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More => Old Versions => Media Center 17 => Topic started by: joco63 on October 01, 2012, 10:10:21 am

Title: Automate or schedule "Export all playlists"
Post by: joco63 on October 01, 2012, 10:10:21 am

Hello,

Is there a way with MC17 to schedule or automate the "Export all playlists". Can the scheduler fonctionality be used for that task? If yes, this must be done with the task command line but was is the command to implement this task?

Thanks

Title: Re: Automate or schedule "Export all playlists"
Post by: Lasse_Lus on October 01, 2012, 10:54:10 am

here you find info on the commandline, http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/The_Command_Line
then use MCC command 20004,1

Title: Re: Automate or schedule "Export all playlists"
Post by: MrC on October 01, 2012, 01:27:03 pm

MC Core Command 20004:

   http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Media_Center_Core_Commands#20004

Note: I've added anchor targets to the MC Core Command wiki so that we can paste a URL that directs users to a specific command.

Title: Re: Automate or schedule "Export all playlists"
Post by: joco63 on October 02, 2012, 01:48:16 am

Thank you, that was just what I needed  :)
Another quesion, is there a way to update the field 'Last export' date to be updated while exporting using the "Export all playlists" functionality?

Thanks.

Title: Re: Automate or schedule "Export all playlists"
Post by: MrC on October 02, 2012, 11:59:23 am

I don't think so.  But you create add your own Last Exported user field as a Date field, and follow this procedure:

  - Export your playlists
  - Select all files (in the playlists) and tag the field with:

     =Now()

and this will set the current date/time to that field.  Update it again when you next export.

     

Title: Re: Automate or schedule "Export all playlists"
Post by: joco63 on October 03, 2012, 05:22:59 am

I need to make a refresh first to export the smartplaylists otherwise it's always the same playlist that is exported. Do you know how? Maybe with sending a keystroke like F5 with /Mcc 27000,? (MCC_KEYSTROKE   int nKeyCode) but I did not find the keystroke for F5 refresh windows function. Do you know it?

Thanks

Title: Re: Automate or schedule "Export all playlists"
Post by: MrC on October 03, 2012, 10:54:28 am

As far as I know, there is no command to refresh a smartlist.  Some folks have tried sending an MCC command to edit the smartlist, and then a keycode to dismiss the dialog.  I don't recall if this worked reliably.

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