Inofficial Python package for interacting with the library of Pioneer's Rekordbox DJ software. It supports XML files, ANLZ files, My-Settings files and the Rekordbox 6 master.db database
Project description
pyrekordbox
pyrekordbox is a Python package for interacting with the library and export data of Pioneer's Rekordbox DJ Software. It currently supports
- Rekordbox XML database
- Analysis files (ANLZ)
- My-settings files
- Rekordbox 6
master.db
database
Note: This project is not affiliated with Pioneer Corp. or its related companies in any way and has been written independently!
⚠️ | This project is still under heavy development and might contain bugs or have breaking API changes in the future. |
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🔧 Installation
pyrekordbox is available on PyPI:
pip install pyrekordbox
Alternatively, it can be installed via GitHub
pip install git+https://github.com/dylanljones/pyrekordbox.git@VERSION
where VERSION
is a release, tag or branch name.
The project can also be cloned/forked and installed via
python setup.py install
Some features need additional dependencies (see the Rekordbox 6 database section).
📖 Documentation
Read the documentation on ReadTheDocs!
🚀 Quick-Start
Configuration
pyrekordbox looks for installed Rekordbox versions and sets up the configuration automatically. The configuration can be checked by calling:
from pyrekordbox import show_config
show_config()
which, for example, will print
Pioneer:
app_dir = C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Pioneer
install_dir = C:\Program Files\Pioneer
Rekordbox 5:
app_dir = C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Pioneer\rekordbox
db_dir = C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Pioneer\rekordbox
db_path = C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Pioneer\rekordbox\datafile.edb
install_dir = C:\Program Files\Pioneer\rekordbox 5.8.6
version = 5.8.6
If for some reason the configuration fails the values can be updated by providing the
paths to the directory where Pioneer applications are installed (pioneer_install_dir
)
and to the directory where Pioneer stores the application data (pioneer_app_dir
)
from pyrekordbox.config import update_config
update_config(pioneer_install_dir, pioneer_app_dir)
Alternatively the two paths can be specified in a configuration file under the section
rekordbox
. Supported configuration files are pyproject.toml, setup.cfg, rekordbox.toml,
rekordbox.cfg and rekordbox.yml.
Rekordbox XML
The Rekordbox XML database is used for importing (and exporting) Rekordbox collections including track metadata and playlists. They can also be used to share playlists between two databases. Exporting XML databases was removed in Rekordbox 6. Update: In newer Rekordbox 6 versions the XML export feature returned!
pyrekordbox can read and write Rekordbox XML databases.
from pyrekordbox.xml import RekordboxXml
xml = RekordboxXml("database.xml")
track = xml.get_track(0) # Get track by index (or TrackID)
track_id = track.TrackID # Access via attribute
name = track["Name"] # or dictionary syntax
path = "/path/to/file.mp3"
track = xml.add_track(path) # Add new track
track["Name"] = "Title" # Add attributes to new track
track["TrackID"] = 10 # Types are handled automatically
# Get playlist (folder) by path
pl = xml.get_playlist("Folder", "Sub Playlist")
keys = pl.get_tracks() # Get keys of tracks in playlist
ktype = pl.key_type # Key can either be TrackID or Location
# Add tracks and sub-playlists (folders)
pl.add_track(track.TrackID)
pl.add_playlist("Sub Sub Playlist")
Rekordbox ANLZ files
Rekordbox stores analysis information of the tracks in the collection in specific files,
which also get exported to decives used by Pioneer professional DJ equipment. The files
have names like ANLZ0000
and come with the extensions .DAT
, .EXT
or .2EX
.
They include waveforms, beat grids (information about the precise time at which
each beat occurs), time indices to allow efficient seeking to specific positions
inside variable bit-rate audio streams, and lists of memory cues and loop points.
pyrekordbox can parse all three analysis files, although not all the information of the tracks can be extracted yet.
from pyrekordbox.anlz import AnlzFile
anlz = AnlzFile.parse_file("ANLZ0000.DAT")
beat_grid = anlz.get("beat_grid")
path_tags = anlz.getall_tags("path")
Changing and creating the Rekordbox analysis files is planned as well, but for that the full structure of the analysis files has to be understood.
