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Restoring Library Settings from MC Windows in MC Linux Mint 18.1 Serena?
blgentry:
--- Quote from: globetrotters1 on June 12, 2017, 02:09:39 pm ---But re 'settings': I have special library fields defined, many special views defined - can really say this is NOT 'no deal' - [...]
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Well, I think I have good news for you. Library fields and Views are NOT settings. They are part of the library. So, what you want to do is something sort of like this:
1. Back up your Windows MC library.
2. Restore that library into your Linux MC, and uncheck settings.
3. Now you will have all of your views and custom fields, etc. You will also have all of the broken media entries that point to windows paths so..
4. Highlight ALL files and press delete. Take the default of "delete from library". Now you will have an empty library, but with all of your views and fields still there.
5. Import your media files.
Good luck.
Brian.
globetrotters1:
Hi Brian,
thanks a lot for your efforts, but it simply freezes the whole program!
Too bad, but I'm already tinkering with all the settings I have to move to the Linux install
mwillems:
Just to offer a quick contrarian note: I've imported and reimported libraries from windows to Linux on several occasions, and in fact did it weekly for a while as part of an (otherwise kind of doofy) MC workflow. I'm not aware of any reproducible issue with importing settings or library items except for the file path issues ventilated above. However, deleting all the files and reimporting them may be a poor solution for someone with lots of custom fields/tags, as that approach hoses certain metadata (the date orignally imported, play counts, and any tag data that isn't stored or can't be stored in the files).
The file path issues can be reliably fixed using the "update" sub function with find and replace in the rename, move, copy library tool. Depending on your file structure, it can potentially be done in a single pass (if all your files were on the same letter drive, for example). I've used that to fix file paths after a migration from windows to linux and vice versa and it works great, and often can be done in twenty or thirty minutes (its even better since MC now fixes the seperators automagically). It takes a little more elbow grease than just deleting and reimporting, but will preserve all of your metadata, not just what lives in the files. I did a delete and reimport once and regretted it because I have lots of custom tags that can't be stored in the files themselves. Thank heavens for library backups.
Otherwise Brian's steps are spot on IMO.
--- Quote from: globetrotters1 on June 12, 2017, 04:02:51 pm ---Hi Brian,
thanks a lot for your efforts, but it simply freezes the whole program!
Too bad, but I'm already tinkering with all the settings I have to move to the Linux install
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Can you clarify what you mean by "freezes the program"? One recurring issue on linux is that the "ok" dialog box for the completed library restore pops *under* the "loading library" dialog, which gives the unwary user the impression that the library load never finishes. In fact, if you alt tab a bit you can get to the "library restore complete" box and click ok. If you mean different by freezes it would be worth figuring out what's causing it.
globetrotters1:
Thanks for your valuable input (and time you spent), mwillems!
Well, I'm just getting used to (for me) new O/S and found out that I might have been too impatient. I don't know why this happens, but sometimes closing a dialogue window needs like 10 minutes or even more. But that's not always the case.
When I do the library import (only settings of course) then the system throws a "Import successful" message box and over that it says something like "Importing" in another message box. And nothing else, no reaction to clicks, nothing - I let it run for an hour, no result. Of course the system is working fine in the meantime, so you can use other programs without hiccup.
What I also found out is the fact that the MC program gets completely unresponsive if a library import is running (a background process) and you want to play music. It starts the music play and that's it, no sound, nothing. It works again after finishing the import process.
But hey, all these 'problems' (which are in fact no problems, probably little annoyances) won't keep me from using MC on Linux!
Best
Martin
globetrotters1:
Did a WHOLE Library restore, not just the 'settings' and guess what?
My library is complete and intact
I renamed the paths and it all works as intended!
Very happy here, to say the least...
A big THANKS to all who helped
Martin
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