If you don't have too many tracks, you could consider using something like Dropbox, Drive or OneDrive. Copying them is a bad idea because it can take hours every time. Loading an XML takes a few steps, but its not hard.įor the MP3's you have a couple of options. On your second computer you can load this XML file and now your second computer has all the information except the MP3's. You can export your entire library without MP3's as one giant XML text file. You might not know XML and you don't need to! You never even have to see it. Rekordbox saves all its information such as cue points, track colors and comments like this so it can quickly find it. Let's start with XML: XML is a computer language for text files. It is a bit more work than option 1 though.
With this method you can keep two databases in sync with one shared external drive that contains your MP3's.
Make a backup to both computers once in a while and you're safe. Protip: If you use this method then making backups is now extra important! If you lose this USB stick or maybe drop your harddrive, you could lose everything. You can just swap it between computers and have the exact same Rekordbox. Select the external drive and click OK.Įverything should work now! Your Rekordbox database and MP3's are all on the same external drive. Go into the Preferences menu and select the Advanced tab again, like above. Start up Rekordbox and it might ask your about syncing My Tag, tell it No and then click OK. This may take a while.Īfter this is done, plug your external drive into your other computer. Rekordbox will move the database to your external drive. Under the Advanced tab you'll see "Database management".Ĭlick the "Move Database" button and select your external drive. When this is done, go to the File menu and select Preferences. Confirm and Rekordbox will ask you if you want to relocate all other files too, select Yes. Press the "Relocate" button and find the right track on the external drive. After the moving is done, open up Rekordbox and go to the File menu and select "Display All Missing Files". If your music is in multiple folders, you should relocate them into the external drive. Start by moving your music folder to the external drive. You need an external harddrive or large USB stick for this. This is a feature provided by Rekordbox after many user requests. Option 1: Move database to external drive A desktop is much faster at analyzing tracks and having multiple screens or proper speakers makes everything easier! For DJ's who are traveling a lot, it can be really helpful to use the same Rekordbox on two computers.
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