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VirtualDJ

version 5.0

User Guide

(Updated and NEW Features ONLY)

**This guide only addresses items updated in the VirtualDJ version 5 release. For features carried over from

previous versions the User Guide for those options should be referenced. FULL Version coming soon.

 NEW Installation Paths for Microsoft VISTA compliance

 NEW Database Management

 NEW Global Search

 NEW Browser

 NEW Track/Album Cover browser

 NEW ID3Tag Support

 NEW Auto-MIX PlayList

 NEW SideList

 NEW Play History Management

 NEW Genre Filtering

 NEW Filter Folders

 NEW Integration with Third-Party Applications (Crates and iTunes Play lists)

 NEW Video Plugins

 NEW Video Sampler

 NEW Timecode Engine

 NEW TimeCode Plugins

 NEW AutoGain Fine Tuning Control

 Enhanced Karaoke CDG File Detection

What’s New

If installing VirtualDJ v5 as a fresh clean install please make the following notes:

Default application path provided during the install -

C:\Program Files\VirtualDJ\

All Application Configuration, Plug-in, Skins and Support Files are stored in –

C:\MyDocuments\VirtualDJ

**VERY IMPORTANT – EXTERNAL DRIVE USERS**

You should have your COMPLETE gig ready computer setup connected before launching V5

for the first time.

**VERY IMPORTANT – EXTERNAL DRIVE USERS**

When upgrading to VirtualDJ v5 the default application path stays the same and the new

application configuration, plug-in, skins, and support files are copied to

C:\MyDocuments\VirtualDJ. Since VISTA does not like applications writing data to the

Program Files folders, the Development Team moved these entries to a more accessible

location so they wouldn’t be placed in the Microsoft managed hidden folders profile

environment.

*For Power Users who have changed the location of their MyDocuments from the default Microsoft setting

(C:\MyDocuments), your new/copied files are stored there in the VirtualDJ folder.

The NEW core VirtualDJ Database is now titled - VirtualDJ Database v5.xml and is stored

In Windows XP: C:\MyDocuments\VirtualDJ

In Windows VISTA C:\_UserName\Documents\VirtualDJ

The NEW VirtualDJ Database system segments the database to each drive attached to the

system. Each additional database file will be found on the ROOT of that drive and is titled –

VirtualDJ Local Database.xml

Because of the ‘split’ database files and depending on the size of the v4.x database XML, the

FIRST LAUNCH of VirtualDJ after upgrading may act like it has stopped at the applications

splash screen. Please be patient and look for activity on the hard drive(s). VirtualDJ is

reading the v4.x database and splitting the various entries across the respective hard drives of

the system.

What is stored in the NEW Database files?

 Path to the file

 Analyzed data about the tracks

 ID3Tag Display Information

 Automix Information

INSTALLATION / UPGRADE NOTES

** IMPORTANT READ **

Example of a database entry –

*(this is not representative of all information stored)

The ‘split’ database files provide users of external hard drives the ability to COLD or HOT

SWAP drives between single or multiple systems. This allows for multiple DJs of a club or

venue to utilize 1 VirtualDJ installation and not have different OS logins in order to maintain

separate databases unique to each DJ. Now, the DJ just walks in plugs in the external device

and begins playing.

The NEW Database management system comes with additional tools as part of the VirtualDJ

Configuration Browser tab.

 Save ‘On the Fly’ during each session use

 Automatic check of database integrity at launch

 Manually check the database integrity

 Fix database error(s)

 Clean out database entries for missing/moved files

VirtualDJ now saves the database immediately when additions or updates are required.

VirtualDJ also validates the integrity of all database files at the launch of the application. If a

problem is detected a message box will be displayed identifying which database has the

problem and what to do to correct the problem.

To correct the problem - 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

The other options for managing the databases are -

CHECK – this runs a validation of the database to

ensure the entries are still relevant to files stored 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.

DATABASE MANAGEMENT

Local Database is no longer an option from the browser. Previous versions used the Local

Database (mp3database.txt) as the search pool for all tracks. VirtualDJ v5 now provides an

intuitive on the fly search capability. Adding files for using the need global search can be done

two (2) ways.

First is by setting the ‘Search Database’

property in the Configuration Browser

tab to ‘Add automatically’. This will add

all files when browsing the folder

structures to the search.

The other option is ‘Add manually’. This

requires using the ‘Add to Search DB’

option to be selected when right clicking

on a file or folder in the main browser

interface.

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.

In the below example, a search on ‘ba’ is entered into the search box. The center file browser

panel displays the results of the search. The file(s) listed above the dividing line represent the

file(s) found in the folder that is currently highlighted in the left folder browser panel. All other

files below the dividing line are files that exist elsewhere in the database.

Also if you want to limit the results to specific types of files, click on

the second bull’s eye circle to the right of the search box and chose

from the Show Covers, Show Music, Show Videos, and Show

Karaoke options.

GLOBAL SEARCH

What can be searched? Searching in VirtualDJ is now versatile a

variable. What is meant by that? Just to the right of the search box there

is a “search fields” selection button. Click on the bull’s eye circle and you

are presented with a list of 10 searchable fields.

Depending on what fields are selected your search results will very. So if

you want to ensure maximum results for all your searches, select all the

fields and you will be able to search anything all the time.

To browse the entire database just enter an asterisk -

- as the search

string and now the entire database is displayed.

Because of the expanded search fields you are able to get more creative. One way of being

more creative is when searching on BPM. You can now enter 110-120 and if the BPM column

is selected the results displayed will be tracks in the range of 110 to 120 BPM.

If this type of creative search is something you would do on a routine basis then VirtualDJ v5

has a NEW Filter Folder feature that can be used. This is explained later in the guide in the

Filter Folders section.

