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Backing up and Restoring Playlists

The ReQuest server uses M3U files as the way to store and recall playlists. In the event of a hard drive failure or accidental deletion or modification of playlists you can backup and restore your playlists. Please note that playlist files do not contain the actual music files, but instead is a file that tells the server where the files are located on the drive(s). Recovering playlists does not recover deleted or lost music.

It is recommended to back-up your playlists regularly if you are use your playlists when using your ReQuest server.

Backing up Playlists
		Access SAMBA on your computer following our Windows or Mac guide. Open the MP3 folder.
		Select the Playlists folder and copy the folder. This can be done in Windows by pressing Crtl+C or right click the folder and select Copy.
		Using your Finder or Windows Explorer, navigate to where you would like to back-up the files. A common choice is in My Documents. Paste the folder into the selected directory by pressing Ctrl+V or right click and select Paste.

Restoring Playlists
		Using your Finder or Windows Explorer, navigate to where the Playlist folder is stored.
		Open the folder and select and copy all the M3U files. This can be done in Windows by pressing Crtl+C or right click the selected files and select Copy.
		Access SAMBA on your computer following our Windows or Mac guide. Open the Upload folder
		Paste the copied files into the selected directory by pressing Ctrl+V or right click and select Paste.
		After a few minutes of processing, the Upload folder will remove the M3U files and the playlists will now appear in the Playlists folder with a time stamp of the time they were uploaded. Please note, the playlists will only display content that matches files found in the same directory as when they were copied in the first place. If metadata changes were made affecting the folder heirarchy, the playlist content will not populate those files.