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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: rickeyjt on August 08, 2004, 07:27:03 am
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I moved all my music mp3 files to another computer. How do I move all the playlists I created on the first machine to the second machine? I tried copying the playlists folder under the jriver\mediacenter folder to the new machine but it does not read it.
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Rickeyjt - any luck on this issue? I'm trying to figure out the same problem. Please let me know if you've figured this out. Thanks! Woodenshoes.
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Wow, that was a long time ago. No I did not figure it out and still wish I could have it happen.
The only thing that comes close is to import all these .m3u files into the library. Then they go under a catergory in the tree under playlists called 'imported playlists'. That's not where I want them. The other problem with that import is that the original playlist 'group' organization is lost also.
Try reposting this issue and let me know what happens.
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With MC11 you can synchronize any other PC, Notebook or Portable Device with MC11.
Have a look at Action Window>Handheld Player and Tools>Options>Handheld.
It might not be easy to figure out, but it seems to work quite well, although a bit slow.
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I would just restore a library backup from the first machine in the second machine. The whole library would be copied including the playlists. Actually I do that all the time when I sync my laptop with a backup copy a of my media library drive.
After that it is easy to replace the drive letter(s) and the base path(s) with the Find and Replace tool if needed.
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I have already made new playlists on the other machine and restoring the library wipes them out. Why is this part of the tree so protected from import.
It would have worked if I restored the backup before doing anyting else to customize the new machine. Restoring a library also loses any customization I do with fields, etc. Using the 'handheld' option is painfully slow reading 50gb of music, I'm still waiting. I do not see this as the correct solution but a poor workaround even if it does work to just transfer my playlists created on other machines.
Perhaps it would be better to have a restore options screen for overwritting or reconciling. I am aware that I can use media server to look at the library from other machines but I lose control for editing and drag and drop mp3s to other programs from mc11 because of the network path reference introduced into the filename. This would all go away if they fixed that.
Hence, I only want the playists to appear in the tree under Playlists including Groups. I hope they improve this area.