Back up / share metadata such as BPM, Cue points and Key info

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Is there a way to back up / share metadata such as BPM, Cue points and Key info? I had to install iTunes again and now my metadata is lost. Where is the metadata stored? I understood you can use iCloud, but not for all metadata? And how can you share ALL the metadata with other computers or iPads?

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Is there even a way to copy cue points from one deck to the other? I’m only seeing the start/end cue points on the deck I created them on, but want them to be used no matter which deck they happen to get loaded on when using automix.

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Hi Aartjan,

Thanks for contacting us.

djay only syncs user-generated data (e.g. cue points and edited BPM).

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If you’re moving from Mac to Mac, then you can just try to copy the “djay” folder under /Music.

Although, you should know that djay uses the iTunes Persistent IDs of the songs to fetch the data. So, this probably only works if your libraries on both Macs are identical.

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Is “Documents & Data” enabled? In case you haven’t seen it yet, here’s an article on iCloud syncing

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No prob.

The relevant files/folders are:

  • djay Cached Data.plist
  • djay Preset Library.plist
  • Metadata (folder)
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This “sync workaround” only works if the libraries are identical before and after. For example, if the iTunes IDs of the songs somehow changed then this trick won’t work.

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I’ll pass this on to our dev team.

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Warren, would you mind to share where does Djay store that metadata?. I was looking for a method to manually move saved cue points from my desktop to my laptop djay(I can ́t dispose of iCloud sync because I ́m on Snow Leopard) in the old site and it doesn ́t exist anymore.
Thanks

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Hi, Warren, thank you very much for the quick answer.
Actually yes, from my Mini to my MBP.
For djing at my MBP I use a iTunes library clone stored in a small external FW drive. I regularily update it(from my Mac mini library) with Chronosync . Something very useful that I highly recommend.
I would prefer to know exactly which file I should copy; my Music/Djay folder weights like 20 GB and probably we are must be talking about some small plist file :slight_smile: but thank you anyway. It ́s ́better than nothing.
Acknowledged!

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I mean… First off, thank you.
I would rather prefer to know exactly what to copy in order to move cue points metadata from one Djay installation to another, though. :slight_smile:

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Much appreciated!

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As far I know, points are linked to the track, not the deck, Ryan. At least at Djay4.

Look:

http://content.screencast.com/users/M…

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Warren, how does it work, I have the slider to on in the app for share with iCloud, but I never see it in iCloud

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Hej, For some reasons I don’t know copying

  • djay Cached Data.plist
  • djay Preset Library.plist
  • Metadata (folder)

doesn’t help.

I had to change my harddisk and backup’ed the old the minutes before. Now that I work with the new I just copied the three items but DJAY needs to analyze me entire music files again. We talk about 30k files. I started with it yesterday and “already” 6k are analyzed. HELP!

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Hej Warren, thanks for your reply. Well, I cloned my HD. So it should be exact the same. But now I have analyzed approx the half. The DJob I just did yesterday was okay since I always create folders with playlists for the jobs I have. So I analyzed the folder.

But anyway, can’t there be an easier way? Like an export file?

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