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    I now tested the free version of Cross Dj for Windows. Its a trivial download on http://www.mixvibes.com/cross-dj-free-download/

    It read the Traktor collection immediately, including playlists.
    Cues are there, only a couple were missing or moved its number.

    The BIG problem is that most tracks had their beatgrid and Cues not exactly on the beat anymore. This causes serious issues for Syncing and looping.
    Please see the below picture for one of the many examples.

    traktor to cross - moved cue locations.jpg

    This is the same issue that I had before using DJCU:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7s0...ature=youtu.be

    The author says that only some collections are effected.
    Could you please check if you have this issue as well?
    Last edited by djestrela; 08-16-2018 at 06:34 PM.
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    similar thread from 3x years ago: https://www.native-instruments.com/f...ws-how.255037/
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    Quote Originally Posted by bartjunited View Post
    This doc also mentions Positon Type = Fade In, Fade Out, Loop, Load.
    But assume RB doenst support them atm?
    Correct, it only supports Cue and Loop.


    Quote Originally Posted by djestrela View Post
    Could you please check if you have this issue as well?
    I noticed it with my script as well, some beatgrids were shifted but I couldn't figure out why. Now I understand it's due to different codecs.

    It's possible that it has to do with using lower bitrate songs as well, because I noticed it while using a 160kbps royalty free MP3.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ErikMinekus View Post
    I noticed it with my script as well, some beatgrids were shifted but I couldn't figure out why. Now I understand it's due to different codecs.
    Precisely. All converters will be affected. And replacing thousands of mp3s by hand is not viable IMO.

    As such, DJCU built a correction utility that operates AFTER the import into rekordbox. It reads what rekordbox considered to be first beat, and re-aligns that with what Traktor considered to be the first beat.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7s0...ature=youtu.be

    This process definitely worked inside my macOS VM - but there were still corner cases (eg, when the 0.0.0 beat was in negative time, etc.)

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    Erik, I loved your clean python code in your script. Definitively cleaner than mine
    Would you consider having a go on this problem, and creating a (windows) solution for this?
    https://github.com/ErikMinekus/traktor-scripts
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    Quote Originally Posted by ErikMinekus View Post
    No, currently it doesn't do anything special for the cue types that Rekordbox doesn't support, it just converts them to a regular hot cue. The only thing I can think of is to assign colors to each cue type.

    Instructions for the Python script:

    1. Download and install Python 3.7.0. Be sure to check "Add Python 3.7 to PATH" in the installer.
    2. Download rekordbox-export.py and save it to your Desktop.
    3. Open Command Prompt.
    4. Type cd Desktop and press Enter.
    5. Type python rekordbox-export.py "C:\Users\yourusername\Native Instruments\Traktor 2.11.3\collection.nml" rekordbox.xml and press Enter

    The Cross DJ video explains how to point Rekordbox to the rekordbox.xml file on your Desktop.
    Hi Erik

    I tried to run this and got the attached error .Any ideas?

    python error.JPG

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    if you have any programming experience its not hard to debug this...
    sorry to not be able to offer more help, but I'm working hard on the DJCU+RECU route, as AFAIK is the only solution that will fix the cues moving around issue.
    There I have the additonal complexity of automating getting files in and out the macOS VM.
    Please see 5:13 of this video for a demo of the issue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7s0...ature=youtu.be
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    Latest rekordbuddy2 __beta__ fixed the cue shifted in time problem of a demo track I have. This is great news.
    The stable release still has this problem.

    next step is to run the beta on the whole collection, to see if more files fail.
    details: https://forums.next.audio/t/traktor-...n-time-2/593/5
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    update jan 2019: found a new open-source project in active development.
    Windows release worked fine, except for the shifted cues project.
    https://github.com/digital-dj-tools/...erter/issues/3
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    I've now took the time to document all the options I'm aware to do this conversion in windows:
    https://mixxx.org/wiki/doku.php/trak...storage_format

    also uploaded my bash scripts to run convertors in windows:
    https://github.com/pestrela/music_scripts/
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    Hi Erik is this script still in place and working? I tried to use it before but got an error

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