iTunes library not found on non-standard path , Mixxx does not follow alias

[jus]

The path to iTunes library is hardcoded.

If someone has the iTunes library on a non-standard path ( e.g shared library) Mixxx can not find the iTunes library. Also Mixxx does not follow an alias named "iTunes Music Library.xml" placed on the hardcoded path. It simply loads an empty library.

Problem confirmed on MacOS , Windows version may also be affected.

Forum discussion here:
http://mixxx.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1701

[William Good (bkgood)]

I'm not sure that we can follow osx aliases (honestly, I remember using them with sys 7-9 and can't believe they're still using them, but windows is still using dumb things since putting symlinks in ntfs) but I'll at least look into this. Assigning myself because I'll forget otherwise.

[William Good (bkgood)]

Fixed at lp:mixxx/1.9 r2666

Bad news is that we can't follow OSX aliases (nor Windows .lnk shortcuts). So my changes do a couple of things:
First off, if we don't find an itdb in the proper location, it first sees if a custom itdb path has been saved in the library db. If not, it asks for a path, and saves it.
Of course, this doesn't solve anything for our forumer who has the alias, so I implemented a right click menu on the iTunes sidebar entry that has an option to choose a different library file or use the default one (in case someone chooses to use a different one but later moves back to using the regular location). Hopefully this is a Good Enough (TM) solution.

[Swiftb0y (swiftb0y)]

Mixxx now uses GitHub for bug tracking. This bug has been migrated to:
https://github.com/mixxxdj/mixxx/issues/5550