Author Topic: Playlist problem on portable version of MB ?  (Read 260 times)

Flourgrader

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Hello Everyone,
I have the latest version of MB, it is the portable version,
It resides on my 1TB solid state drive.
I have made a playlist up of 100 music files.
When I move the SSD from one PC to another PC
The drive letter for the SSD is always assigned another drive letter and then my playlist cannot be found.
Is there a way to fix this?
I have looked for the playlist file in the installed folder MB on my H/D
I have drilled down to a folder called Playlist: E:\MusicBee_Portable_Installation\Library\Playlists
But the folder is empty!
I have also looked through the files with the .ext of *.mbl, *.mbp
I cannot find it? So how does MB play a playlist?
Could someone help me out with an explanation?
Thank you All. :)

karbock

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Hello Flourgrader,

Force the same drive letter for your external SSD on both machines. If they run Windows 10:
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-assign-a-drive-letter-in-windows-10/

Make sure the playlist folder is where your expect it to be:
Properties -> Library -> playlists -> library playlists

Flourgrader

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Hello karbock,
Thank you for answering my post.
I have done as you suggested.
My Playlist does not reside in
 Library -> playlists -> library playlists
It is located In my main Music Folder.
MB has added a Sub Folder to my Music folder
Called Music and in there is my Playlist.mbp


karbock

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My Playlist does not reside in
 Library -> playlists -> library playlists
It is located In my main Music Folder.
MB has added a Sub Folder to my Music folder
Called Music and in there is my Playlist.mbp
With "Properties -> Library -> playlists -> library playlists", I did not mean a folder path but the following:
* Open MB's properties Ctrl+O,
* Select tab "Library"
* In the window, under section "playlists", check the value of element "library playlists"

But now that you have located the folder your playlist resides in, you can change that path by using the properties window mentioned above (Properties -> Library -> playlists -> library playlists:) and force the value to  E:\MusicBee_Portable_Installation\Library\Playlists, so that all your playlists reside from now on on your external SSD (provided you have kept drive letter E: for your two computers).
Last thing to do "manually": move the existing .mbp (you've just pinpointed) from your HD drive to your SSD.