Moving collection between computers is not straightforward. I copied: - all music at the exact same paths - ~/.kde/share/apps/amarok/* - ~/.kde/share/config/amarok* However this is not enough. I achieved: copying layout + most or all settings + playlist contents; but the collection contained 0 tracks. After rescaning there were no ratings or "statistics". I find that loosing ratings (+ play statistics + tags + lyrics) at each computer change kind of negates the usefullness of using the feature. Reproducible: Always Actual Results: Collection is not transferable by means known to mortals. Expected Results: Collection should transfer easily without having database knowledge or who knows what other skills.
This should be (partially or even fully) resolved by Konrad's GSoC 2013 (to be included in next Amarok release), see http://konradzemek.com/
Changing the description, as it is about moving the database from one computer to another, not about actually moving the collection (physical files).
If you never want to loose the rating again, just go to "settings/metadata" and switch on the syncing. This would store the metadata in the file. Storing rating and playcounts is even somewhat compatible because there is a standard for it.
Update: actually I think the method of copying database files has worked. I started Amarok today and can see that many many songs have ratings, tags and play counts. They see correct.
Closing as based on the last comment, this might have actually worked back 10 years ago. If everything's in right place on first start / first collection update / rescan, the copy process probably works. (This is somewhat sensitive, as the tracks not being in collection for during a scan can easily lead them to be deemed removed, but writing stats to files is a possibility. Additionally, some related bugs that might have caused loss of statistics if the paths were not exactly the same have been fixed since.)