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More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 27 for Mac => Topic started by: TimB on April 26, 2021, 09:52:07 am

Title: XML? Long Time Owner, Not Frequent User
Post by: TimB on April 26, 2021, 09:52:07 am

Hi, just downloaded my first Media Center in years.  Can I assume it can't read the music.app database?  In which case I wish I hadn't upgraded. :-)

-=Tim=-

Title: Re: XML? Long Time Owner, Not Frequent User
Post by: HaWi on April 26, 2021, 10:15:58 am

If your media file tags are up-to-date importing into a fresh Library is pretty fast and straight forward.

Title: Re: XML? Long Time Owner, Not Frequent User
Post by: TimB on April 26, 2021, 10:23:06 am

What does that process look like? :-)

Thanks!

-=Tim=-

Title: Re: XML? Long Time Owner, Not Frequent User
Post by: JimH on April 26, 2021, 10:26:03 am

Back up in the old version. Restore in the new version.

Title: Re: XML? Long Time Owner, Not Frequent User
Post by: TimB on April 26, 2021, 10:33:41 am

Thanks Jim.  Old version and new version of what?

Note: I don't have old version of either iTunes/Music or Media Center.  Why would I? :-)

Check out my PC-era tag underneath!!!

-=Tim=-

Title: Re: XML? Long Time Owner, Not Frequent User
Post by: HaWi on April 26, 2021, 03:46:37 pm

Well, if you had an older version of Media Center with a library you would still consider usable then you could just do that. Back up in the old MC version and restore in the new one. 
Assuming your only up-to-date music is in Apple Music (iTunes) the it might be prudent to create a new Library in the new MC installation. Assuming your media files are in a folder called /Path/to/music you can then do this:
In the top menu select /File/Library/Import >> Import Single Folder >> Select <Next> >> Browse to /Path/to/music and select it. I am also always analyzing the Audio files on import (that's an option you can choose before  importing).
That should import all the music in just a minute or so, depending on how many files you have and how big they are. You can then start updating tags if necessary.

Title: Re: XML? Long Time Owner, Not Frequent User
Post by: TimB on April 26, 2021, 07:21:42 pm

On my fresh M1 MacBook Pro the library is a database.  On my 2017 iMac its a folder of files.

Oh well. :-)

-=Tim=-

Title: Re: XML? Long Time Owner, Not Frequent User
Post by: TimB on April 26, 2021, 07:31:27 pm

Quote from: TimB on April 26, 2021, 07:21:42 pm

On my fresh M1 MacBook Pro the library is a database.  On my 2017 iMac its a folder of files.

Oh well. :-)

-=Tim=-

Did I just answer my own question?  Import from 2017 iMac, then can Media Center on my new M1 MacBook just access the DB that the iMac created?

-=Tim=-

Title: Re: XML? Long Time Owner, Not Frequent User
Post by: HaWi on April 27, 2021, 08:37:53 am

If on your 2017 Mac you have a Media Center Library then you can back that up with the old version of MC and restore with the new version on the new M1 mini

Title: Re: XML? Long Time Owner, Not Frequent User
Post by: TimB on April 27, 2021, 01:23:41 pm

Thanks to everyone, problem resolved, me dumb! :-)

-=Tim=-