RDIO - Moving/Exporting Your Collection To Brand X

[+48V]

Rdio music service will be turning their lights out soon.
Subscription service will continue for every subscriber until the next collection date (one month or shorter, for the most part). My bill cycled on Nov. 2 so per their statement I'll have access to at least Dec. 2. YMMV........tick tock

Me presently:
1,165 Albums
16,620 tracks

Rdio says that playlists and favorites will be exportable. No details yet on how this will be accomplished, or what format they will be in, or how they might be imported into another music service. So....

I'm starting this thread as a preemptive strike and proactive haven to post news, tips, and shared experience on how to move/export an Rdio collection/favorites/playlists before the lights go out. Most methods vary from crude to ok. Nothing I've found to date seems to be 100% effective but these tools at least give you decent grasp (direct import or spreadsheet) on what you have amassed on Rdio.

Rdio Exodus links to 3rd party Rdio communities and several "exporters/importers" to help migrate your Rdio stash.

I used the Chrome extension Rdio Enhancer to export to a .csv file. Clumsy (un-ordered) but it gave me a sortable list.

Spotify Album Importer snagged and imported about 75%. YMMV
Note: I'm not necessarily moving Spotify at this point. Jury is well...very out as to where I will land. But this particular import tool was a decent stopgap to preserve the most of the goods.

Hopes this helps. Let us know how it goes...

 

[jhoyt]

Thanks for this! I don't have a very big list of favorites, but I was really bummed when I lost my MOG favorites; I don't want to lose these!

 

[Bob Clobber]

I managed to export a .csv file, but Soundiiz did nothing. This is frustrating, because it is recommended by Tidal for transferring a collection to their service. I really don't want to bother with Spotify or Apple.

 

[+48V]

Rdio announced their migration scheme today. Some of it mirrors what I posted in the OP. Here's the skinny from Rdio proper.

To help you move your collection to other services, we’ve provided this set of files with your Rdio data in various formats. Some of these make it easy to import your favorites and playlists into other services. Other files include some of your activity on Rdio (such as comments) that you can keep as your own personal record.

In your archive, you’ll find four folders:
• A list of your favorite albums and songs, artists, playlists, stations, and labels.

Note: All the albums you’ve favorited are preserved as individual songs.​

• A list of everything you’ve marked for download.
• A list of the playlists you’ve created or collaborated on.
• A record of all the comments you’ve made.

You’ll find the following file types in this archive:
• An open source format for sharing playlists used by third-party tools to import your data into other services
• Tabular plain text data used to capture your Rdio collection — can be opened with a spreadsheet tool, such as Excel
• Plain text files so you can easily read your comments with a variety of text editors
• Data-interchange format containing information about your collection. Recommended for pros.

Services
If you plan to move to a new music streaming service, check with them to see if import options are available using the file types above. There are also websites that allow you to transfer your playlists to other services. Here are a few examples:

Soundiiz
soundiiz.com
Connects to most major services and also offers a direct transfer from service to service. Utilizes XSPF files.
StAMP
stampapp.io
Connects to some major services and also offers a direct transfer from service to service. Utilizes CSV files. ​

FAQs
Where is my music?
The files download here are of your collection metadata only — not files of the actual music. You’ll need to subscribe to a different streaming service to listen to music, but these files can help you restore your favorites and playlists in a new service.

Why download these files?
The advantage of downloading these files locally using the button above is that once the files are downloaded, you can hang on to your collection in various formats, even after the Rdio service completely shuts down. As existing import tools evolve and more import tools become available, more uses for these files may become available.

Are there other services that I can use to export music?
There are some services such as Soundiiz and StAMP that connect Rdio directly to other streaming services for collection transfer. There are other independent tools available on the web, some of which can be found here, as well as some import options available from streaming services directly.

How long is this site going to be live?
At this time, we aren’t certain how long this export site will remain live, so we highly recommend you download your files as soon as possible.

Must admit...a fairly professional and cordial way to go out.

 

[Bob Clobber]

I managed to export a .csv file, but Soundiiz did nothing. This is frustrating, because it is recommended by Tidal for transferring a collection to their service. I really don't want to bother with Spotify or Apple.

Update: I was able to export from Rdio and Soundiiz did its job in half an hour or so. My collection was imported as a single playlist, but at least it's' there.