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More => Old Versions => Media Center 12 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: Robert Taylor on November 01, 2006, 04:51:37 am

Title: Howto: Export playlist and import into another DB
Post by: Robert Taylor on November 01, 2006, 04:51:37 am

Is it possible to export a playlist (whatever format) from one MC12 database, and subsequently import that file into an MC12 database on another machine?

I feel silly asking, I've not considered doing this until I decided to try using the new shared library functionality, and I want to get some playlists from my wife's PC into the "main" shared DB.

Title: Re: Howto: Export playlist and import into another DB
Post by: Alex B on November 01, 2006, 07:21:22 am

You can export a selected playlist from the File menu (File > Export Playlist). m3u format would be suitable for that.

I just tried the Export All Playlists option. From my library MC created 297 playlists and the process took several minutes (MC processed all smartlists to static playlists). This is a bit too much of processing for exporting only a few new playlists.

A feature request: Please add an option for exporting playlists that are inside a selected playlist group.

Title: Re: Howto: Export playlist and import into another DB
Post by: Robert Taylor on November 01, 2006, 01:37:47 pm

Thanks AlexB...but I already know how to export a playlist.

How do you go about importing it, so that it is "plonkable" into the playlists section of the new MC library? (Can you say that "plonkable"...hey! I like they way you say that!).

Title: Re: Howto: Export playlist and import into another DB
Post by: JimH on November 01, 2006, 01:39:09 pm

Plonkability is often requested.  We may implement it in a future version.

 ;D

Title: Re: Howto: Export playlist and import into another DB
Post by: Alex B on November 01, 2006, 02:18:31 pm

Oh, I thought that everyone has imported m3u playlists at times. They are supposed to appear in the "Imported Playlists" playlist group. At least on my PC they do.

Title: Re: Howto: Export playlist and import into another DB
Post by: Robert Taylor on November 01, 2006, 03:12:46 pm

Well...aren't I the duffer?

It works perfectly...you know I've never noticed that or used that functionality before...I've got to start eating breakfast...

Plonkability is now superfluous (hey...can you say "superfluous"?)

Now, if only we could do the same thing with smartlists...

Title: Re: Howto: Export playlist and import into another DB
Post by: Magic_Randy on November 01, 2006, 09:11:10 pm

Quote from: LunchmeatVoom on November 01, 2006, 03:12:46 pm

Now, if only we could do the same thing with smartlists...

Yes, when will smartlist import/export be provided?

Title: Re: Howto: Export playlist and import into another DB
Post by: Alex B on November 02, 2006, 04:02:53 am

Quote from: Magic_Randy on November 01, 2006, 09:11:10 pm

Yes, when will smartlist import/export be provided?

It is good that the playlist export feature can interpret smartlists and create static playlists of them, but this does not help with copying the smartlist rules from a PC to another PC.

Copying already created complex rules one by one from MC to e.g. Notepad is rather awkward.

Besides the "export playlist group" option an "export smartlist rules to separate text files" option would help a bit.

Title: Re: Howto: Export playlist and import into another DB
Post by: Click Cardo on December 01, 2006, 05:18:19 am

Some of the playlists I exported as M3U show up under Imported Playlists, but NOT ALL of them do.  Also, I did nothing to put ANY of them in that list.  So can you tell me again how you get the M3U file playlists into MC 11 as MC 11 playlists?

Thanks.

Quote from: Alex B on November 01, 2006, 02:18:31 pm

Oh, I thought that everyone has imported m3u playlists at times. They are supposed to appear in the "Imported Playlists" playlist group. At least on my PC they do.

Title: Re: Howto: Export playlist and import into another DB
Post by: Alex B on December 01, 2006, 06:46:40 am

Quote from: Click Cardo on December 01, 2006, 05:18:19 am

Some of the playlists I exported as M3U show up under Imported Playlists, but NOT ALL of them do.  Also, I did nothing to put ANY of them in that list.  So can you tell me again how you get the M3U file playlists into MC 11 as MC 11 playlists?

I answered in your MC11 forum thread:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=37426.msg255305#msg255305

Title: Re: Howto: Export playlist and import into another DB
Post by: Click Cardo on December 01, 2006, 05:14:02 pm

Got it.

See my reply there.

Thanks
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