Tim

I just went back and looked at the 2-button.  The leds are blue (top and bottom) not green.  Sorry for the misleading info.  Have any suggestions?

I have an older system running 2.5.3 (I know, I know, I need to upgrade)  However, I had a 2-button go bad.  I replaced it with on older 2-button I had in stock.  Once installed the 2-Button shows both its Leds (top and bottom) as green.  It cannot be identified into the project.  I believe this is because it is on the old Zigbee.  How can I upgrade or fix the issue.

Tim

Sorry for not responding. Been out of pocket of a good while. I have not tested the script on any version greater than 1.7 at this time. It will be this summer before I have the chance to test on the updated versions. That said, as long as the newer versions have an import media list function it should work. The only thing could be a problem is if the html file layout has changed. If so, this can be adjusted in the script.

Here is an updated script. I fixed a few bugs which I received through emails.

Tim

Media Monkey allows you to create playlists based on any number of criteria (genre, rating, artist, etc). So every time you add more music to media monkey, and rate it, new music will show up in any playlists it fits into.

This particular time, I was trying to add (I used import media) 300 mp3's of Christmas music to play on Christmas day. Doing this seemingly wiped out my previous import. All 9000 mp3s disappeared, and all that was shown was the new list I had imported. Only way I could figure to get everything back was to clear out the media, and re-import the media and playlists.

Is there a better way to update playlists from MediaMonkey, or be able to import only new music which has been recently updated?

Scott

Scott -- When I rewrote and tested the script, I had the same issue of the library getting re-written when adding new music. This issue seems to be in the method which C4 manages the import. It treats the import as a backup recovery. I haven't been able to figure out a way around it. Maybe some of the guys of this forum may have an idea.

Thanks,

Tim

Here is the documentation....

Here is the script. Sorry again for taking so long to post.

I have kept this version as a beta due to all the various ways media can be stored in a Control4 environment and the testing configuration I was able to use.

I have added an email address to my profile for anyone to send comments, suggestions, or bugs that they may find.

I am also posting documentation.

As a side note... I will be changing the SQL lookups for playlists. Currently the script uses MediaMonkey functions to interface with the database. This method doesn't check to see if a song in a playlist actually resides on the storage device while creating the export file. This can cause a problem when loading the playlist into a Home Controller. However, if the songs in a playlist are on the storage device that the Home Controller is referencing, this is not an issue. This problem only exists with playlists.

For those who have been using Control4Export.vbs, the file will need to renamed or removed from the MediaMonkey scripts/auto folder to keep from having redundant entries in the MediaMonkey menus.

Tim

Almost done with the script.... Sorry for the delay in getting it posted. Got slammed at work. I should have it posted in a few more days.

Tim

The use of MediaMonkey with the Control4 script is faster and more accurate than using the scan in Composer, Home Composer, or Media Composer. That said, Composer can take time importing the XML file based on its size and number of songs. In one case I have a library of around 5000 songs and the XML file loads in about 30 to 40 minutes with all the metadata, artwork, etc. The NAS is directly connected to the HC. The Scan function itself does not run unless activated and shouldn't be required. So, no config file changes are needed.

How do you have the NAS setup on the system. It is plugged into a USB port on the back of a HC? Or, do you have it running from a PC on the LAN as shared. If so, is the PC wired or wireless. These will all play into the process time.

On a seperate topic.... The MediaMonkey Control4 export script does have a few small bugs. It cannot export large libraries (greater than ~4000 songs), it doesn't export playlist, and it will export a song at a time for albums that have duplicate names (i.e. "Greatest Hits"). Do to this, I have done a complete re-written of the script. I will post it to the forum once I have finished all the testing.

Tim