paulstevens

Here is what I discovered as a prerequisite for MediaMonkey to work with composer. In composer where you enter the path for the network Attached storage, the path you enter must match the path of the drive letter you map in windows where you create the media monkey database. Then,, in MM, you export from the same level. For example: In composer, enter \\192.168.1.123\media or whatever for your storage. Click CONNECT. elsewhere in windows, map a drive, say, P:\\192.168.1.123\media this makes P: and the network storage location in composer "equivalent" Now in media monkey, scan your media files from drive P: run exportC4.vbs on P: don't run it from any subdirectories. Whatever is exported can then be imported into composer. Works well. I modified the script to add Songs.artist to be pulled into composer, and changed the way tracks are numbered when imported into C4. Before, it would sometimes import the tracks in the incorrect order if they were prefixed with a "0" like 01 02, etc.

I don't see how, but I am not on 2.2.2 to verify. Presumably the xml format and import scheme is unchanged, if so it should work.

I have this working somewhat on version 2.1.1 with media monkey 4.0.7. My media database is poorly organized and the tags are questionable, but I do have export and import working and may have discovered a few limiations of the script and composers ability to import. Large lists can be a problem for both export from MM and import into composer, but reasonably sized lists import fine. The drive actually must be mapped to a letter for MM export via the script to work. Import into C4 worked fine into a Network File System location into the project.

Some success. The "exportc4.vbs" script exports playlists, but not the music library. The music library is just <media></media>. I'm not sure where the playlist content in MM came from as I only did the scan and then the export. I'm still at a loss to get it to export the music library. Thanks! I should note that the above is with a network location such as //HC1000/audio If I map the drive to a drive letter, the export music library works. If I don't map it to a letter but refer only to a network location, export music library fails. Another idea would be to convert the xml pointing to a drive letter to point to the network location instead, but that is beyond my abilities.

After many tweaks with Windows 7 settings and some to smb.conf on the HC1000, I can see the HC1000 media drive in windows. It shows up in Network Places, and Media Monkey sees it as well. I create the database from the network location, not a mapped drive. I browse to the network location in MM->Media Tree, right-click and choose Export to Control 4, navigate the save-file location to the same network location (NOT a mappaed drive), and save. Even with all that, the script still outputs only the <media></media> in the xml file. I may revert back to a version 3.xx of media monkey as I think that is what ChicagoSkiGuy and others may have said worked in the past. ChicagoSkiGuy, if you get a chance, can you try to export again and double check your settings? I would like to duplicate a working setup. Seems like I am oh so close but just not there. Thanks again.

I should add that like JP Rizal, my media is all on an HC1000 whose network location is \\192.168.1.129\media\audio (static IP address). This is mapped in control4 Network File Storage, online and connected. It is also mapped in windows 7 as a network location, NOT a mapped drive. IT shows up as a Folder in Windows 7 explorer, not a mapped drive. In MM "INS" to add/scan files area, in that window I had to "ADD" \\192.168.1.129\media\audio in the box below and scan from that. That works. all good. MM builds the list from that location. The problem is with the ExportC4.vbs script. The script wants the scan location to be the same location as the files, which is \\192.168.1.129\audio\media but that location is not showing up in MM under its Media Tree->My Computer tab, nor under MEdia Tree->Network. So, I cannot export. Don't know if this is a MM config issue, an HC1000 samba config issue, or something else. Thanks again for the help.

Thanks for the reply. Yes I have "network file storage" setup in control4, connected and online. I have not tried adding to it through composer yet. I figured Media Monkey is totally seperate so I have not tried adding/scanning the c4 network file storage location yet. In MM, I can "add" the network location and scan it. What I cannot do is export it to C4 because I cannot export the .xml file to the network location, only to a mapped drive with a drive letter. MM's "my computer" won't show the network location, only mapped drives with letters. The network location I "added" in the scan window does not show up. If, in MM, I scan the mapped drive, I can export the .xml to the same mapped drive and see a good .xml file. But that won't work in control4 because control4 does not have drive letters in its network file location.

I'm trying this but running into trouble. chicagoskiguy, I address everything by paths, NOT mapped drives, but I cannot navigate t to the network location in the "my computer" tab of Media Monkey. That tab of MM only shows mapped drives, not network paths. I can add/scan a network location in the scanning option, but not in the "my computer" tab, and consequently I cannot export the database to control4. any pointers? thanks.