This utility allows DJs to migrate their library metadata, crates, and playlists from Mixxx to Rekordbox. It parses the Mixxx SQLite database and generates a rekordbox.xml file that can be imported into Rekordbox as an external library. It exports track metadata (Artist, Title, Album, BPM, Year, Genre, Grouping, and Comment) as well as converts Mixxx cue points into Rekordbox' memory cues. Unfortunately, due to the way rekordbox implements mp3 decoding, the timing of the memory cues sometimes can be off by some 10-50 ms which while not perfect remains accurate enough for most purposes.

By default mixxx2rekordbox.py will try to export all crates from mixxx into a rekordbox.xml file. You can specify location of the database and the output file on the command line

mixxx2rekordbox.py ~/.mixxx/mixxxdb.sqlite -o rekordbox.xml

or in the configuration file .mixxx2rekordbox, which should be either in the current or in the home directory. The mixxx settings folder is normally

• C:\Users\<YourUsername>\AppData\Local\Mixxx\ on Windows
• ~/Library/Containers/org.mixxx.mixxx/Data/Library/Application Support/Mixxx/ on Mac
• ~/.mixxx/ on Linux

but you can always check it by going to Preferences -> Library -> Open Mixxx settigs folder.

The tracks in the crate can be sorted by BPM during export

mixxx2rekordbox.py --sort-by-bpm asc

With

mixxx2rekordbox.py -p my_playlist1,myplaylist2

you can export individual playlists (the tracks order will be the same as in the playlist).

With

mixxx2rekordbox.py -e incoming,trash,demos

you can exclude some crates from the export. All these options can be specified in .mixxx2rekordbox. Additionally you can add

default_playlists = bangers1,perfect_opening

to the configuration file to specify which playlists are exported by default when the option -p is used without arguments: With

mixxx2rekordbox.py -p

With --list-playlists and --list-crates you can get lists of playlists and crates in your mixxx database.

The configuration file supports ~ which points to the home directory.

1. Open Rekordbox and go to Preferences > Advanced > Database.
2. In the rekordbox xml section, browse and select your generated rekordbox.xml.
3. In the Rekordbox tree view (sidebar), scroll down to the rekordbox xml section
4. Expand the node to see your exported collections.
5. Right-click a playlist or crate and select Import to Collection. This will copy the tracks and their cue points into your main Rekordbox database.