Hi, so I'm wondering how easy it is to copy settings, database and so on from a Windows setup of VirtualDJ to a Mac setup.
I'd ideally like to be able to manage a library on a Windows computer, and then in the field use it on a Mac, rather than doing a Windows dual boot as I've played around with so far.
I've read the file paths would need to be changed for the music (on an external) but I don't know what else needs changing and how easy the whole process is.
Is there a guide to doing this sort of workflow for whenever the database, settings, or something else is updated?
I'd ideally like to be able to manage a library on a Windows computer, and then in the field use it on a Mac, rather than doing a Windows dual boot as I've played around with so far.
I've read the file paths would need to be changed for the music (on an external) but I don't know what else needs changing and how easy the whole process is.
Is there a guide to doing this sort of workflow for whenever the database, settings, or something else is updated?
geposted Tue 26 Jul 22 @ 12:53 pm
wickedmix
Try the backup/restore function for database it might work
geposted Tue 26 Jul 22 @ 1:34 pm
kradcliffe
You can set the home folder as the external drive so VDJ reads and writes everything there. I do that and it reads on all my machines. Not sure about Mac though as I'm bootcamped
geposted Tue 26 Jul 22 @ 2:01 pm
christianwheel
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the fields in the database.xml are interchangeable between Mac and Windows except for the filenames. You'll need to do a (potentially lengthy) find-replace every time you move from one to the other since Windows uses a drive structure like C:\Users\DJ\Music\ and Mac uses a mount structure like /Macintosh HD/Users/DJ/Music/.
geposted Tue 26 Jul 22 @ 7:55 pm
kradcliffe
It would work globally if you were using an external drive I would guess
geposted Tue 26 Jul 22 @ 8:02 pm