INTERACT FORUM

More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 19 for Windows => Topic started by: psam on February 10, 2014, 02:28:51 pm

Title: How do I compare two MC libraries?
Post by: psam on February 10, 2014, 02:28:51 pm

I have all my Music/Videos/Photos on a NAS folder accessible from my PCs/Tablets etc.
Running MC on two PCs, one in my office to manipulate the library and one acting as an HTPC in our living room.
Looking for a solution to a different issue, I tried to compare the two libraries
One library reports 185000 files while the other reports 160000 files.
How can I compare the two libraries? I have exported them both to xml format files but neither Excel or Firefox can open them.
Any ideas?

Title: Re: How do I compare two MC libraries?
Post by: MrC on February 10, 2014, 05:24:07 pm

Export them as CSV files, and depending upon your needs, either include all fields or just the fields you want from a view you setup.  Then, you can diff the CSV files, since each entry is on a single line.

Title: Re: How do I compare two MC libraries?
Post by: psam on February 10, 2014, 11:05:57 pm

Quote from: MrC on February 10, 2014, 05:24:07 pm

Export them as CSV files, and depending upon your needs, either include all fields or just the fields you want from a view you setup.  Then, you can diff the CSV files, since each entry is on a single line.

How do I get MC to export a library as a CSV file? There is only one option, "File-Library-Export to XML"...

Title: Re: How do I compare two MC libraries?
Post by: MrC on February 11, 2014, 12:05:26 am

File > Export Playlist, and select the CSV format.