In one of your first screenshots u have the posibility to save as mp3 file. That is not normal while exporting the database.
How do u try to export?
U want to make a backup of the database file (for specific songs) or do you want to backup the mp3 files itself?
Are you trying to export from a playlist? Then u export the playlist not the song(info).
In your first image you try to export a single mp3 file. but in the ‘bestandsnaam’ field, you have ‘playlist.txt’ as output. remove the .txt there and give it teh exported file a name. the ‘opslaan als’ field already gives it the .mp3 extension.
When selecting more songs and export like you tried, you will have a pop up to select the folder where to export the files to…
for filename you can write in the ‘bestandsnaam’ field “Artist - Title” (Without extension!)
then in “opslaan als” field is still mp3 and your file will be saved as “Artist - Title.mp3”
@RuVo80 Thank you for the response, but that doesn’t work.
Let me explain how i export. (that i used to use a lot but now doesn’t work anymore… i think this could be a bug @UliNobbe ?)
So i go to my database and select the songs that i want to export (mp3 and flac files)
Than i do right click and select export.
I select the folder ‘Tijdelijk’ and click on ‘ok’.
I have no options or export settings i can ajust.
Normaly it would export all files selected as an mp3 or flac.
On the screenshot in your first post of this topic you try to export one file.
In that screenshot you have entered ‘playlist.txt’ at the ‘bestandsnaam’ field. You should at least remove the ".txt’ extension as windows will always use the extension wich is used in the ‘bestandsnaam’ field above the ‘opslaan als’ field.
I have marked a red circle around the text “.txt” This will be the cause that the item is stored as a txt file instead of the mp3 file. When you clear the ‘bestandsnaam’ field and then retry to export the file, the original filename will be shown in the ‘bestandsnaam’ field.
First export one song with the original item name and then try to export multiple songs. @Coen If you prefer we can have a chat in dutch so maybe it is easier to explain / understand.
I understand that i can change the .txt to .mpr or .flac when i export a single file, that is not the problem (but its also weird becaus i would expect it has the song name already filled in instead of ‘playlist.txt’)
But as soon i select more than one song and click export, i don’t have any export options and it export as 2 .txt files that get overwritten every time. It doesn’t export the way it does in your test screenshot.
The reason write in English is because i think this is a bug and am hoping @UliNobbe could help.
Are the original files mp3, flac? and what version / build are you running?
For a test please do enter a name without an extension in the ‘bestandsnaam’ field while doing a single export and try to export it, You shouldn’t add an extension in here since mAirlist has the ‘opslaan’ als field for this.
this is a test to see if it will export the file as a mp3 file.
First see what happens when one file is exported like this and then look further.