Backup empeg contents to PC

Posted by: Dava

Backup empeg contents to PC - 28/05/2009 19:28

Hi all,

Its good to see the BBS is still going strong, I have been away for some time....

I have been looking for a way to backup the entire contents of the empeg back to PC where:

1.The playlists are maintined and the MP3s created in them. ( think emplode/jemplode do this to some extent)

2.Modify the tags on the PC to those of my anal empeg DB (I wasn't so carful before uploading in some cases but fixed in emplode later)

Excuse me if this has been asked 100 times but I could not find a suitable thread here.

Rather than just having an empeg/linux backup lying around on one of my Windows PCs, It would make sense to make it playable and I have 10 years worth of random additions now.

Any pointers would be appreciated.
Posted by: mlord

Re: Backup empeg contents to PC - 28/05/2009 19:43

Jemplode does all of that nicely, with a tiny bit of configuration.
Posted by: tfabris

Re: Backup empeg contents to PC - 28/05/2009 20:55

Jemplode will do the second thing, which is to write ID3v2 tags back into the files as you download them off of the player.

As far as the first thing, playlists, that's a different animal. If you download things via Jemplode you can have it create a folder structure that matches your playlist structure. Which might be fine for some people.

A case where it wouldn't be fine is if you have the same song (or album) in multiple playlists. Then, if you download each playlist off of jemplode, you might download the song more than once.

Relevant FAQ entries are here:
Can I copy MP3 files back onto my PC from the player?
Is there anything I should keep in mind when I grab files from the player?
Can I back up the player's playlists and music files?
What is the best way to organize and listen to my music?
How can I keep my PC and my car player in perfect synch?
Posted by: Dava

Re: Backup empeg contents to PC - 29/05/2009 15:59

Thanks both,

With drive space so cheap I am not worried too much about dupes. My 60GB of tunes barely touches the sides of a recent desktop drive. How things change in 10 years...
Posted by: tfabris

Re: Backup empeg contents to PC - 29/05/2009 17:36

Okay, then you just go into Jemplode, Tools/options, and you set up the downloaded file name format to include the playlist name as a folder name with backslashes.

I forget the exact syntax to do that in the Jemplode configuration box, does remember where that's documented or have a link to where Mike described that on the BBS?
Posted by: mlord

Re: Backup empeg contents to PC - 29/05/2009 19:00

Here's the ~/.openrio/jempegrc config file from my system here:
Code:
#jEmplode Properties
#Sat Nov 08 15:17:24 EST 2008
jempeg.promptsBeforeUpdate=true
jempeg.connections.inetAddress=10.0.0.13
jempeg.autoUpdateHijack=false
jempeg.soup.num=5
updateTagsOnDuplicates=false
rebuildFromMemory=false
jempeg.removeID3v1=true
jempeg.writeID3v2=true
jempeg.connections.specificAddress=true
jempeg.soup.1.externalForm=tag,title\:source
jempeg.allowUnknownTypes=false
sortPlaylistsFirst=false
jempeg.lookAndFeel=system
jempeg.playlist.sort.tag=title
jempeg.jEmplode.promptsBeforeUpdate=true
jempeg.filenameFormat.tune={artist}-{source}-{title}{ext}
jempeg.preserveID3v2=true
jempeg.soup.0.name=Artists
jempeg.connections.serialPort=false
jempeg.connections.doNotBroadcastTo=
jempeg.soup.2.name=Genres
jempeg.soup.4.externalForm=search,title\:(type \= "tune")
jempeg.soup.4.name=All
jempeg.downloadFullPath=false
jempeg.soup.0.externalForm=tag,title\:artist
deduplication=true
jempeg.recursiveColors=true
jempeg.soupFilenameFormat.tune={artist}-{source}-{title}{ext}
jempeg.connections.USB=false
jempeg.connections.ethernetBroadcast=false
jempeg.hijackSaveLocation=
jempeg.playlist.sort.direction=true
jempeg.downloadDir=
jempeg.soup.3.externalForm=tag,title\:year
jempeg.jEmplode.autoUpdateHijack=false
jempeg.recursiveSoupColors=false
jempeg.useFastConnection=true
jempeg.onlyShowFailedImports=true
importM3U=true
jempeg.hijackMkVersion=mk2
jempeg.hijackLogin=empeg
stripArticlesWhenComparing=true
jempeg.hijackURL=http\://empeg-hijack.sourceforge.net
jempeg.disableSoupUpdating=false
jempeg.soup.1.name=Albums
jempeg.connections.autoSelect=false
jempeg.currentDownloadDirectory=/root
jempeg.soup.3.name=Years
jempeg.useHijack=false
jempeg.soup.2.externalForm=tag,title\:genre
jempeg.hijackPassword=empeg
tonySelections=false


And here (attached) is the jemplode_tags.pdf documentation file I have for it all.

Cheers