How to create instruments database?!??!!!?

[jonathanbrickman0000]

Am running AVLinux, based on Debian testing. QSampler locked up a lot, so I tried JSampler Fantasia. Got error popups. First I got:

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Updating database directory:  Cannot open instruments database:  /var/lib/linuxsampler/instruments.db

So I created directory /var/lib/linuxsampler, set it to group ownership 'audio', set it to g=rwx. QSampler locks up a lot less, but still a bit; JSampler gave me this:

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Updating database directory:  DB error:  no such table:  instr_dirs

How do I create this database???!???!

J.E.B.

[ccherrett]

the whole /var/lib/linuxsampler/instruments.db is new so I am not sure what is happening because I do not use it. However:

linuxsampler --create-instruments-db my_instruments.db

and

linuxsampler --instruments-db-location my_instruments.db

will work for you. I use fantasia only for tweaking and start linuxsampler command line from a script
So once the setup is done I do not use the gui anymore.

[grishata]

So I created directory /var/lib/linuxsampler, set it to group ownership 'audio', set it to g=rwx.
J.E.B.

And then in Fantasia choose Window/Instruments Database and in the Instruments Database window choose Actions/Format Database.

[browny_amiga]

So this is still massively broken:
Why doesn't it create that directory? Any other tool will happily create any . directory.

Then formating it works, BUT when I add an instrument to it, then it hangs forever with the message
"Updating database directories"

I just added one single instrument to it. Is this feature just broken and nobody ever uses it?

[MaSchl]

I've got the same issue. "Updating database directories". I remember that from earlier on, sometimes it must have worked, since I do have a whole lot of instruments in there. Maybe it must be done in the standalone app instead of the VST? But I can add flders - sometimes. Sometimes nothing happens at all until I quit and restart