Cannot import collection - Going no where

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Cannot import collection - Going no where

I have been trying to import my music collection for the past four days and it’s not working. Please help me.

  1. I am trying to add my music folders to the list of Traktor Music Folders.
    I go into data location & add my music folders which are on bay 2 of my mac (not bay 1 with the operating system).
    When ive done that, i then go back to ‘Track collection’ & click ‘Import Music Folders’ and ‘Import collection’ but nothing happens.

So, i put it down to the default folder associated with the ‘root directory’ in ‘Data Location’.
I then decide to change the defaut root directory folder to my actual music folder on my second harddrive (bay 2) and also keep it added to the list of Traktor music folders underneath.
Traktor then says it needs be restarted in order to change the root directory. I then start up Traktor again and it says…
“The directory ‘dah dah’ does not exist, do you want to create it?”.
i click yes and it says “! Traktor is not properly installed. Please enter the path to the database”.
I then decide to make my actual bay 2 harddrive the root directort folder and Traktor restarts again and gives me the ‘stripe directory issue’ which i have to resolve by deleting a ‘Traktor Pro folder’ in preferences in my (user-home)/libary.
So after all this i have to choose the ‘default’ directory again which won’t left me import my collection.

  1. Also, please please can anybody tell me how i can import my collection in their original alhabetical/folder order. i have searched with no luck
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I have just realised that Traktor is not recognizing my Bay 2 Hardrive at all. Is this normal?

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Nope, is your OS recognising it ?

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I can physically go into bay 2 and play my collection with quicktime…

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What happens if you hit the Explorer Node? Can you see the Hard Drive you wish to add?
Is this an external Hard Drive or a Partition?

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Nope, don’t see it when i hit the explorer node. Its my bay 2 hardrive, not external or partician.

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Can you not simply put the music folder on C: Drive.
Im a bit confused . You should just have a C: drive despite the Bays ? or am i getting you wrong.

What is the Root Location you are choosing, what drive is it.
What drive is the Music Folder on?

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Hi Karlos, i have two internal hardrives on my mac pro. One is 500GB, ths has my operating system on. I keep my music collection seperatly on my 2nd 750GB.

The root location is my operating system drive whilst at the same time adding my other 750 to Traktor’s Music Folder section underneath.
I then go to music Collection - import music folders/collection and nothing happens. It does a little scan and thats it.
When i try and select the 750GB as my root directory and keep my 750 also added to ‘Traktor’s Music Folder’ section underneath, Traktor restarts in order to change the root directory. When i start Traktor up again, i get the ‘stripe directory issue’.

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i think what the issue here is is that Traktor does not recognise my second internal hardrive with all my music on. I don’t want to drop my collection from that hardrive onto the main OS drive because of space issues.

Ne-one know how i can get traktor to acknowledge my 750?

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does traktor see your iTunes collection? (assuming that you have you music already import on iTunes)

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My music’s not in itunes, its just organised on my 750GB :confused:

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try loading like 10 tracks on itunes and then open traktor to see if it loads under the iTunes collection.

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Yep, that works fine!

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i would recommend to highlight your music folder and drag it into the track collection on traktor.

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There is no point doing that because it is not recognizing my other hardrive with my music on. My music is not on my operating system hardrive it is on my other 750GB in Bay two of my mac pro

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Sorry, was wrong about that i know what u mean now!

Actually just tried that and it says the track collection is ready but there are none of my tracks along with it.

JUST HAD A THOUGHT!!!

On this 750GB hardrive of mine, the collection is actaully a backup up from my external Lacie hardrive!

Could this have anything to do with it do u think?

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could be the issue, have to tired to set you music folder as a sharded folder? I thinking that the problem might be with the permission on the HD

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I think that’s already done but if you are on mac platform too JesC, can u quickly go through that with me :confused:

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i dont know if thisll fix it but i always but my harddrive music onto itunes first and then to traktor from there, no worries. also have you got a neqw computer recently?(old pc new mac specifically). theres some wierd thing with harddrives that if you set it up for pc on some particular setting, you then cant use it with a mac. i dont know the specifics of it but that could be the problem?

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If i put the music from my 750GB into itunes, thats kinda defeating having two seperate hardrives. The reason my music collection is on the 750GB is that its too big a collection for my 500GB operating system.

Your right Kaon my 750GB hardrive collection was backed up from my Lacie external hardrive which was first used wth my old P.C.
I think that the lacie was formatted for both p.c & mac when i first bought it.