How to backup/export/migrate all playlists or the entire DB?

[Kirk]

Hi guys,

Just a quick question here.... back in the day Subsonic used to store all playlists as .m3u files in a path like /var/subsonic/playlists. Backing them up or moving them to a new server after a reinstall was really easy since they were just files.

I've observed that since the implementation of user-specific playlists, they seem to be stored now in the Subsonic database and no longer are m3u files on the filesystem.

I am doing a fresh install of my Subsonic box and I would like to migrate at least my playlists to the new VM.

So I would like to know what is the best \ most supported way to backup the playlists and move them to another server, can this be done for just playlists or must the whole Subsonic database be moved over? What would be the cleanest way to do this without causing any issues down the road?

I would prefer not to have to login as individual users and export the playlists one by one, just want to cast a wide net and migrate them all.

Thanks!
Kirk

[sunspot42]

I've got the same kinda issue - I wanna move Subsonic off of the laptop that's been running it (I'm taking it with me on a trip) and onto my new desktop (which I just leave on all the time, because it draws very little power). What's the best way to move Subsonic from one machine to another? Install Subsonic on the new machine and then copy which directories over from the old to the new machine?

Thanks!

[b4s]

Looking for an answer for this same issue, thanks.
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[toolman]

Haven't tried it myself yet, but it seems to me that just copying the folders .\subsonic\db and .\subsonic\db.backup to the new installation would do the job, since there are the files which contain all the data. ( Subsonic.data)