Exporting metadata in xml file

English mAirList 6.x
1

hello.

Previously, we exported our metadata for our internet stream in a simple text file. It worked fine.
But we recently changed our sound processing system (Sound4 Pulse) which now requires xml format instead of a .txt file. We only use ARTIST and TITLE (in format ARTIST - TITLE), noting else.
How can I generate this xml file ?
Thanks.

2

The most obvious way might be choosing Logging – Add
 – XML file in the configuration menu.

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Thank you for the tip :wink:
And I just put “%a - %b” in the XML model part ? Or is it more complicated than that ?
(sorry, I can’t test it because it needs relaunching mAirList, and I can’t do that right now)

4

Yes, if it is nothing more than Artist - Title this will do the trick.

5

Hello.
I tried your solution and it doesn’t work :frowning:
I tried several syntax, such as %a - %b, ARTIST - TITLE, artist-title, and even in French artiste - titre but I always get the same error message which is partly in French and partly in English.
This error message can be translated as “error loading (XML log file (C:\Users\Philippe\Desktop\data.xml)) : Error parsing XML template: Not valid in the upper section of the document. Line: 1 %a - %b”.

The original message is : Erreur de chargement (Fichier de log XML (C:\Users\Philippe\Desktop\data.xml)) : Error parsing XML template: Non valide au niveau supérieur du document. Line: 1 %a - %b

Any ideas ?

6

How about logging something like ABCDEF, just to see if there’s an issue with the variables?

7

Still the same. The error message is the same, except that it has ABCDE after Line 1.

8

Okay, then there is a problem with the xml-logging itself. Anyone, please?

9

You must provide a valid XML file as a template, with variables in it that mAirList will replace for you.

Example:

<MyXML>
  <Artist>%a</Artist>
  <Title>%b</Title>
</MyXML>
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10

Thanks, Torben. It works fine !
Just one further question : if I want to display something like ‘artist - title’ (with an hyphen between both words), how can I do ?

I have now to test with the Sound4 system, as I don’t even know what this sound processing system is expecting in terms of file !
But at least, it works on mAirList side !

Thanks to all.

11

You can put whatever you want in the XML file. mAirList will walk through all text nodes and replace the variables in it.

<MyOtherXML>
  <NowPlaying>%a - %b</NowPlaying>
</MyOtherXML>

Well, that should be the first thing to find out actually