Import .txt file not in dropdown options box

[David Wood]

I came across a minor bug in the exporting/importing playlists options.Exporting has the option to export to a text (.txt) file, but when trying to import it back into Mixxx on another laptop, the .txt import option isn't in the drop down list.

Windows 10 (on all computers in group)
2.0.0 (build 1.12 r5772) (on all computers in group)

[David Wood (mintdave)]

Sorry, forgot to add these other problems I'm having.

1. When in full screen mode, no minimise/close button icons appear in top right corner. This means using <Alt-Tab> to change windows, or worst case restarting Mixx if I want to run it in a smaller window.

2. When using some screen resolutions, the options/preferences window doesn't always scale so the Ok/Save/Cancel buttons can be clicked. (not even a scroll bar)

[jus (jus)]

Thanks for reporting the other issues too. In the future, please open a bug for each issue.
This makes it easier for contributor to fix specific bugs, as well as tracking the process.

Your comment in #1 sounds similar to bug lp:1533575 , which has been fixed recently. For testing, you can download and install the latest a pre-release version [1], which includes the fix. Please report if this fix the issue(s).

[1] http://downloads.mixxx.org/builds/master/release/

[jus (jus)]

Confirmed, with latest master

We allow to export playlists/crates to
*.m3u, *.m3u8, *.txt, *.pls, *.csv

but only allow to import
*.m3u, *.m3u8, *.pls, *.csv

[David Chocholatý (davidchocholaty)]

I will take a look on the problem with *.txt file import.

[Daniel Schürmann (daschuer)]

The issue is that a text file can be anything and we need to recognize the format. What are your plans to solve this?

Here is the code that writes the file:
https://github.com/mixxxdj/mixxx/blob/7be89a43c6565af87e667da3df17baf829cac2fd/src/library/parsercsv.cpp#L199

You new function will be probably hooked up here:
https://github.com/mixxxdj/mixxx/blob/7be89a43c6565af87e667da3df17baf829cac2fd/src/library/parser.cpp#L21

We have implemented the text export for document the session for the license holders like GEMA in Germany. I don't see a real use case for importing that.

Is this a feature your need yourself? Maybe your time is better spend implementing XSPF import/export (VLC player default format)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mixxx/+bug/1617466
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML_Shareable_Playlist_Format

[David Chocholatý (davidchocholaty)]

I thought about how txt file structure can looks like. Then I wanted to propose here txt file format modification. It seemed like a good idea to me as an alternative to the csv file, because it's one of the most common file format through all operating systems. About how you wrote I didn't know what was the main reason to .txt file usage when the support was implemented. In this case I agree that the txt file structure modification is unwanted. Thank you for correct me. I think, that we should change status of this issue and alternatively create new bug report to second problem which was wrote by David Wood on 2017-06-24 if it's still actual. Do you agree? I will delete my assign to this issue. Thank you for suggesting a similar problem and for useful links. I will take a look about problematics of this feature and/or choose another bug.

[Uwe Klotz (uklotzde-deactivatedaccount)]

Why has this bug never been closed as Won't Fix?

From my understanding the custom text format is supposed to be write-only and to be human readable. It was never intended to be re-imported again. There are already well known text formats that are more suitable for for exchanging playlists, namely *.m3u, *.m3u8, *.pls.

[David Chocholatý (davidchocholaty)]

@Uwe Klotz I agree.

[Swiftb0y (swiftb0y)]

Mixxx now uses GitHub for bug tracking. This bug has been migrated to:
https://github.com/mixxxdj/mixxx/issues/8889