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[clintr434]

Hi,

I am new to MC12 and am trying to import some of my iTunes Playlists.

1. I export the playlist in iTunes
2. In MC12, Choose File/Import Playlist
3. I choose the .XML file and choose iTunes Playlist
4. I get a message saying "Library now has 13104 files. Search and update took 0:00. Imported 0 new files. Updated 1 file that had external changes.

The playlist is not listed under playlists and the .xml file is listed as a file under recently imported.

Not sure how this is supposed to work.

THanks,

clint

[Alex B]

Did you check the "Imported Playlists" playlist group?

As a test, I just created three playlists in iTunes, exported them and imported the xml files to MC. The playlists appeared correctly in "Imported Playlists".

[clintr434]

Thanks for your response. No there is no "Imported Playlists" option under playlists.

How does this work? Does it try to import the actual songs or does it just search your library for the songs in the playlist?

I have my playlists in iTunes on my mac and my whole file library on a portable drive. I have hooked up my portable drive to my PC laptop and imported all the songs into MC12. Now I need to recreate my playlists in MC12 from iTunes on the MAC. I opened the .xml itunes playlist and Location Key is obviously wrong.. maybe if I edit that file with the new location it might work?

Clint

[clintr434]

I edited the file location in the xml file and it atleast tried and then did create a playlist under "imported playlists" but after 2 minutes of importing the playlist was empty.

[clintr434]

Oh yeah.. this might help it is the top of the xml file and the first song in the playlist:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
   <key>Major Version</key><integer>1</integer>
   <key>Minor Version</key><integer>1</integer>
   <key>Application Version</key><string>7.6.1</string>
   <key>Features</key><integer>5</integer>
   <key>Show Content Ratings</key><true/>
   <key>Music Folder</key><string>//localhost/e:/iTunes/</string>
   <key>Library Persistent ID</key><string>D834832B6856AE31</string>
   <key>Tracks</key>
   <dict>
      <key>4933</key>
      <dict>
         <key>Track ID</key><integer>4933</integer>
         <key>Name</key><string>Belgique</string>
         <key>Artist</key><string>Rodolfo Biagi</string>
         <key>Album</key><string>Todo Tango - Al ritmo de Rodolfo Biagi</string>
         <key>Kind</key><string>AAC audio file</string>
         <key>Size</key><integer>2117896</integer>
         <key>Total Time</key><integer>138134</integer>
         <key>Track Number</key><integer>8</integer>
         <key>Track Count</key><integer>15</integer>
         <key>Date Modified</key><date>2004-12-29T01:37:10Z</date>
         <key>Date Added</key><date>2004-07-18T16:42:55Z</date>
         <key>Bit Rate</key><integer>128</integer>
         <key>Sample Rate</key><integer>44100</integer>
         <key>Comments</key><string>Classic</string>
         <key>Play Count</key><integer>3</integer>
         <key>Play Date</key><integer>3255874448</integer>
         <key>Play Date UTC</key><date>2007-03-04T21:34:08Z</date>
         <key>Rating</key><integer>100</integer>
         <key>Album Rating</key><integer>60</integer>
         <key>Album Rating Computed</key><true/>
         <key>Normalization</key><integer>6041</integer>
         <key>Persistent ID</key><string>6C2C2C2AD8314267</string>
         <key>Track Type</key><string>File</string>
         <key>File Type</key><integer>1295270176</integer>
         <key>File Creator</key><integer>1752133483</integer>
         <key>Location</key><string>//localhost/e:/iTunes/Rodolfo%20Biagi/Todo%20Tango%20-%20Al%20ritmo%20de%20Rodolfo%20Biagi/08%20Belgique.m4a</string>
         <key>File Folder Count</key><integer>-1</integer>
         <key>Library Folder Count</key><integer>-1</integer>
      </dict>

[Alex B]

The file paths and names need to be correct. iTunes doesn't use a standard windows name for storing the info in the xml file.

When the real Windows filename is:

D:\Rip\The Edgar Winter Group\Shock Treatment\11 - Animal.mp3

The xml file must contain this:

<key>Location</key><string>file://localhost/D:/Rip/The%20Edgar%20Winter%20Group/Shock%20Treatment/11%20-%20Animal.mp3</string>

MC interprets the xml name when the file is imported.

<key>Location</key><string>//localhost/e:/iTunes/Rodolfo%20Biagi/Todo%20Tango%20-%20Al%20ritmo%20de%20Rodolfo%20Biagi/08%20Belgique.m4a</string>

I think it should be:

<key>Location</key><string>file://localhost/e:/iTunes/Rodolfo%20Biagi/Todo%20Tango%20-%20Al%20ritmo%20de%20Rodolfo%20Biagi/08%20Belgique.m4a</string>

[clintr434]

OK.. I found a way to do this... You have to install this Plugin to iTunes on the MAC that allows you to export iTunes playlists in .m3u format:

http://homepage.mac.com/beryrinaldo/AudioTron/Export_Playlist_to_M3U/

Then you have to edit that playlist in a text editor to update the new file location (e:\iTunes\artist etc). Then import the .m3u and it works.

[clintr434]

Thanks for your help.. I just tested it and your solution also worked.. adding the "file:" ... Clint