by windcrest77 » Mon Aug 09, 2010 10:39 am
I have two computers, lets call one the "mother-ship" it is my main fast desktop computer at home. I also have a small Netbook computer that I use for casual listening and internet. Both computers have Media Monkey installed. I regularly synch a subset of all my tracks from the mother-ship computer to the netbook (all tracks rated 3 stars or better) via a portable USB drive.
I would also like a way to export all the "tools/options" and "AutoPlaylists" periodically from the mother-ship to the netbook. So that I can have both copies of Media Monkey, generally behaving the same way and having the same AutoPlaylists.
I think a good way to do this would be to provide two new menu options on the File menu:
1) Export settings file
2) Import settings file
This way when you click "Export settings file" on the mother-ship computer it will create an XML file of all the registry settings, ini, tools/options and autoplaylists, scripts, skins, etc.; you then save that file.
Then on the netbook computer you would click "Import settings file" open the XML file you exported above, and overlay all your tools/options, registry, ini and autoplaylists, scripts, skins, etc. to match the mother-ship computer.
Synching of tracks works fine the way it does, because usually that is not all-or-nothing, usually people synch a subset of their tracks to smaller devices. This function would NOT do anything in terms of Exporting/Importing tracks, only configuration. My "smaller device" happens to be a netbook with MM, so I'd like to have the ability to clone my entire media monkey configuration periodically, using Export/Import of the whole configuration. To pick up any new skins, scripts, option changes, autoplaylists, etc. The Export XML file would always be all-or-nothing, (not just the stuff that changed since the last export).
Having this option would also make it easier for people in the MM community to totally clone each others installation configurations, for testing purposes or whatever.
thanks
rick
I have two computers, lets call one the "mother-ship" it is my main fast desktop computer at home. I also have a small Netbook computer that I use for casual listening and internet. Both computers have Media Monkey installed. I regularly synch a subset of all my tracks from the mother-ship computer to the netbook (all tracks rated 3 stars or better) via a portable USB drive.
I would also like a way to export all the "tools/options" and "AutoPlaylists" periodically from the mother-ship to the netbook. So that I can have both copies of Media Monkey, generally behaving the same way and having the same AutoPlaylists.
I think a good way to do this would be to provide two new menu options on the File menu:
1) Export settings file
2) Import settings file
This way when you click "Export settings file" on the mother-ship computer it will create an XML file of all the registry settings, ini, tools/options and autoplaylists, scripts, skins, etc.; you then save that file.
Then on the netbook computer you would click "Import settings file" open the XML file you exported above, and overlay all your tools/options, registry, ini and autoplaylists, scripts, skins, etc. to match the mother-ship computer.
Synching of tracks works fine the way it does, because usually that is not all-or-nothing, usually people synch a subset of their tracks to smaller devices. This function would NOT do anything in terms of Exporting/Importing tracks, only configuration. My "smaller device" happens to be a netbook with MM, so I'd like to have the ability to clone my entire media monkey configuration periodically, using Export/Import of the whole configuration. To pick up any new skins, scripts, option changes, autoplaylists, etc. The Export XML file would always be all-or-nothing, (not just the stuff that changed since the last export).
Having this option would also make it easier for people in the MM community to totally clone each others installation configurations, for testing purposes or whatever.
thanks
rick