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Title: BKM for sync'd Playlists across machines
Post by: Drwho088 on July 04, 2017, 01:11:08 pm

Hello,

Looking for some suggestions on how to "upgrade" my system setup across machines.

I currently have MC21 on my main Windows PC, with a local library and all audio files on a NAS.

What I would like to do is have add MC to my MAC, and have a mirrored library with the main PC so that I can create/edit Playlists on the MAC which would then "automagically" appear on the PC too (and vice-versa). :)

I gather from other posts that I will want local libraries on each PC/MAC for performance (rather than a common shared library file on the NAS).  It also seems there would be several ways to accomplish what I want, e.g. a server/client setup or manual import/export of playlists between machines.  But I suspect some ways are easier than others -- so I'm looking for suggestions on best known methods before I embark on rediscovery through the trial/error method.

thanks!

Title: Re: BKM for sync'd Playlists across machines
Post by: aoqw76 on July 05, 2017, 10:50:09 am

Depends if your windows PC can be on all the time, then your mac (as client) can use the pc library (with media network enabled), and any playlists you create on either mac or pc exist in the same library.
regards Robert

Title: Re: BKM for sync'd Playlists across machines
Post by: Drwho088 on July 05, 2017, 11:19:14 am

Would rather not need to keep the PC on all the time, but I could wake it if necessary when I wanted to use the MAC for stuff.  I expect the MAC usage to be relatively infrequent.

Title: Re: BKM for sync'd Playlists across machines
Post by: aoqw76 on July 05, 2017, 04:47:21 pm

If your mac use is occasional then that's probably the simplest solution for you; switch on the pc, launch mc and run mc on your mac connected to the library on your pc. If you rip on your mac and have the files save on the nas, then mc running on the pc will auto detect the new files and add them to the library. Quick "sync library" on mc on your mac and they will appear.