Saturday, June 30, 2012

Moving Rhythmbox data from Precise Pangolin to Scientific Linux

Continuing with the GNOME2 retreat ;) it was time to move alll my beloved Rhythmbox data...

Rhythmboxes versions are different between Precise Pangolin (2.96) and Scientific Linux 6.2 (0.12.8), so once the music files and the Rhythmbox db file are transfered to SL 6.2, and you start Rhythmbox, you'll get the dreaded error message:

"Could not load the music database:
The database was created by a later version of Rhythmbox. This version os Rhythmbox cannot read the database."
 
To get rid of it, and to actually restore the data with your precious Play Counts, Ratings, ect, etc; you'll have to edit the file:

~/.local/share/rhythmbox/rhythmdb.xml



 And change the "1.8" to "1.6" and save the file.

After editing the file, and re starting Rhythmbox, got this message, but there were actually no problems at all...
All the info, not to mention the music, it is actually there.
Go figure.

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