I’m experiencing a confusing issue with djay’s file management. When I add a file from my file system to the library, it sometimes allows me to add the exact same file again, resulting in two identical entries in the library. However, attempting to add the same file a third time doesn’t work. It goes without saying that I would have expected to be able to not add one file more than one time.
To make it even more confusing: this doesn’t happen with all files. Some files behave as expected and can’t be added more than once. But for others, I somehow end up with duplicates – which leads to a cluttered and inconsistent library that’s difficult to manage.
I’ve recorded a short video demonstrating this behavior, which I’ll attach here. I’d really appreciate any insights into why this might be happening – whether it’s a bug or a misunderstanding on my end – and what I can do to prevent duplicate entries in the future.
I’ve had the similar problem (on macbook pro) but it’s dragging songs from My Collection or a Playlist to another playlist, 50% of the time there will be a warning pop-up saying file already exist you want to add or skip but other times the menu doesn’t show and I end up with duplicates or more.
hmmm indeed similar. Either way maybe it’s the same root cause. I hope this gets fixed or somebody can tell my this happens so that I can prevent this going forward.
Hey @trebbis, I’ve experienced the exact same thing — and honestly, I think everyone else is running into this too, even if they haven’t noticed it yet. It really seems like a flaw in the current file handling system.
Being able to add the same file twice from the same location shouldn’t be possible at all. It clutters the library and makes managing tracks a mess, especially for larger collections.
Thanks for sharing and for reporting this. Hopefully the team can look into this and implement a fix soon!
Hi @trebbis, @Donn and @DJ_Big_Blender, thanks for sharing this. I have passed on your comments to the engineering team for further review. I’ll get back to you soon!
EDIT:@trebbis in your video, was that track originally imported directly from finder or another source?
thanks for your question too. I didn’t mention this but indeed the file was imported via the automated import feature via settings. Where a folder can be selected from which Djay imports files automatically when there is new file added to that specific folder.
Please take into consideration that this bug doesn’t occur with all files imported automatically via the described way.
Hi again @trebbis, can you please share a couple of the actual audio files that triggered the duplicates? If so, please upload them to your Google Drive/Dropbox, enable sharing permissions, then share a link to the files here of in a DM to me. Thanks!
