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
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
You may use a dedicated export script which has to be called for every album individually:
$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
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.
Doesn’t seem to work does not create an m3u file
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
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:
$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?
I like playlists, as I sometimes create a new playlist by grouping other playlists together, just what I prefer.
Thank you
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
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.
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 ???
AFAIK the playlist is saved in the current working directory.
You see that in the "Directory" object in the tag panel.
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.