Post by: Cmagic on February 19, 2002, 12:29:26 pm
I use MPL for more than just playlists. I use it to save partial databases
with all the informations it contains including custom fields.
However MPL files currently don't save the YEAR and DATE fields. Would
it be possible to add those fields so that MPL truly save everything in the database ?
thanks
PS: I have posted a message five days ago with some thoughts on mpl files which attracted O replies. So I guess I'm the only one interested in this promising file format. Am I really ?
Post by: Nikolay on February 19, 2002, 02:24:09 pm
Year and Date will be added to MPL in next build.
Nikolay
Post by: Cmagic on February 21, 2002, 11:15:15 am
Post by: Xstatic on February 21, 2002, 11:22:25 am
Never heard of mpl - what is it?
Post by: Xstatic on February 21, 2002, 11:40:55 am
Apparently it is a Media Play List, but I still don't get it.
Do you know of a site that provide info for dummies about this format?
Post by: Matt on February 21, 2002, 11:45:35 am
It's got everything (minus playlists) about your files in it. Sort of cool.
And it's XML which makes the buzzword department at Microsoft happy.
-Matt
Post by: Cmagic on February 21, 2002, 12:07:53 pm
Matt said it.
Actually mpl is more than just a playlist format. I use it because it saves all fields in the
database and it is importable, it's convenient to split a database and recreate an other.
Problem : I have 395 Rolling Stones songs out of 4818 in my main library, how do I create a special
'Rolling Stones' library and keep all the custom fields ? (splitting libraries)
Solution : Select all Rolling Stones songs, export them all to an mpl playlist name it stones.mpl
then create a blank library and import stones.mpl, that's it !!
To have a try : File/Export Playlist then select MPL Playlist
To import : Tools/Import Media then check the mpl box.
cheers