{"id":619,"date":"2020-10-19T13:48:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T17:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mediamonkey.com\/support\/?post_type=knowledgebase&p=619"},"modified":"2024-12-04T18:27:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T22:27:44","slug":"error-message-database-image-is-malformed","status":"publish","type":"knowledgebase","link":"https:\/\/www.mediamonkey.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/mediamonkey-database\/error-message-database-image-is-malformed\/","title":{"rendered":"Error Message: ‘Database Image is Malformed’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Problem<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

‘Database image is malformed’<\/strong> errors can occur if the underlying database has been corrupted. This can happen if the drive is somehow shut down during a database operation or if a low level kernel level process is interfering with SQL operations (this has been observed with SpyCatcher by Tenebril).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solution<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The solution to this is to manually delete the corrupt database file (mm.db) so that a new one can be rebuilt. The MediaMonkey for Windows database is stored as described at: Modifying the MediaMonkey database and settings files \/ changing the default database location<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prevention<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To change the database robustness see: Configure Database Performance \/ Robustness<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To backup the database see: How to Backup and Recover a MediaMonkey Library<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recovery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you enabled Backups<\/a> on MediaMonkey for Windows 5+ you can try to see if there is an uncorrupted backup you can recover<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In MediaMonkey for Windows 4, if you don’t have a working backup of the database you can try to use a Third Party Addon like ZvedzdanD’s Restore\/Synchronize Database, which may be able to import information from a corrupt database: http:\/\/www.mediamonkey.com\/forum\/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=42085<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Problem ‘Database image is malformed’ errors can occur if the underlying database has been corrupted. This can happen if the drive is somehow shut down during a database operation or if a low level kernel level process is interfering with SQL operations (this has been observed with SpyCatcher by Tenebril). Solution The solution to this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","knowledgebase_cat":[112],"knowledgebase_tag":[102,103],"class_list":["post-619","knowledgebase","type-knowledgebase","status-publish","hentry","knowledgebase_cat-mediamonkey-database","knowledgebase_tag-mmw4","knowledgebase_tag-mmw5"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediamonkey.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediamonkey.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediamonkey.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/knowledgebase"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediamonkey.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediamonkey.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediamonkey.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163570,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediamonkey.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/619\/revisions\/163570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediamonkey.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"knowledgebase_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediamonkey.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase_cat?post=619"},{"taxonomy":"knowledgebase_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediamonkey.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase_tag?post=619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}