Media Library Files

[LordKayoz]

Alright here is the situation. I need to reformat a partition of my harddrive but i value my mp3 collection and use the Media Library to keep of # of times played and various playlist and various other wonder of the Library. I was trying to find out where Winamp stores this informaion. And if there were any ideas as a way to remove these files off the partition i am partitioning and if i could put it back after i re-install everything... Thanks in advance

[chris_d_smith]

Media Library information appears to be kept in binary files in:

<install directory>\Plugins\ml\*.dat/*.idx/*.vmd

eg:

c:\Program Files\Plugins\ml\main.dat
c:\Program Files\Plugins\ml\main.idx

for files in the "Local Media" section.

c:\Program Files\Plugins\ml\radio.dat
c:\Program Files\Plugins\ml\radio.idx
c:\Program Files\Plugins\ml\radio.vmd

for radio stations

etc...

I would guess that you could just backup the contents of the Plugins\ml directory and restore it after your reformat as long as all the drive letters/paths stay the same.

Looking in the files/at the extensions:

*.dat appear to be the actual information about the tracks (ie: the databases)

*.idx are probably indexes

*.vmd are definitions of the columns/layout of the database display

[JonnyMac]

Also media library playlists are stored as .M3U files
Example: C:\Program Files\Winamp\Plugins\ML\plf****.m3u where **** represents a set of numbers and letters
The media library config file is gen_ml.ini stored in the plugins directory.

More info on Winamp's various settings/config files...
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=158332

[LordKayoz]

Thanks everyone... my reformat went off without any problems and my music library is still intact. Thanks