BluOS recommends taking a backup of the playlists to a USB flash drive, before performing a factory reset to avoid inadvertent loss of the playlists.
Back up playlists
To back up the playlists perform the following steps:
- Insert a powered USB drive or USB memory stick into the USB port of BluOS Player.
- In the BluOS Controller app, under the left Navigation Drawer, select Settings > Player. The Player screen is displayed.
- Select Backup playlists. After few moments, The Playlists backed up message is displayed.
- Remove the USB drive or USB memory stick.
The playlists are saved to the USB drive as a stored_playlists.db – database file.
Restore Playlists
To restore the playlists, perform the following steps:
- Insert a powered USB drive or USB memory stick with the db – database file into the USB port of BluOS Player.
- In the BluOS Controller app, under the left Navigation Drawer, select Settings > Player. The Player screen is displayed.
- Select Restore Playlists. After few moments, the Playlists restored message is displayed.
- Remove the USB drive or USB memory stick.
Notes:
- When inserting a USB drive or USB memory stick that contains a previous version of db – database file to create playlists backup, the existing database file is rewritten.
- Restored playlists are network share dependent. A restored playlist only plays tracks located in identically mounted network shares. If tracks are in different shares or have been moved, such tracks are omitted from the playlist.