Rekordbox MySettings
Rekordbox stores the user settings in *SETTING.DAT
files, which get exported to USB
devices. These files are either in the PIONEER
directory of a USB drive
(device exports), but are also present for on local installations of Rekordbox 6.
The setting files store the settings found on the "DJ System" > "My Settings" page of
the Rekordbox preferences. These include language, LCD brightness, tempo fader range,
crossfader curve and other settings for Pioneer professional DJ equipment.
pyrekordbox supports both parsing and writing MySetting files.
from pyrekordbox.mysettings import read_mysetting_file
mysett = read_mysetting_file("MYSETTINGS.DAT")
sync = mysett.get("sync")
quant = mysett.get("quantize")
Rekordbox 6 database
Rekordbox 6 now uses a SQLite database for storing the collection content. The old
DeviceSQL of Rekordbox 5 was probably too old for Pioneer to keep using adequately,
especially with the Rekordbox Agent. Unfortunatly, the new master.db
SQLite database
is encrypted using SQLCipher, which means it can't be used without the encryption key.
Pioneer did this because they prefer that no one outside of Pioneer touches it.
However, since your data is stored and used locally, the key must be present on the
machine running Rekordbox.
pyrekordbox can unlock the new Rekordbox master.db
SQLite database and provides
an easy interface for accessing the data stored in it:
from pyrekordbox import Rekordbox6Database
db = Rekordbox6Database()
for item in db.get_content():
print(item.Title, item.Artist.Name)
Changing entries of the database is not supported yet since it is not guaranteed that the database could be corrupted from writing to it. However, this feature will by added after some testing.
Dependencies
Unlocking the new Rekordbox 6 master.db
database file requires SQLCipher.
So far I did not find a reliable dependency for using SQLCipher with Python on Windows. For now, SQLCipher can be used with the included DLL's by replacing the Python SQLite DLL's (see this StackOverflow discussion):
- rename
sqlcipher.dll
tosqlite3.dll
and replace the existing file in the Python DLLs folder with it - copy
libcrypto-1_1.dll
into the Python DLLs folder (optional, should work without) - copy
libssl-1_1.dll
into the Python DLLs folder (optional, should work without)
After that SQLCipher-databases can be unlocked via the normal sqlite3
package by
providing the key via the PRAGMA key='db-key'
SQL statement.
❗ | The included DLL's only work with Python 3.8! For other platforms and Python versions (specificly the version of the included SQLite3 libary) the DLL's have to be built from source. |
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💡 File formats
A summary of the Rekordbox file formats can be found in the documentation:
🦸 Contributing
If you encounter an issue or want to contribute to pyrekordbox, please feel free to get in touch,
open an issue or create a new pull request! A guide for contributing to
pyrekordbox
and the commit-message style can be found in
CONTRIBUTING
pyrekordbox is tested on Windows and MacOS, however some features can't be tested in the CI setup since it requires a working Rekordbox installation. The auto-configuration (discovering Rekordbox file locations) is tested on Windows, but help would be appreciated on MacOS.
To Do
- Complete ANLZ file support
- PCOB
- PCO2
- PSSI
- PWV6
- PWV7
- PWVC
- ANLZ tests
- Improve Rekordbox 6
master.db
database parsing - Rekordbox 6
master.db
database tests - Add Rekordbox 5
.edb
database suppport - Add USB export database support (
.pdb
) - Add MySettings support
- MySetting tests
🔗 Related Projects
- crate-digger: Java library for fetching and parsing rekordbox exports and track analysis files.
- rekordcrate: Library for parsing Pioneer Rekordbox device exports
- supbox: Get the currently playing track from Rekordbox v6 as Audio Hijack Shoutcast/Icecast metadata, display in your OBS video broadcast or export as JSON.
🙏 Thank Yous
- Deep Symmetry has an extensive analysis of Rekordbox's ANLZ and .edb export file formats https://djl-analysis.deepsymmetry.org/djl-analysis
- rekordcrate reverse engineered the format of the Rekordbox MySetting files https://holzhaus.github.io/rekordcrate/rekordcrate/setting/index.html
- rekordcloud went into detail about the internals of Rekordbox 6 https://rekord.cloud/blog/technical-inspection-of-rekordbox-6-and-its-new-internals.
- supbox has a nice implementation on finding the Rekordbox 6 database key https://github.com/gabek/supbox
- phil-bergmann for fixing encoding errors on MacOS
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