Got an error saying the library cannot be read and could be corrupt, something to that effect, a pop up in Live! . I can view my library in windows. On Pc 64 bit. I have had 0 problems ever with my library in Live. now it just won't show up all of the sudden right after the error. I was adding a track at the time it happened. Not sure how I can get Live to re read my library, nothing I do is working... I have restarted computer many times... Have only gotten the message once, now the library is gone from Live. anyone?
Live
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User Library all of the sudden GONE!
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Re: User Library all of the sudden GONE!
i would start by running chkdsk on your drive...
Re: User Library all of the sudden GONE!
Install again or restore from your backup drive?tintala wrote:Got an error saying the library cannot be read and could be corrupt, something to that effect, a pop up in Live! . I can view my library in windows. On Pc 64 bit. I have had 0 problems ever with my library in Live. now it just won't show up all of the sudden right after the error. I was adding a track at the time it happened. Not sure how I can get Live to re read my library, nothing I do is working... I have restarted computer many times... Have only gotten the message once, now the library is gone from Live. anyone?
Live
9.2
Re: User Library all of the sudden GONE!
No don't reinstall that's like cleaning your dishes with a nuclear bomb.
Do this
viewtopic.php?p=1500572#p1500572
Essentially close live and deleting the databse file - and live will regenerate it automatically next time you start the app.
Do this
viewtopic.php?p=1500572#p1500572
Essentially close live and deleting the databse file - and live will regenerate it automatically next time you start the app.
Re: User Library all of the sudden GONE!
Thanks , for some reason it came back after many reboots. Anyone know the cause of this scary incident ?Angstrom wrote:No don't reinstall that's like cleaning your dishes with a nuclear bomb.
Do this
viewtopic.php?p=1500572#p1500572
Essentially close live and deleting the databse file - and live will regenerate it automatically next time you start the app.
Re: User Library all of the sudden GONE!
If you have another version of Live open that can prevent one version opening the Db. As for corruptions you'd have to ask Ableton.
Re: User Library all of the sudden GONE!
I think that message about a corrupt file that you got was actually that your database was corrupted. This happened to me once. You just need to let Live run for a while uninterrupted, and preferably without much user activity. Ableton Index will rebuild your 'library' in time.
As a tip, if you're on Windows go to C:\Users\*username*\AppData\Roaming\Ableton\Live 9.5 [or whatever version you're on]\Database
In there is a file called... files.db. There's your Live database. If you copy that file to a safe place periodically, it'll save you a lot of waiting in case this happens again. Even if your backup of it is a little outdated, it will only have to amend the few things that have changed since you made a copy, whereas if your database is corrupted without a backup, it needs to rebuild from scratch.
It's scary when you 'lose' your library, but the more problems I've encountered, the more I realized that Ableton does a pretty good job of making sure that nothing catastrophic ever actually happens.
As a tip, if you're on Windows go to C:\Users\*username*\AppData\Roaming\Ableton\Live 9.5 [or whatever version you're on]\Database
In there is a file called... files.db. There's your Live database. If you copy that file to a safe place periodically, it'll save you a lot of waiting in case this happens again. Even if your backup of it is a little outdated, it will only have to amend the few things that have changed since you made a copy, whereas if your database is corrupted without a backup, it needs to rebuild from scratch.
It's scary when you 'lose' your library, but the more problems I've encountered, the more I realized that Ableton does a pretty good job of making sure that nothing catastrophic ever actually happens.
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Ryzen 9 3900XT
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Ryzen 9 3900XT
UAD Apollo/ART Voice Channel
Ableton Live 10/Cubase 10.5
Push 2/Moog Subsequent 37
Re: User Library all of the sudden GONE!
Following on from that point ... It occurs to me that all of us who have beta and point version installs we forgot to delete will have a few spare database copies too. In the various "roaming" folders those versions created.