Favorite Folders (★) preserved as Rekordbox playlist folders. M3U playlists imported. Encrypted master.db fully supported.
Moving from VirtualDJ to Rekordbox usually means a manual rebuild: Rekordbox's XML importer doesn't understand VirtualDJ's format at all, and Favorite Folders — the ★ tree many VirtualDJ users rely on heavily — have no direct Rekordbox equivalent, so they get lost entirely. Pile on Rekordbox 6+'s encrypted master.db and most tools give up.
Supported today
Rekordbox · Serato DJ · VirtualDJ (incl. Favorite Folders) on Windows 10+ and macOS (Apple Silicon + Intel).
Favorite Folders in VirtualDJ are essentially filesystem-rooted crates; Rekordbox has playlist folders that can mirror that structure. MLD bridges the two so years of VirtualDJ organization don't vanish. Rekordbox's encrypted DB key format (since 6.x) is handled natively — no decryption helper tools needed.
Playlist contents and paths transfer reliably. Cue fidelity depends on each app's format — MLD preserves what Rekordbox's format supports.
MLD can import M3U files alongside the native VirtualDJ database, so exported mixes and sessions come through too.
MLD never modifies your VirtualDJ files during this direction — read only. Rekordbox writes are additive, and a timestamped master.db backup is created first.
A 50,000-track library with hundreds of playlists typically transfers in under a minute. MLD is native Bun/TypeScript code, not a browser tool.
Yes. MLD handles the encrypted DB key format without any downgrade or third-party tool.
Free tier covers detection and viewing. Lifetime access is $49 — $19 for the first 100 DJs.
