
This is an excerpt from the main AMPlay documentation.

* 3.5 Export:
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This allows various information to be exported from AMPlay into a plain
text file. In most cases these files are suitable for re-importing into
AMPlay at a later date, e.g. to re-play the same sequence of files, or
to re-apply particular filter settings.

You can also export in a custom format to get lists out of AMPlay for
just about any other purpose - If you want a text file with all your
artists listed, with the entire artist duration, then this is where
you'd get it.

The various menus on this window are (from the top);

- What to export;

  - Playlist (Simple listing of filenames)
  - History (The sequence of tracks that have been played)
  - Filter
  - Relative volume
  - Random weight
  - Links
  - Ignore unique
  - Custom

  If Filter is selected, then the 'Which Filter?' menu becomes
  available, allowing you to choose which filters to export (All,
  currently active or currently available).

  If Custom is selected, the items in the custom details section in the
  lower half of the window are available. (They are greyed out
  otherwise).

  The filter etc file formats are covered in more detail in section 5. 


Custom export:

- For Each.

  The output will contain one line for each item exported. The 'For
  Each' menu selects what is considered to be an 'item' for purposes of
  export. Do you want the information on a per track, album or artist
  basis? There are also options of generating output per history entry
  (i.e. track history - album and artist history cannot currently be
  exported directly).
  
  The search results and selected item option will normally be greyed
  out unless the export window was launched by either the Search
  window, or the Database editor window.

- Include

  This only applies if 'for each' is set to tracks, albums or artists.
  It defines whether all tracks, albums or artists are included, or just
  those that are allowed through the current filter settings.

- Export

  This defines what information you want about each item. The path to
  file, track name, album name, artist name or complete name are
  standard options, or you can enter a custom macro to be expanded for
  each item. The standard options are just quick ways of selecting a
  particular macro - picking 'track name' produces the same results as
  picking 'macro' and entering '%tn'. Complete name is the macro
  '%an:%bn:%tn'.

The actual export takes place when you drag the icon to the destination
window.

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Copyright  2008 Mike Sandells, mike@mikejs.com
Last Modified: 30.05.2008
