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Re-Importing a platform and how it affects playlists


knup36

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I'm sorry if this question has been answered but I didn't see a post about it after searching...

I set up my Amiga collection a few years ago, but now that RA supports Amiga I wanted to re-do that collection, but I"m concerned how it will affect my current playlists. I have playlists that reference my current Amiga setup, but after I re-import, I'm concerned those will all either break or be lost completely.

Is that not the case? or is there a way to ensure that I don't screw up any of my playlists entries for the Amiga titles.=

Thank you!

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oh ok thats good to know, if thats the case. The ones I'm worried about ARE the ones that I've hand-curated.

So, am I to understand that if you remove a platform, those entries are still contained within the playlist XML files...they will just be pointing to something that doesn't 'exist' anymore in lunchbox. But once I re-do the platform, it SHOULD point back the same entry and 'reconnect'? 

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1 hour ago, knup36 said:

I re-do the platform, it SHOULD point back the same entry and 'reconnect'? 

That I can only assume to be a correct statement.  But there's one sure way to find out. ;) 

In the meantime, a quick, simple safety net would be to make a backup copy of your \LaunchBox\Data\Playlists\ folder prior to re-doing your collection.

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Good call! I think I actually will import a dummy collection of something else and make some playlists and see what happens just in case. 

Thanks for taking the time! 

and yes, always backups...preferably two ;)

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