Library database sharing between desktop and laptop

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Coming from rekordbox, I’m able to move my RB library to my external drive where all my music is stored. That way I can use my desktop during the week for playlist planning/adding new tracks, then when I get to my gig, my laptop will load the same library and I will see all the new updates.

Does anything like this exist in djay?

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Hi @discoian, yes djay uses a database called djayMediaLibrary. You can manually copy this between 2 Windows devices or between 2 macOS devices. This database does not contain the songs, but it does contain all of your My Collection Playlists, History, Queue and per-song metadata like saved hot cue and loops.

You can find the database in the following locations:

  1. On iOS you can find the database using the Files app in On My iPhone/iPad>djay>User Data.
  2. On macOS it can be found in ~/Music>djay.
  3. On Windows it can be found in %HOMEPATH%>Music>djay>djay Media Library.

I hope that helps!

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Ok so if I want to work on my desktop machine, I copy the djayMediaLibrary file from my laptop to the music Music/djay folder on my desktop…do the work and then remember to copy it back from my desktop to my laptop before heading out to a gig?

I guess that will work for now, it would be great though if there was a way in djay settings of choosing WHERE the library file is saved, ie an external drive to remove this copying process.

Thanks for the replies and clarification!

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Yes, that’s correct @discoian. Thanks for the additional feedback

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Just wanted to confirm it works as you say, just need to remember copying the file before I go to a gig…

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Perfect! Thanks for the follow up @discoian