# Creating m3u playlist **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Tags:** player\ **Created:** [March 28, 2026, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-m3u-playlist/70959 "2026-03-28T13:33:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![reddwarf4ever](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/reddwarf4ever/32/22473_2.png) [@reddwarf4ever](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/reddwarf4ever)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 12:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-m3u-playlist/70959/21 "2026-04-04T12:39:12Z")
Thank you Will definitely try that, have sent Hiby a rather long email asking for help…..will post back asap with the results of your suggestion, thank you ---
**Author:** ![reddwarf4ever](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/reddwarf4ever/32/22473_2.png) [@reddwarf4ever](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/reddwarf4ever)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-m3u-playlist/70959/22 "2026-04-04T14:02:47Z")
Thankyou so muchThat worked perfectly, is there a way of creating m3u files in mp3tag, with just artist and title, then all I sorted If not, then in notepad ++ I can find replace up to artist title and replace with ““ but better if I can get a format string that works, tried %artist% - %title% but that's not it ---
**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-m3u-playlist/70959/23 "2026-04-04T15:08:48Z")
You may use a dedicated export script which has to be called for every album individually: ```auto $filename(%album%.m3u8,utf-8)#EXTM3U $loop(%album% %track%)#EXTINF:%_length_seconds%,%title% %_filename_EXT% $loopend() ``` Please see the documentation of how to create a custom export > **[Exporting Tag and File Information – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/export/)** > > Documentation on exporting tag and file information to text-based file formats. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor. I cannot explain it any better. Create a new export and replace the sample text with my suggestion and see if it works for you. ---
**Author:** ![reddwarf4ever](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/reddwarf4ever/32/22473_2.png) [@reddwarf4ever](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/reddwarf4ever)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-m3u-playlist/70959/24 "2026-04-04T15:48:14Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#): > > ```auto > $filename(%album%.m3u8,utf-8)#EXTM3U > $loop(%album% %track%)#EXTINF:%_length_seconds%,%title% > %_filename_EXT% > $loopend() > > ``` Doesn’t seem to work does not create an m3u file ---
**Author:** ![reddwarf4ever](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/reddwarf4ever/32/22473_2.png) [@reddwarf4ever](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/reddwarf4ever)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 5:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-m3u-playlist/70959/25 "2026-04-04T17:06:17Z")
Thank you, for all your help, hope to find a way to create the playlists I need in generate playlist, as can be done for multiple albums, which is perfect. Maybe this option is something that could be added, especially as it affects the very popular MP3 players by innioasis ---
**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-m3u-playlist/70959/26 "2026-04-04T18:31:44Z")
If ou want to get dedicated playlists for several albums in 1 go, try the following export script which first creates a batch file and the batch file creates the playlists when executed: ```auto $filename(playlist.bat,utf-8)echo #EXTM3U>"%album%.m3u8" $loop(%album% %track%)echo #EXTINF:%_length_seconds%,%title%>>"%album%.m3u8" echo %_filename_EXT%>>"%album%.m3u8" $loopend() ``` What I still don't get: if your player groups the files by album with a dedicated function - what is the benefit of a playlist that does the same but is much more difficult to maintain? ---
**Author:** ![reddwarf4ever](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/reddwarf4ever/32/22473_2.png) [@reddwarf4ever](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/reddwarf4ever)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 7:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-m3u-playlist/70959/27 "2026-04-04T19:19:12Z")
I like playlists, as I sometimes create a new playlist by grouping other playlists together, just what I prefer. Thank you ---
**Author:** ![reddwarf4ever](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/reddwarf4ever/32/22473_2.png) [@reddwarf4ever](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/reddwarf4ever)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-m3u-playlist/70959/28 "2026-04-05T14:45:01Z")
i have found the solution, changed playlist settings in options….see attached images, now the playlists are created without file paths, exactly as i needed for my G1/G5 players ![Mp3tag Options 2026-04-05 15.39.58](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/3X/0/8/0815d6a56cb8809eb78a7debb0e22a956ee958d8.png) ![Playlist Generator 2026-04-05 15.41.00](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/3X/9/8/987efa075acfbf256da7056c59a360415a2d7488.png) The only thing is that all the playlists are created in the root folder, not in the individual folders, guess that`s too much to ask for lol ---
**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 6:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-m3u-playlist/70959/29 "2026-04-07T06:22:51Z")
> [@reddwarf4ever](#): > > The only thing is that all the playlists are created in the root folder, not in the individual folders, guess that`s too much to ask for lol Are you sure that you do not have the relative path now as part of the filename? I only get the plain filename without path component if the working directory is the same as the music files. And that would work only album by album. That is why I suggested the export. ---
**Author:** ![reddwarf4ever](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/reddwarf4ever/32/22473_2.png) [@reddwarf4ever](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/reddwarf4ever)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-m3u-playlist/70959/31 "2026-04-12T14:08:20Z")
Just out of curiosity, when i generate a playlist with just 1 album it goes into the album folder, but if i generate playlists for multiple albums, the m3u files go into the root music folder, works perfectly just wondered why ??? ---
**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-m3u-playlist/70959/32 "2026-04-12T14:14:55Z")
AFAIK the playlist is saved in the current working directory. You see that in the "Directory" object in the tag panel. ---
**Author:** ![reddwarf4ever](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/reddwarf4ever/32/22473_2.png) [@reddwarf4ever](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/reddwarf4ever)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-m3u-playlist/70959/33 "2026-04-12T14:27:28Z")
Sort of makes sense then, when I select multiple albums it uses the folder the multiple albums are in, when I select an individual album it uses that one, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 6:12am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-m3u-playlist/70959/34 "2026-04-20T06:12:57Z")
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