beaTunes does not start, shows JDBCException
After an unintendend shutdown, a power outage or an application
crash, beaTunes may not start up properly anymore.
If beaTunes displays an error message mentioning a
GenericJDBCException the internal database may have gotten
corrupted.
The easiest way to recover from this problem, is to simply delete
beaTunes' internal database. This does not harm iTunes or its
database or your songs in any way.
To do so, you need to first shut down beaTunes. Then
- Windows Vista/Windows 7 Delete the folder
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\tagtraum industries\beaTunes\database - Windows XP Delete the folder
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\tagtraum industries\beaTunes\database - OS X Delete the folder
~/Library/Application Support/beaTunes/Database
On OS X the directory denoted as [your_home] or
~ is not your harddrive, but your
home directory. You can get to it by opening a Finder
window and clicking on the little house icon.
Also, starting with version 10.7 (Lion), OS X hides the
Library folder from you. To get to it, use
the Go menu in Finder.
Note that on Windows the Windows Explorer may hide the folder
AppData from you. To navigate to it, you can simply
type it into the Explorer navigation bar or tell Explorer to
show hidden files.
These paths are valid for beaTunes 2.1 or later.
Important
By deleting the internal beaTunes database, you lose all data
that isn't stored in iTunes or the audio files themselves.
Usually that's color, key, decimal fractions of the BPM, language,
PUIDs and tags.
To embed color, language etc. into the audio files themselves,
check the corresponding option in beaTunes' general
preferences.