INTERACT FORUM

More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: October1980 on January 05, 2005, 12:56:02 pm

Title: Viewing exported xml files
Post by: October1980 on January 05, 2005, 12:56:02 pm

A while ago I exported my library to an xml file.

Is there any way to view this in MJ or Excel?

(Or even in a ordinary browser, as it always crashes IE or Mozilla if I try to open them there?) (Mozilla 1.7.3 or IE 6.00.2900)

Title: Re: Viewing exported xml files
Post by: Matt on January 05, 2005, 02:43:05 pm

Any XML-capable program should be able to read it.

If the file is too large, export in chunks using File > Export Playlist > MPL.

Title: Re: Viewing exported xml files
Post by: IlPadrino on January 06, 2005, 03:56:12 am

Remember that XML is nothing more than a text file.  I'm not sure what Matt means by "XML-capable program" because you can view an XML file in anything that views or edits text.  Of course, there are applications that can do nice things with the XML.  Web browsers often apply some sort of transformation to make the XML look nice (e.g. MSIE applies a transformation that makes the nodes expandable/collapsable and applies nice colors).  Other applications, such as Excel or Access can read specific XML dialects - or they can make assumptions about any XML dialect (such as MPL).

You'll find discussions here on how to get an MPL into Access.  There are other results of transforming the MPLs - see discussions on MC XML Export and Presets for same (you could start at http://pages.sbcglobal.net/scottraymond/Presets.htm)