User Guide

The database management system comes with additional tools found on the Config -> Browser tab.

• Save ‘On the Fly’ during each session use

• Automatic check of database integrity at start

• Manually check the database integrity

• Fix database error(s)

• Clean out database entries for missing/moved files

VirtualDJ updates and saves the database immediately

when changes are made. At start of the application the

integrity of the database file(s) are validated. If a problem is

detected a message box will be displayed identifying which

database has the problem with a recommendation of how to

fix the problem.

Usually the database only needs a Fix - here are the steps:

1. Open the configuration dialog

2. Go to the Browser tab

3. Select the Drive from the drop-down

4. Click the ‘FIX’ button

Other options for managing the database(s) are -

CHECK – this runs a validation of the database to ensure that all database file references are still valid

and existing stored files on that drive. The process simply re-labels the FilePath entry for the file if it can

not be found. Data about that file is not lost.

CLEAN – this process will REMOVE any

database information about files that are no

longer valid. This is necessary for cleaning up

the Global Search capabilities.

VirtualDJ provides an intuitive on the fly

search capability. Adding files to the global search is quite easy and can be done in two ways.

First is by setting the ‘Search Database’ property in the Configuration’s Browser tab to ‘Add

automatically’. This will add any files not already part of the search (new additions) when browsing the

folder structure of your collection.

The other option is ‘Add manually’, requires using the ‘Add to Search DB’ option to be selected on the

actual entry in the main browser interface and then right-clicking and selecting ‘Add to Search DB’.

In either scenario, once added to the Global Search; the ability to find the file is always available when

doing a search. The difference is in the results display of the search determines if it is in the currently

selected folder or elsewhere in the system.

DATABASE MANAGEMENT

GLOBAL SEARCH