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Database Load Options

GigHive gives you a few ways to get media into the system and refresh the database.

Easiest option for most users

Use the GigHive iPhone app.

For most end users, this is the simplest way to add music and video to GigHive. It is the most user-friendly path because users can upload directly from their phone without dealing with admin tools or destructive database reload steps.

• App Store: GigHive - Upload Music, Video
• Best for normal user uploads
• Does not require using the admin page database tools

Admin options

The remaining options in admin.php are mainly for admins.

Best admin option for larger imports

Use Choose a Folder to Scan & Refresh the Database.

This is the most current database-loading workflow in the admin page.

What it does:

• scans a folder you choose
• finds supported media files
• computes hashes for those files
• rebuilds the media tables with the imported metadata

This is the preferred admin option when you want to load a real media collection into GigHive.

File uploads without rebuilding the database

Use Upload Files Individually when you want to send media into GigHive one file at a time from the admin tools.

Starting over with the sample data removed

Use Clear Sample Media if you want to remove the demo content that ships with GigHive.

This clears the media tables but keeps the users table.

CSV-based options

GigHive still includes CSV-based reload options in admin.php, but these should be treated as legacy paths.

There are two CSV choices:

• a single CSV reload
• a normalized reload using sessions.csv and session_files.csv

Both are destructive and rebuild the media tables.

If you are starting fresh, prefer the folder-scan workflow instead of the older single-CSV path.

If you already have normalized CSV exports that match GigHive’s expected format, the two-file normalized CSV option is the better CSV choice.

Important warning

Several admin-page database actions are destructive.

Before using them:

• make sure you want to replace existing media metadata
• keep a backup if the current database contents matter
• remember that these tools are for admin use only