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Export & Importing a Smartlist

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MrC:
Tim - good, you've made your goal clear.

Now lets focus on the process.  I'll explain a couple things briefly, given your stated goal:

1. You must have MC configured to write out tags so that this metadata follows the files.  Confirm your settings.  Confirm also that the files have the tag values written (use MC's tag dump in the Tag Action Window).

2. Your media files now need to copied to all the relevant systems.

3. On the target systems, import those media files into MC.

4. On the target systems, create a new smartlist, hit the Import / Export button, and type (or paste) in *exactly* the same data you see in the same location on the source system.  If your smartlists make use of path-based rules, you'll obviously have to adjust your paths to reflect those on the target systems.

Tim-Ann:
Hi there,

On all platforms there is an exact copy of the FLAC music files so the files are already in place I will now attempt to follow your instructions and report back.

Again many thanks, Tim.

Tim-Ann:
Hi there,

I have no idea about Tags.  All I know is the Update tags when file info is changed is ticked.  Confirm settings thus far I cannot find and how do I know if Tag values have be written I know if I click on one track it shows details and when it was last playedd but I'm not sure if tat is what it should be?

Where is the Tag Action Window to use Tag dump?

From what I read in your last comment I might as well just do this all manually but again I have to ask why is this such a difficult task when in other programs it is very easy oh but not in MC18.

Thanks for all your help.

JimH:
The Action Window is in the lower left corner of the program.  Select a file or files and click on Tag.

MrC:
Tim, I think JohnT gave you the exact set of instructions necessary to take a smartlist definition from machine 1 and configure machine 2 with the same smartlist.  There is no way in MC to output a smartlist "export" file that you can later "import" on another system running MC.

So you have to Edit the smartlist, hit the Import/Export button, and copy the text there (this is the smartlist's definition).  Save it to a file if you want so that you can share this file with your other Macs (where you'd paste).

The comparison against other software players is not useful, and it is shortsighted.  I could name other features which are terribly difficult in iTunes which require little to no effort in MC (for example, why do I have to use a script in iTunes to have iTunes re-read all the tags of all files to detect externally changed files, and why does it take so darned long to do it?).

It sounds like you'd be better off Cloning an MC library, and copying that Cloned library to other systems.  Or use Library Server.

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