Importing iTunes library in any Ubuntu music player

Question

I'm trying to migrate my iTunes library, in particular the ratings, to Ubuntu.

I've tried various music players but so far had no luck. Clementine doesn't have anything to import iTunes ratings, Amarok has an old script that no longer work, and for Rhythmbox I'd need to install a MySQL server.

Is there any player that has a built-in solution or working plugin? Or maybe there's a simpler way with the players above?

Answer 1

Download this file and extract it to your home folder.

Install perl

sudo apt-get install perl

Type the following command -

perl transferratings.pl path/to/itunes.xml path/to/rhythmbdb.xml

The location of rhythmdb.xml can be found using

locate rhythmdb.xml