[slinkelist] Some questions/thoughts...

[Michael Holopainen]

1. use VNC by ORL (it solves the cover & mp3 file & mp3 output problems
& you only need to install cdj on one computer & you can use    it even
from unix/linux or/and over internet)
   OR 
   Drag&Drop the file (mp3 or image) from Network Neighborhood window, I
have been told that then you get the location in format   
"\\CDJPC\Program Files\nirvis\Images\abba-gold.jpg" so it works over
network (LAN)
   Though I'm not 100% sure, I use VNC 
   you can get VNC  FREE!!!! http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/vnc/ 
   It's amazing program <1Mb. It hard to explain if you haven't seen it,
best way to describe it is : 
   When you run vnc_viewer (0,5Mb) from a remote computer and log on to
the "cdj" computer,  
   is same as plugging the monitor&keyboard&mouse of that remote
computer to that "cdj" computer. 
      

2. Don't use the 'text' property it is a legacy thingie. In old day's
before cdj library was in database(tm) format, cdj made a text file that
contained the library. I suppose that this property was kept so people
that don't want to install ms DAO (data access objet) on their computer
can still use cdj, and allow people upgrading from old versions to
import their libraries. Theoretically the database should be better
(I'll try not say anything about the quality of micro$oft products). 

I agree, both cdj/slinke are just amazing. vnc & cdj/slinke is a killer
combo.

David Ness wrote:
> 
> (1) I use CDJ in a LAN environment where one machine controls my
>     HiFi and another machine talks, periodically, to the Net. This
>     mostly seems to work very well except that CDJ is installed
>     on the C drive of one machine and the D drive of the other. This
>     means that my `images' (which are stored in
>         `\Program Files\Nirvis\Album Covers'
>     on both machines `get lost' if I move my user.mdb.
>     Is there any way I can have a `path' for images that is instillation
>     specific, so that the covers can be identified without path, thus
>     letting me avoid changing the spec in `Details'?
> 
>     In other words, I'd be happy if the DB avoided instillation
>     specific references (like Drive Names) and left that to
>     instillation specific configuration files.
> 
> (2) Under options I notice that there is an option for a `text library
>     file' as opposed to a `database file', yet I can't find any
>     reference to this, or otherwise figure out how it is supposed to
>     work. Is there some `text' form of the database? If so can
>     conversions between forms be made?
> 
> I suppose I should add that I find the CDJ/SlinkE combination a rather
> remarkable convenience. It has already added considerable pleasure to
> my use of my CD collection.
> 
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