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Do databases work across OS?
YankeeInLondon:
I have been using the macOS for my work with Media Center so far and I love it's power but it is brutally slow and I have a 14 CPU iMac PRO with 128gb of RAM so I figured maybe the Windows version -- in a VM -- would run faster. Anyway, wanted to make sure from others that using my database across the OS's (with only one media center app running at any given time) would be ok.
HaWi:
I don't believe the databases themselves work across OS. However, you can export the database to .xml which you should then be able to import from another OS.
blgentry:
If you make a database backup (file > library > backup) you can restore it into another instance of MC, even across OSes. (File > Library > Restore).
Note that the paths will be wonky though. Mac uses slash, while Windows uses backslash. Not sure how to fix that without what Hans suggested; an XML export and import.
But let's get back to "brutally slow" on your Mac. Please tell us more about what you experience as slowness. Also, is your Library (the database, not the media files) on an internal drive? How big is your library (number of media files) ?
Even my 2011 Macbook Pro works just fine with my library.
Brian.
YankeeInLondon:
My database is on a local SSD to the iMac, it has 18,000 files, 30mb database, and 240mb in thumbnails. The media files -- all audio -- are on a 1GB ethernet connection within my home network. The network is all physically wired so no issue with wireless stuff. Not sure if this would be considered small, medium, or large in relative terms but in terms of user experience, I would say almost ever operation (aka, bring up tag editor, request the dialog for media thumbnails from internet, change from artists to albums, etc.) results in the computer spinning for several seconds and sometimes up to 20-30 seconds. I would be hugely grateful if there was something I could do to speed this up as it is quite painful.
Ken
RoderickGI:
I think fixing the slowness problem on your iMac is the correct solution.
But if you do need to share a Library between Windows and Mac OSX, then there is now the "Portable Library" functionality. In the menu, "File > Library > Portable Library" you can set up path translations to account for the different paths used on Windows and OSX.
See https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,122099.0.html
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