start with a different collection?

[Andrew Turner]

I would suggest you also copy ~/.kde/share/config/amarokrc as well, as
that contains important DB version information, as well as the rest of
your Amarok settings.

Andrew

On 18/12/06, Dan Meltzer <hydrogen at notyetimplemented.com> wrote:
> for sqlite you could just copy ~/.kde/share/apps/amarok/collection.db to
> the livecd home each boot, with mysql it'd be a bit harder, you would
> need to start the mysql server on the hd.
> Art Alexion wrote:
> > Is there a way to get amarok to start with a different collection?
> >
> > This is what I want to do.  I want to boot from a live CD that has amarok
> > installed, but use the collection on my hd.  This is a temporary measure
> > because loading my ipod is difficult -- sometimes impossible -- with current
> > hal problems that I am having.  Until I get the problems straightened out, I
> > want to load the ipod with the live CD.  I don't want to rebuild my
> > collection every time I boot with the CD.
> >
> > I'd like to use the collection DB that I already have.  I recently switched
> > from SQLite to mySQL, so both DBs are reasonably up to date and I could use
> > either. Alternatively, building the collection once may be ok, but not every
> > time I boot.
> >
> >
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