths manually. Mayby kind of bug?
Best regards
Posté Sun 13 Aug 23 @ 7:58 pm
welshdemon
Exact same thoughts here - please devs improve the auto synching with other machines? I prep on my PC at home, the play out on laptop.
Sync software from PC to external HD to laptop to go play a gig is a nuisance, prone to human error, forgetting to sync, forgetting the HD at home, things going wrong, etc.....
Also my laptop screen is much smaller than PC so I have different settings, synching everything changes things I dont want to change. its a lot of work trying to figure out exactly which files and folders to copy, *even then* I have issue that my laptop sidelist never ever get overwritten by any sync software, I have to delete the one on my laptop then copy it manually.
Lots of work for something that should be quite simple.
Sync software from PC to external HD to laptop to go play a gig is a nuisance, prone to human error, forgetting to sync, forgetting the HD at home, things going wrong, etc.....
Also my laptop screen is much smaller than PC so I have different settings, synching everything changes things I dont want to change. its a lot of work trying to figure out exactly which files and folders to copy, *even then* I have issue that my laptop sidelist never ever get overwritten by any sync software, I have to delete the one on my laptop then copy it manually.
Lots of work for something that should be quite simple.
Posté Thu 16 May 24 @ 6:57 am
rsomorai
I completely agree with your point of view, a simple synchronization option would be so welcomed :)
welshdemon wrote :
Exact same thoughts here - please devs improve the auto synching with other machines? I prep on my PC at home, the play out on laptop.
Sync software from PC to external HD to laptop to go play a gig is a nuisance, prone to human error, forgetting to sync, forgetting the HD at home, things going wrong, etc.....
Also my laptop screen is much smaller than PC so I have different settings, synching everything changes things I dont want to change. its a lot of work trying to figure out exactly which files and folders to copy, *even then* I have issue that my laptop sidelist never ever get overwritten by any sync software, I have to delete the one on my laptop then copy it manually.
Lots of work for something that should be quite simple.
Sync software from PC to external HD to laptop to go play a gig is a nuisance, prone to human error, forgetting to sync, forgetting the HD at home, things going wrong, etc.....
Also my laptop screen is much smaller than PC so I have different settings, synching everything changes things I dont want to change. its a lot of work trying to figure out exactly which files and folders to copy, *even then* I have issue that my laptop sidelist never ever get overwritten by any sync software, I have to delete the one on my laptop then copy it manually.
Lots of work for something that should be quite simple.
Posté Sun 07 Jul 24 @ 11:06 pm
Djratedxxx919
I have yoursetup with a main desktop and laptop to DJ. I use freefilesync. Its free and can be automated, like I do a gig and may have some type of change. So when I get home and connect my laptop to the network the desktop notices and change in the library on the laptop and updates the desktop library. Also If I add track to or change my desktop library it will add it to the laptop library.
Posté Tue 09 Jul 24 @ 5:27 am