From the first look it is not much different from previous versions. What has been seen, in the

Configuration Browser tab; are entries that determine what will be displayed in the left browser

panel.

NEW Options

Genres – provides a generated tree of Genre types based on the imported ID3Tag Genre

field. But selecting on the various listed genres the file browser only shows those entries that

match the tag.

*POWER USERS – typically only

one genre is stored in the ID3Tag;

however, since VirtualDJ imports

and stores this data in it’s own

database multiple genres can be

assigned to a single file by

separating each genre with a semi-

colon ‘;’ . This action is performed

in the File Info dialog the Genre

field for the file.

BROWSER

SEARCHING

NEW Options (cont’d)

H is to r y – provides access to data stored about each session use of VirtualDJ. The data is

stored as .m3u Playlist files and it is now stored in the MyDocuments\VirtualDJ\TrackHistory

folder instead of in the MyDocuments\VirtualDJ\Playlists folder. Only the ‘Saved Playlists’

created from the playlist panel are now stored in the Playlist folder. Also, the History data is

saved on the fly so a running history is always available.

*POWER USERS – by default VirtualDJ will separate the history play lists at 9AM this is based on

a registry entry titled TrackCutHour – change this value to have your history play lists split at a

different time. Time is based on a 24-hour clock, so 9PM would be 21.

iTunes – will display iTunes playlists and use the information in the playlist for accessing those

files. If the files don’t exist per the playlists path, you will see ‘Error’ show up in the deck’s

display.

Crates – allows access to the crates structure created and utilized by the Serato ScratchLive

application

The rest of the choices are items available in previous versions and should not require

explanation.

ID3Tag Support

Yes, one big improvement is the adding of ID3Tag support. However; it is not the same

support that other applications implement. VirtualDJ has always provided the fasts information

access about the tracks in the database. Adding direct ID3Tag access to every file would have

considerably SLOWED VirtualDJ’s ability to for browsing and search as experienced in other

applications.

VirtualDJ stores identified ID3Tag fields as part of its own database. This stored data can be

updated at anytime. And because it is not direct access any of the information can be

changed using the File Info dialog and it not affect the core ID3Tag info of the file. Also, since

video type files don’t have ID3Tags, VirtualDJ is able to make these fields available for storing

information about the video.

Retrieving ID3Tag Data

This can be accomplished in several methods at different points in time. The first and what will

be the most common is using the Configuration Browser tab’s Infos Gathering options.

Title/Artist

 SMART – used for allowing VirtualDJ to determine

what it should retrieve. If a field is missing from the

traditional parsing of the filename and data resides

in the ID3Tag then VirtualDJ retrieves the data

 Only from Filename – traditional parsing of the

filename data

 Only from Tag – only use the data stored in the

ID3Tag

Retrieving ID3Tag Data (cont’d)

TAGS

 Never Read – Disables reading ID3Tags

 Read on Load – Read the tags once a

file is loaded to a deck

 Read ASAP – Read the ID3Tags

immediately on seeing the file in the

browser

COMMENT

 Read – Read the ID3Tag Comment field

based on the TAGS setting



Never Read – Never Read the ID3Tag

Comment field

COVERS

 Local Search Only – for the CoverFlow viewer files already locally stored will be used (to include ID3Tag

embedded)

 Download Exact Match – if no cover found locally, download a cover that only matches based on the

song’s information

 Download No Matter What – if no cover found locally, download anything that closely matches using the

song’s information

 Don’t Search – don’t ever look for covers if no cover exists

Next possible way of retrieving ID3Tag information is by right clicking on a file in the browser

and selecting File Info. The below dialog displays the database stored information along with

the ID3Tag information that is retrievable.

Under each field with a button will have the read ID3Tag info next to it. Click on the button

to copy that data into the VirtualDJ data field. This data will be stored and used by the

VirtualDJ database. The next to the FileName field is used to parse the file name into the

Artist and Title.

Retrieving ID3Tag Data (cont’d)

Another method of retrieving ID3Tag info is through the browser directly with multiple files

selected.

The options from File Infos are –

 Title from tag

 Title from filename

 Genre/year/etc from tag

 Comment from tag

 Erase comment

 Download cover

All pretty self explanatory.

Displaying VirtualDJ data fields (ID3Tag) Columns

In the browser or playlist panels right clicking on any column and choose

from the pop-up list any or all of the available data fields now stored in

theVirtualDJ database.

Changing the order of the columns is very easy by

selecting the Order… option from the bottom of the

list. Then in the presented dialog –

Here you can choose the order by highlighting the

field and using the up and down arrows. Also add or

remove fields from the display by selecting the check

box for the field.

You can also select what you want displayed in the browser by

clicking on the second bull’s eye circle to the right of the search box

and chose from the Show Covers, Show Music, Show Videos, and

Show Karaoke options.

Displaying VirtualDJ data fields (ID3Tag) Columns (cont’d)

Here are some screen shots of the fields being displayed in the browser -

[Typical ID3Tags + Key field]

[Additional VirtualDJ Fields]

Additional VirtualDJ Data Fields

The VirtualDJ database now stores additional data about each track for additional search

features and the NEW Filter folders.

Key – stores the key value of a song for use doing Harmonic Mixing.

** VirtualDJ does not analyze and populate this field. Manual entry using the File Info.

Play Count – stores the running play count of the track

First Seen – stores the date of when the track was first added to the database

First Play – stores the date of when track was first ever played

Last Play – stores the date of when the track was last played

Drive, Filepath, Filename, Filetype – stores the current known Drive, Filepath, Filename, and

Filetype for the track

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