Database corruption SD Card

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I only wish this was made more clear

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The bit I can never get my head around is why people are so obsessed with creating these convoluted processes for buying, storing and managing music to DJ with, follow this simple guide and stop pratting about trying to create roadblocks for yourself.

  • Buy a normal computer, with Mac OS or Windows installed, preferably with a large internal drive or a reputable external drive, formatted to a standard format like ExFAT
  • Purchase music from reputable website
  • Buy it in normal file format with normal bitrates and normal metadata
  • Rename it to something simple with standard characters readable by software
  • store it in folders on your computer or external drive
  • add it to a collection in Engine Desktop or other DJ software
  • arrange into playlists and analyse
  • export to a performance drive using sync manager from the PC
  • back everything up and make copies for protection

This method is bombproof for me, in 20yrs of purchasing digital music, ive never lost a single music file I haven’t wanted to lose/delete, ive never had a corrupt drive and never missed a single DJ gig due to having no music to play.

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Hi I ve just got this weird problem: i used to store all my tracks on a sd card, then i use export to a usb drive. My Problem is that i did an export of some folders to the sdcard, so my engine db has been corrupted…… Is there any easy way to recover from this situation?

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Yes. Erase the SD card and export again.

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Agree with @STU-C and @mufasa on steps they outline. I would add–

  • Be very fastidious about ejecting any attached drives (SD, SSD, HDD). exFat and FAT32 (which has to be used for the sync drive) can easily corrupt when not ejected properly. This may not be your problem, but it is a potential source of issues.
  • I’m currently on Engine DJ 4.1.0. Sync Manager seems quicker now, but actually when it says it’s done, it may not be. After syncing, the remote drive may remain locked as being used by Engine DJ. This is particularly true when adding a lot of new music files. It appears Engine continues to copy the actual music files to the remote drive after it says it’s done. I would suggest using the Engine DJ eject drive and don’t shut down the computer until its done.
  • Don’t rely on Engine DJ for backups. Make your own. It’s easy. Just keep copies of \Engine Library and all of your music (which should all be rooted in one folder so it is easy to backup) on multiple remote drives. You can also keep dated backups of \Engine Library on your desktop/laptop.
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