Is it possible to migrate my virtual Dj library to engine Dj so I can use the tracks on my prime 4??
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Yes. Lexicon DJ software will convert any of the popular library formats to any of the other popular library formats. It’s a monthly subscription based product but you could get it one month , transfer everything you’ve got to engine DJ and just use engine DJ from then on, and never subscribe again.
Although, saying that, lexicon offers a lot of great features like advance playlist management, lost track recovery and stem creation so you might like to keep it longer
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I totally agree. I’ve just picked up a Prime 2 and have a load of crates on VDJ.
Engine does not support M3U or PLS (as far as I can see), so I have to replicate them?
Considering there has been a pretty good effort to allow VDJ integration (as a controller), not being able to import the XML from VDJ into Engine is very lacking.
I do hope Denon add this feature asap.
I’m not looking for a paid subscription. I could look at coding something (the Enginer db is just sqlite, so open for hacking), but I just want it work work without all of that.
Just subscribe for a month, move your library over once, cancel the subscription and just use Engine from then onwards for adding new tracks.
Even if denon do add VDJ conversion later free, you’ve only spent 1 month of subscription
I don’t wish to use a 3rd party. Denon support VDJ in terms of interfacing their hardware to the software and so should be hooking into the VDJ XML database for their customers.
I’m specifically looking at Crates (or VDJ Playlists) into Engine.
My crates change and I’ll not be paying extra for a 3rd party service.
I’ve checked the SQLite db used by Engine and should be able to import M3U files without doing much else I can easily parse (in code) the XML file, but as the SQLite db has a list of imported tracks and I can parse M3U files, creating a playlist won’t be a hardship.
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I agree that Engine DJ should be able to import from VDJ. The other DJ programs are supported so why is VDJ missing?
We’ve been requesting this for a long time, but like many long standing requests, it seems to get forgotten about.
I migrated by exporting the VDJ folders as playlists, then temporarily adding those to iTunes. From there I imported to Engine Prime.
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Thanks pk I agree that the guys at Denon should have a migrating system in place for all the other platforms especially vdj as all there controllers are compatible
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I’ve added this as a feature request. I did have a quick check and couldn’t see a specific request on that board; https://community.enginedj.com/t/import-vdj-xml-database-as-per-serato-traktor-etc/40882
In the meantime, I’ve written a simple m3u parser in python and reverse engineering their database and do expect to be able to create/update VDJ playlists into the Engine Database - not as slick as using their Engine Desktop application. I’ll try to get something out in a week or so (real life and gigs getting in the way!)
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There have been many requests for this since the release of the Prime series. Earliest seems to be 2018 - but that’s the way of the world around these parts.
Would you like to share the code to have a quick look on that? I’m struggling with managing streaming playlists. I have some playlists in Tidal for example that contains 100 files and I wanted to manage them properly. I have found some sort of workaround, but it still needs a lot of manual intervention. In VDJ it is easy to add streamed files to local playlists. Exporting them is easy as well, but the missing point is importing these to Engine.