Cut-Throat wrote: > I am helping someone setup a new computer and I need to make sure all of > his Music Libraries and TrackStat statistics move to the new machine.m > So I have a few questions. > > 1.) Where is the Actual statistics stored for TrackStat? IOW --- Are > they imbedded in the actual songtracks? > 2.) Do I have to use the trackstat Backup and Restore procedures to move > the statistics? > 3.) Where are the Tracstat backup files stored? > > Thanks in Advance! > 1. It's stored in the SBS/LMS database, in track_statistics and track_history tables. 2. Using backup/restore is the recomendted way, but if music files are stored on EXACTLY the same place on the new machine (same drive, same folder) it should theoretically work to copy the complete Cache directory (where the database is stored). You can find the location of the cache folder in SBS/LMS Settings/Information. 3. Depends if the backup is done manually or if it's a scheduled backup: - Manual backups are stored in the file you have specified in "Backup/Restore/Clear" section of TrackStat settings page in the "Backup file" parameter - Scheduled backups (if enabled) are stored in the directory you have specified in the "Backup/Restore/Clear" section of TrackStat settings page in the "Backup dir" parameter
Also, please note that if you move the music files to another location on the new machine, it's very important that the "Find alternative files" option is enabled in the "Backup/Restore/Clear" section of TrackStat. This option can make the restore process very slow, but it will be able to recover statistics even if the library has moved to a new drive or a new main directory. If the option is not enabled, the restore process will go a lot faster but it will not recover statistics for files which have been moved to another drive or another main directory. Of course, if you have musicbrainz tags in all your music files, TrackStat will recover the statistics independent of the above option. Two things to remember: 1. When doing the restore, make sure you have done a rescan in SBS/LMS first and waited for it to finish. 2. The restore operation is executed in the background, you will only see in the server.log when it's finished. If the "Find alternative files" option has been enabled and you have a really large library, the restore operation can take several days on some setups. In a smaller library, like my 4000 track library, it takes a few minutes maximum. The process of doing backup/restored is described on the following wiki page in the "Upgrade/Reinstall" section: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/TrackStat_plugin ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95735 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
