Engine DJ Workflow for Updating Collection

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@Tanzwart

Do those people actually exist or is their existence merely theorized from the existence of this “feature” in Engine DJ? I have checked with a bunch of DJs I know and none of them said they would like such a feature. None of them is using Denon products, though…

I’m afraid they do exist. I am not one of them though.

I suspect its the OGs from PCDJ / Virtual DJ era who are used to that way of working.

@Tanzwart

then I really wonder about where the collection information is actually stored.

It is stored in the DB folder that you will find in your laptops Music directory (and any other drives that you added music to Engine Collection FROM) eg say you also have extra drives in your laptop or using an external drive to store music normally.

@Tanzwart

so I’m guessing that a feature request would get me absolutely nowhere.

You would be surprised. It may be low hanging development job that may be easy to implement. Just as a user setting in Engine DJ. Make subplaylists YES or NO.

@Tanzwart

How does re-creating a playlist from disk not mess up the import date (which is kind of important to me)?

It wont mess anything up. The tracks that you added previously would still maintain the original date added.

@Tanzwart

Is a track automatically removed from a collection if it’s removed from the last playlist it’s in?

No. Deleting a playlist does not remove a track from the main collection. You can test it out yourself

Create a TEST PLAYLIST with some tracks, DELETE the playlist, Look for the tracks in your Engine Library …they would still be there.

It does sound like a mess when i think of it.

I am going to do some testing here and see if there is a way to add that MUSIC directory without the subfolders being added as SUBPLAYLISTS

@Tanzwart

Okay, so, updating is “throw everything away and re-create it?”

Okay. The way to do it

• If you drag it into the Collection/Playlist tree (Left Panel) subplaylists will be created.

• So simply drag the MUSIC directory into the Library, it will scan and only add new files.