v3.7 is rearranginy my playlists.

stevebarry

Hi Peter, I have updated to v3.7 and it has removed songs from playlists and re-arranged the songs too when I use iCloud sync. Luckily it didn't delete any from my songs list but wondered if you knew this was happening?

peter

Seems like the database migration is not working. The problem is that the database structure needed to change in 3.7 to enable iCloud sync and it is no longer possible to access the old sort order field used up to 3.6. The migration tries to take care of it but does not work reliably.

My suggestion: please load a backup where your order is correct. Once you are on version 3.7 this will not happen any more. The problem is only the update from 3.6 to 3.7.

stevebarry Seems like when you updated your devices the sort order got changed in a different way on each device. Then you enabled iCloud sync which tries to match up your playlists but fails as the same playlist has a different sort order on each of your devices.

Again: Restore a backup on one of your devices and it will correct all connected devices automatically.

SteveCherelle

Hi. Just updated and now every set list is in a messed up order. No idea why. At a gig and it’s a nightmare.

SteveCherelle

Same here.

mwabuckeye

We played a gig last night with 4 sets. Got up this morning to review and each list is in a completely different order. Also, playlists for future gigs have been rearranged. Peter, this is a huge problem. My fear is we show up for a gig and our songs are rearranged.

Thanks Peter.

mwabuckeye

My fear exactly. We played our gig last night ok but this morning all songs rearranged. We left Songbook Pro for similar issues and were hoping to find a more stable environment. Uugghhh.

Laurahdavis

It’s moved all mine around too, I have a show to play in 2 hours and my carefully created playlists are messed up. This is an absolute nightmare.

Laurahdavis

It’s moved all mine around too, I have a show to play in 2 hours and my carefully created playlists are messed up. This is an absolute nightmare.

mwabuckeye

peter
Hi Peter, will this issue arise every time there is an update or will there be an update patch sent out to fix the bug?

Thanks,

Mark

stevebarry

peter I think the strategy should always be to keep an independent backup to rely on if things go wrong, especially trialling an update. Fortunately for me this is how I work, and always after an update. I didn't lose any songs only the playlist re-arrangement. I don't mind too much as Peter is always improving this app. Guys, always have a safe backup before you update, it's the only way.

peter

This issue can only happen when the database structure is updated from version 3.6 to 3.7. Once you are on version 3.7 it will not happen again. If you have a recent backup file available you can restore that and the sort order will be corrected.

Releasing a patch can not help as the sort order was changed during the database migration and there is no way to restore the order before the migration except restoring a backup.

Jonalex11

I had the messed up playlist problem when I arrived at the gig last night. Nightmare.
Then a new problem appeared as I started.
Has anyone else had it? When Play was pressed the song list changed to another playlist on the screen. Then came back when I press the current playing song.
Made it impossible to scroll about to choose a different song.
What a terrifying shambles of a gig.

BrianGold

I had the same at last night's gig but it only took a short while to quickly reorder songs for 3 x 30 min sets.
This morning I read the thread here and have just restored my last backup from mid-March (DB only) and all is back to what it was then. Updates from recent weeks I'll have to re-introduce now.

BTW I use iCloud to store mp3 files and add them to ST3 using the Folder app. Simple Air Drop by file. Don't think this is database dependent at all as all it does is drop files into ST3.

Jonalex11

On my other issue. The strange playlist changing. It’s on the smaller left hand menu that stays on the last playlist. You have to select BACK the choose the current playlist. That’s different.

peter

Jonalex11 I can reproduce the issue. If you select a song in a playlist in the big player, then close the player and select a song from another playlist and then reopen the big player, it will still show you the songs of the previous playlist. You have to reselect the new playlist again. You can avoid the issue now by staying in the big player view throughout your gig. Then everything works as expected.

I will fix this issue in version 3.7.2.

peter

I really have to apologise for this messed up database migration to version 3.7. I made some assumptions how the order could be migrated that worked on my device but caused issues on lots of other devices. Usually database migrations work fine (every feature update has basically one) but this time things have been complicated as the playlist order was managed by internal Apple methods that prevented me from accessing the order information during the migration directly. And I had to replace this order mechanism with a new custom order management as the Apple mechanism does not work with iCloud (funny as both are made by Apple).

The bottom line is: I'm sorry. But you do not have to worry about this happening again after you have updated to 3.7. And the problem is only the sort order of your playlists. Song data is not affected which in my opinion is the most important part.