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List:       amarok-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 306938] Save playlists to m3u files, not to DB
From:       Bart Cerneels <bart.cerneels () kde ! org>
Date:       2012-09-18 7:32:47
Message-ID: bug-306938-71684-5ObQ52xHRI () http ! bugs ! kde ! org/
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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=306938

Bart Cerneels <bart.cerneels@kde.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |WONTFIX

--- Comment #1 from Bart Cerneels <bart.cerneels@kde.org> ---
We save to the playlists by default to the local collection, which is normally
mysql-embedded. This is because in SQL we can save all the tag information and
rating without having to load the actual tracks right away. i.e. it can be done
on-demand and asynchronously without the user noticing. The same is true for
the current playlist, which uses XSPF. M3U (and PLS) don't have enough support
for meta-data to be able to do this, hence they are not the default save
target.

You can manually save to XSPF files by long clicking on the playlist save icon
and choosing "to disk". The interaction with playlists files save this way is
the same, just a little bit slower and you can end up with large files in
obscure locations ($KDEHOME/share/apps/amarok/playlists).

You could actually have prevented this yourself: not only your playlists are
gone, but also your track statistics and ratings. This is the consequence of
creating a new empty database for amarok to use. Since an external MySQL is
beyond normal use we don't guarantee anything w.r.t. data transfer when you use
it.
[note: you could have transferred the data, perhaps still can, from mysqle to
your mysql install manually]

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