Just bought a Leef ibridge usb/lightning flash drive hoping that I could put my rekordbox library on it, be able to listen, set cue points, etc... on the iOS app and then plug it into a cdj. I formatted it to fat32 and synced my library on my Mac. But when I plugged it into my iphone (with the lightning port) the music didn't show up in the Leef app or the rekordbox app. I assumed it wouldn't show up in the Leef app, but I'm surprised the rekordbox app didn't read the files. Cdjs read them from the flash drive though. (Obv using the usb side of the ibridge) is there something I'm doing wrong, or does the iOS app just not support reading rekordbox files on a flash drive that has has a lightning connection? (along with usb).
If not do you have any plans on fixing that, or has anyone found a work around? This would be amazing if so, since it would be great to just plug in a 256gb flash drive that I DJ with on the cdjs straight into my phone and listen and get to know the songs better and set loops, cue points, etc... when I'm on the go. I searched this forum to see if anyone asked about this and I'm shocked that it hasn't come up. Sandisk makes a usb/lightning combo flash drive as well, but they say that you can't transfer files back and forth to your iPhone with it like you can with the ibridge.
I'm also shocked that pioneer hasn't thought of making their own combo flash drive that supports this.
Would love to hear if anyone figured out a way to make this happen...
Unfortunately, this is not how the rekordbox database and file management system operates and changing this would be no small task. It would mean completely rebuilding the software from the ground up. There are currently no plans to do this.
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The app exports on network from your main Rekrdbox so that's the first thing. As to working on it we can suggest it for future updates but I do not have any info as to when this will be supported since it is still relatively new to the market. Transferring playlists to the mobile app is very easy as it stands.
You're missing the whole point. I know you can transfer songs to the app via wifi. I didn't get the ibridge to transfer files. The appeal is being able to plug in your flash drive that you DJ with into your iPhone and be able to listen to it without taking up all your space on your phone (there isn't any iPhones with 256gb of memory anyways) or have to spend them time transferring the songs. Not to mention being able to manage your playlists and get to know your (entire) library better on the fly knowing all the changes will be on the library that you actually DJ with. I know the app syncs everything once you get back to the same wifi as your computer. But try changing playlists on your phone when your library is bigger than the memory you have on your phone. That's not the main reason though, really it just comes down to being able to listen to your whole library on the go. It seems like it wouldn't be to hard to add this feature either. Just adding their api, or the other way around. I read that you guys didn't offer syncing via lightning port bc Apple wouldn't allow it. Yet somehow Leef got away with it, so long as it is in their app. If you callaborate with them or Sandisk and made the same thing I'm sure tons of Djs would appreciate it. Throw in a little security feat. where you have to use your phone to unlock the flash drive so if you leave it behind or lose it the next DJ can't jack all your music, I'm sure everyone would buy it. Plus you'd be able to sync via a cable instead of wifi which would probably be faster. I've talked to tons of Djs about this, and everyone is bummed that the ibridge thing didn't work. Trust me Djs would want to have access to their entire library on their phone.