Syncing My Collection Playlists between Devices

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I feel your pain…!

The greyed out tracks can be re-activated by doing a “relink” operation. @Slak_Jaw explained how earlier in this thread (February 22, 2024).

Basically you have to re-import your “giant” folder as linked files in the “Files” section. Then you add all those linked files to a dummy playlist in “My Collection”. You can delete the dummy list after relinking. Now the tracks should no longer be greyed out.

The big problem with this work flow, is that on iOS/iPadOS you can’t just point to the root of your “giant” folder and import recursively. You have to go down into each subfolder that contains audio files and add all to the dummy playlist. Very impractical if you have a deep structure with many subfolders.

To work around this annoying issue, I flatten my “giant” folder from my Mac into a single folder. This flattened folder can then be imported in one go on iOS/iPadOS, and relinked into My Collection.

One issue I have now, is that iCloud sync of cue points and auto mix start/stop points etc. does not work. I don’t know if it is related to this way of keeping the DJ library synced across devices.

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Thanks nso for that info!

I’m guilty of having folders and sub folders and playlists that share tracks from different folders and playlists. I don’t use iTunes (because ew) and the iCloud sync seems questionable based on how syncing isn’t really Algoriddim’s forte.

Ok …so I’m going to try to add the ridiculous extra steps of copying my “giant” folder to an actual computer , then flattening (no sub folders), then copying that “flat giant” folder to the iPad. Then creating a “dummy playlist”, adding the entire “flat giant” folder to that playlist and then ……. All grey tracks should become un-greyed and accessible. Will try and report back.

Even if this works, this is the opposite of a streamlined/organized workflow. Library handling and syncing is the only major problem I’ve encountered with djay. Other than that , I’ve been happy since switching from Serato.

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I still say it may be a patten issue.
Just a guess my friends.