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Title: transferring only part of a library
Post by: Z0001 on November 04, 2011, 04:02:42 am

Hi

I have my audio on MC15 and my video on MC16, and I now want to transfer my audio library to MC16 without losing all the video tagging I have done. How do I go about this? Is it as simple as doing a library backup in MC15 and then restoring my MC16 library from this backup? or will that delete all my tagged video in MC16? Its a funny setup that arose because I was hesitant on using MC16 in early days because we relied on reliable MC15 for audio, and just never got around to it, but now I'm comfortable with MC16 I want to consolidate everything there.

Really appreciate any help
Zeno

Title: Re: transferring only part of a library
Post by: Z0001 on November 11, 2011, 05:34:30 am

Anyone?

Title: Re: transferring only part of a library
Post by: Lasse_Lus on November 11, 2011, 05:59:34 am

you can't merge libraries..but you can merge the data...if you want to keep your video library as it is and also include your audio..then

1) export all audio files from MC 15 lib to an .mpl file
2) if you have custom fields in your audio lib you have to recreate those in the "video lib"

• if you have a lot of views in you audio lib, you can export them and import them into video lib
• playlists can be exported and then imported
• smartlists can be exported to textfiles and then recreated

3) then import your (audio) .mpl file into your video lib twice to keep "date imported" intact

you may also want to move your audio coverart to the new location, if you have external image files

FIRST, make backups and maybe a test library so you see what happens..

GL

Title: Re: transferring only part of a library
Post by: Z0001 on November 11, 2011, 06:37:11 am

Thanks. Is this .mpl file just a database file? I guess I need to import the actual audio first and then do this .mpl process so there is something to point the tags to?

Title: Re: transferring only part of a library
Post by: Lasse_Lus on November 11, 2011, 06:45:59 am

Quote from: Z0001 on November 11, 2011, 06:37:11 am

Is this .mpl file just a database file?

nope, it's a (xml, somewhat similair to a csv) export file containing your files tags/data

Quote from: Z0001 on November 11, 2011, 06:37:11 am

I guess I need to import the actual audio first and then do this .mpl process so there is something to point the tags to?

if you have not changed the physical location of your audiofiles, there is no need of that..in the mpl file you see the filename and where it's pointing..you can open it up in a texteditor

Title: Re: transferring only part of a library
Post by: Lasse_Lus on November 11, 2011, 06:48:44 am

Quote from: Lasse_Lus on November 11, 2011, 05:59:34 am

...and maybe a test library so you see what happens..

always the best thing to to first if you are not familiar with the process, create a new lib called test, restore you video lib..then follow the above instructions

Title: Re: transferring only part of a library
Post by: Z0001 on December 12, 2011, 09:54:25 pm

Wonderful! It's worked a treat! Music library imported from MC 15 to 16 without affecting existing MC16 library items. Thanks very much for your advice.