this is just a "next gen" import tool. I cleaned up the tool and frosty invented a storage system into sql.
The clean up of the tool is just things that bothered me about the old application it was confusing to use.
The SQL switch will speed up searching in and out of the tool. Also i have 50,000+ mp3's in my DJ computer (im a simi-pro party DJ) and when I import this collection config5 will crash and the flat files are just a giant mess of data. With SQL i can create sql calls to manage the data in a format that is much cleaner then dealing with flat file and data fragment issues as well as import memory, with config 5 the import tool would kick my P43ghz box, with the new tool I dont have that issue.
the end experience with jukebox4 will be better memory management and a different way to search and store album graphics (and we were chatting about the benefits ^^^)
the execution of media in the jukebox application is depended on the jukebox code your HDD speed and memory in the system, however the end user will not notice much in the beginning. however in the future we can run reports on most played, keep play statics in a database when the computer shut's down. gather reports on cashflow, etc. This can all be done with flatfiles, however i am personally not a fan of VB6 ability to deal with flat file data.
this alpha code needs to undergo testing and further development with frosty/barry if that wont happen then I will likely try to rework config5 in its current state. but the benefits of the SQL-DB I hope are realized by the dev team. so that I can continue to help dev this project. But thats a B call. Im just here to give my experience with code to free up some time for B, I dont want anything but to make this product better.
You can run this application on your media collection and test it out. if you like it or find bugs let us know, if you dont let us know. It will not hurt your media, and it will not change anything with current jukebox (as jukebox4 cant read anything with SQL) its just a import tool demo.