iTunes Library .xml Error

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DrWhoFan1981 Author

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iTunes Library .xml Error

Hi all,

I'm trying to export my iTunes Library.xml file so that I can add it to my NAS drive so that Sonos can read it and recreate the playlists I have in iTunes itself; however, when the .xml file is being exported, it is being exported with an error that renders it completely useless as it can't be read!

The error message being produced is 'No error detail available. Location: Line 2, Column 9.' - there's no further explanation as to what the issue is, but it is rendering the file useless. iTunes has only started doing this since the last update and it has been 100% fine until now. Does anyone know what might be causing this?

Because the file cannot be opened by software: Word, Excel, or Notepad etc., I can't even look at it to try and establish what the problem might be!!

Any ideas on how to fix this? I kind of need it working, TBH.

Cheers,

Andy

Posted on May 2, 2022 10:09 AM

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DrWhoFan1981 Author

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May 2, 2022 11:16 AM in response to turingtest2

I don't want a smart playlist with all my songs, I want individual playlists. And exporting them individually doesn't work either - it spits out the exact same error.

Something in Music must have changed, I guess. Until a few weeks ago, I never once had this problem and it had always worked perfectly.

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turingtest2

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May 2, 2022 11:28 AM in response to DrWhoFan1981

Sure, I realise you want the whole library XML, just trying to isolate the issue. You might try holding down option+cmd as you launch Music to open it in safe mode. This can sometimes fix odd internal issues with the library. FWIW I've just exported my library successfully on my M1 MacBook Air running Monterey.

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DrWhoFan1981 Author

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May 2, 2022 1:20 PM in response to turingtest2

I'll try the safe mode. I have tried repeatedly to generate a correct file by rebooting the RAM etc., but that's not having any effect at all. Apple Support are looking at it, but I don't know why it's just started doing this when it has always been fine in the past.

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Jun 8, 2022 3:31 AM in response to DrWhoFan1981

not a complete solution, but i have had a similar problem recently and found that exporting the playlists from itunes/apple music in m3u format rather than xml format (which is an option in Export-Playlist in Music/itunes but not in Export-Library) meant that Sonos will see the playlist files when it wouldn't recognise the same playlists when exported as xml. a bit of a pain as the Library.xml file from apple mis/itunes is also not recognised, but using m3u format export for individual playlists does mean you can get some playlists (albeit quite manually) into Sonos.

This only started happening for me a few weeks ago, so i suspect something might have changed with a recent update to itunes/music that means the xml files are not as they were and Sonos is no longer reading them as it was able to do before.

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turingtest2

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May 2, 2022 10:56 AM in response to DrWhoFan1981

Rather than export the whole library are you able to export individual playlists? You could make a smart playlist that includes all Songs for example.

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iTunes Library .xml Error

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