[mortarion42]

Hey guys,

 

So, I recently had to transfer my HDD to a new Xbox (my old one finally died). I’m currently going through the annoyingly long process of re-downloading/authenticating my Rock Band DLC after doing a license transfer for this console.

 

When I bought my old console, the previous owner had some tracks already on the console that I guess he bought. So, I was able to play them on the old console on my own account. On the new console, I know I can’t re-download or re-license them unless I buy them again, on my account. That’s fine, but what I’m wondering is if there’s a way to identify which of the songs in my library are now un-playable. As far as I can tell, the only way to find out which ones will give a “Song unplayable – skipping” is to go through, one by one, and try to play them. That would be awful. But it sucks to have songs in my library which I can’t play, especially since I run a pub night.

 

Any thoughts? I think it’s only the Iron Maiden track pack that I won’t have a license for, but I worry that I’ll be running my pub night and someone will want to play something that’s unplayable. I just can’t think of a way to find out which songs I don’t have licenses for.

[jloboc]

The one way i could suggest is to go through your purchases via xbox.com, that will help identify which you bought. And maybe compare to a list created fm your song cache?

[mortarion42]

Ok, turns out I don’t need to remove the non-licensed tracks. Once you restart and/or reinstall TU5, it automatically removed the tracks I didn’t have licenses for. I lost like 30 songs, but I can purchase them again, at least – with the exception of Don’t Stop Believing, which is already gone from the store (as of… yesterday). Sigh!

 

Let this be a warning to others! When you transfer licenses to a new Xbox, make sure you bought your tracks on the account you’re moving over or you’ll lose them.

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