with Traktor- How are the 'cue points/grid' and 'Mp3 file' linked in the file system?

with Traktor - How are the 'cue points/grids' and 'Mp3 file' linked in the computer file system?

If i rearrange my track collection on another computer by copying the files..

and send the mp3 back to my laptop, by overwriting the mp3 files with identical named mp3 files, will they still have cue points and tempo grids?

What links the cue points etc and the mp3

Is it recognition of the mp3 file?
recognition of the mp3 file location or name?
or nothing once its overwritten I have to set up cues again?

how does it work?

Cheers

it is embedded within the files' ID3 tags. You can rename that track and move to it to another computer. it will still have the cuepoints and beatgrid. just make sure you put the "analysis lock" on the track.

Cheers bud :)

I'm not sure that's actually true anymore... Traktor - as far as I know - stopped writing into the tags some time between Traktor 3 and TP2, not sure when exactly.

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Originally Posted by mdcdesign

I'm not sure that's actually true anymore... Traktor - as far as I know - stopped writing into the tags some time between Traktor 3 and TP2, not sure when exactly.

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Let's test it. I'll send you one of my prepped tracks and you can load into Traktor on your computer. You should see the cuepoints,loops and beatgrid set.

I'll PM you a dropbox link to a song in a few minutes.

Traktor still modifies the ID3 tag of every file you load, and any changes you make (e.g. adding a cue point) will cause the MP3 file to be modified.

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Originally Posted by mdcdesign

I'm not sure that's actually true anymore... Traktor - as far as I know - stopped writing into the tags some time between Traktor 3 and TP2, not sure when exactly.

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Originally Posted by papo

Let's test it. I'll send you one of my prepped tracks and you can load into Traktor on your computer. You should see the cuepoints,loops and beatgrid set.

I'll PM you a dropbox link to a song in a few minutes.

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sent. let me know once you load it in Traktor.

Just tested copying an MP3 from my desktop to my laptop, the cue points were not preserved.

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Originally Posted by makar1

Just tested copying an MP3 from my desktop to my laptop, the cue points were not preserved.

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Did you have the "Analysis Lock" on the file?

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Originally Posted by papo

sent. let me know once you load it in Traktor.

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Tested the file you sent, and unlike the MP3 file I copied across between my computers, yours had cuepoints saved within the MP3.

Was there anything specific you did to get them to save? Were they prepped in an older Traktor version?

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Originally Posted by papo

Did you have the "Analysis Lock" on the file?

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Will try this now.