Everything was working fine with Kontakt 7. Decided to try the latest Kontakt 8, because of few libraries that don't work in 7.

Now most of my custom installed (.nicnt and KLU 2.4.0) libraries don't show the thumbnail. Some also display the full long folder name as their display name, which is definitely not nice.

This happens annoyingly also in Maschine (3) and Komplete Kontrol. Weirdly, some (like the ones shown below) do work?

The libraries itself do work and the patches all load using Kontakt 8, but the OCD in me can't handle if I can't get the artwork back Kontrol MK3 also shows the large graphics on screen, so it definitely finds the images inside NI Resources / Image.

Mac, latest Sequoia.

 

Product X Library (no good)
Product X (good)

the custom install seems wrong, using a content folder name instead of the product name only.

 

There is thread about it. Use search function!

 

I think what Bob is saying is unless your library is called, for instance, "Feel It Library" everywhere, it won't work
From the nicnt till the folders, like this

"NI Resources/image/Feel It Library"

The fact that Kontrol can find them and Kontakt not is indeed puzzling. They do use different images, I think.

 

Well, I couldn’t find one. Link?

 

Where are they located, do you know? And also - some of these came with NI installers, and were installed like that ”XXX Library” - and that did work in K7…

 

https://audiosex.pro/threads/fix-kontakt-8-missing-libraries-for-mac-windows.77226/

https://audiosex.pro/threads/useful...-know-how-to-edit-kontakt-library-tags.77782/

 

The thing is I'm on Fentanyl... sorry, wrong forum... I'm on Windows, the details in Mac are different though they have their equivalent.

Check out these threads kindly searched for you by @zpaces

 

I actually found the first one before, it didn't help (some others in the thread with similar issue too). The second one is for Windows only.

BUT yes there is also another duplicate folder for Kontakt images, PAResources. On a Mac it's under Library › Application Support › Native Instruments. But some of the images are in there, yet they don't show... And also why is Kontrol finding the image, but Kontakt is not...

 

Ok there is indeed something weird going on with the product names.

I have installed many custom libraries into Maschine, so I know the basics - the name has to match the JSON entries and folder names inside NI Resources.

Despite now changing the installation directory name to the same one as the image and database entries, deleting JSON files from the installed_products folder, and reinstalling via KLU, it's still showing the (wrong) product name for these. Like, for instance "Product Library" when it indeed should be just "Product". I can see this when I click the info tab in Kontakt, on a patch.

Any idea where these are still coming from? I also tried trashing the komplete.db3 database from inside the Kontakt 8 folder, but nothing works.

 

So this is what @bobdule was talking about... you might want to ask in the KLU thread

 

Ok this is driving me crazy.

Where is the wrong product name for Instruments or Snapshots coming from (in .nicnt libraries)? Because that's the reason here. It shows correctly in KLU, but in Kontakt it's wrong or the name of the folder (like "ABC Library KONTAKT"). And even if you change the folder and then reinstall.

As far as I can see, there's no way to change it for Instruments of Snapshots inside Kontakt. I've tried installing, removing and reinstalling with KLU.

All the patches work, all the previews play, it's just that the library name and artwork are wrong. And it's throughout all software: Kontakt, Komplete Kontrol and Maschine - grey folder icons and stupid product names: very annoying.

 

maybe you used the Kontakt 8 Custom Library menu.


this new function write directlly (and only) the content directory in the komplete.db3 file.

you can check the path from where it come's, using a SQLite 3 reader.
drag and drop your komplete.db3 file here:
https://sqliteviewer.app/
then check the K_content_path


it enable to load and show custom libraries in the NKS menu, without the need of a nicnt or use the Rack view hack (from tegedit)

you can also edit the graphics for PAResources in user/public/documents/NI resources/image
by adding a "library name" folder with images inside.



it works in K8 only, K Kontrol will see it as a user library. the thing is half working out of kontakt.

 

Doing this tip (below) the library appears (with artwork), but the main .nki instrument or Snapshots or won't load when browsing. Gives a "Content Missing" error for the main .nki. Also the sound previews don't play, and if you open the .nki, it doesn't make any sound (won't play).

Looking at SQLite, the library location is correct, on an external SSD.

Any suggestions?

 

Shot in the dark, but do you happen to have this lib in two different drives? For instance, the usual kontakt lib folder and the "downloads" folder

 

Nope, only on the external SSD. The specific error is ”Content Missing” and then it’s expecting it to find it at ”LIBRARY/Instruments”.