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Title: TRansferring Playlists
Post by: johnzei on July 13, 2020, 12:41:26 pm

Installed MC26 on new PC.  How can I transfer playlists from other PC to new PC?

Title: Re: TRansferring Playlists
Post by: RoderickGI on July 13, 2020, 05:31:32 pm

If you haven't done setup on the new PC yet, take a Library Backup from the old PC and Restore it on the new PC. You will then get everything from the old Library, including settings if you tick that box.

If you have done setup you don't want to lose on the new PC, export the playlists in MPL format on the old PC and import them on the new PC.

Of course, the Playlists will only work if the new PC has access to the same media files, in the same location (directory structure) as the old PC. Otherwise, MC won't show the missing tracks in the Playlists on the new PC. If the path to the media files is going to be different, edit the Playlist MPL files before importing them into the MC Library on the new PC.

Title: Re: TRansferring Playlists
Post by: Zhillsguy on July 14, 2020, 11:55:14 am

What I do is export all of my playlists in mpl format, placed in a playlist folder within the media file folders, and choose "relative path" when saving. Then include "playlists" in the auto import options on the newer machine, all playlists will then show up under "imported playlists". If you keep these files updated you never have to worry about playlists when (re)installing MC on any machine.

Playlists must be exported one at a time when using mpl format. I have requested to improve this feature (several times going back to mc24) by exporting all playlists at one time.

Title: Re: TRansferring Playlists
Post by: Matt on July 14, 2020, 12:30:01 pm

I'll add MPL to the export all playlist tool for the future.

Title: Re: TRansferring Playlists
Post by: BryanC on July 14, 2020, 08:47:41 pm

Quote from: Matt on July 14, 2020, 12:30:01 pm

I'll add MPL to the export all playlist tool for the future.

Could the export all playlists MCC command also be made to work non-interactively (by specifying the output file format in the parameters)? This would make it possible to sync playlists to clients and hardware devices outside of MC.

Title: Re: TRansferring Playlists
Post by: Matt on July 15, 2020, 10:55:49 am

Quote from: BryanC on July 14, 2020, 08:47:41 pm

Could the export all playlists MCC command also be made to work non-interactively (by specifying the output file format in the parameters)? This would make it possible to sync playlists to clients and hardware devices outside of MC.

Sure.

It already had a silent flag.

I'll expand the flag a little like this:
MCC_EXPORT_ALL_PLAYLISTS,                      // [1: silent M3U, 2: silent MPL]

Thanks for the suggestion.