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More => Old Versions => Media Jukebox => Topic started by: bobj on June 26, 2002, 04:34:07 pm

Title: Restore Library from MJ7 to MJ8?
Post by: bobj on June 26, 2002, 04:34:07 pm

I performed a backup of my MJ7 library which created 6 files:
browser.jmd; categories.jmd; mediafiles.jmd; playlists.jmd; registry.jmd; and smartlists.jmd

I then uninstalled MJ7 and installed MJ8.  When I try to restore the library to the default MJ8 library I get a dialog that pops up requesting me to select a .ZIP file as my backup library to restore.  What gives?  Why isn't it looking for the 6 files saved by MJ7?
Thanks
bj

Title: RE:Restore Library from MJ7 to MJ8?
Post by: Matt on June 26, 2002, 04:46:10 pm

ZIP those 6 files and then do the restore from that file.

Hopefully that isn't too much of a pain -- we changed the backup to use ZIP compression to simplify things a bit.

Thanks.

-Matt
JRiver, Inc.

Title: RE:Restore Library from MJ7 to MJ8?
Post by: bobj on June 26, 2002, 04:57:59 pm

Thanks for the quick reply but when I zip those 6 files and try to restore I get a "failed to restore info" message.
bj

Title: RE:Restore Library from MJ7 to MJ8?
Post by: Matt on June 27, 2002, 05:26:49 am

Hey there.

Sorry about that... let's try plan B.

1) make a backup of your current library so if we goof something up, you're not out anything

2) erase all the .jmd files in Media Jukebox's data directory (normally C:\Program Files\J River\Media Jukebox\Data)

3) copy your old, backed-up .jmd files into the data directory

4) start MJ, and hopefully it'll upgrade your library and you'll be in business

Let us know.

-Matt
JRiver, Inc.

Title: RE:Restore Library from MJ7 to MJ8?
Post by: bobj on June 27, 2002, 02:58:04 pm

Thanks Matt, that did the trick.
Why didn't I think of that!
bj