I'm trying to find an export configuration to export my selected files as an M3U playlist , but without #EXTINF references. Can someone advise on this? Grateful for any advice. :slight_smile:

OK thanks for your help. It's working now , so that is very pleasing. This is the code that runs correctly and produce the m3u with no EXTINF $filename(m3u) $loop(1)%_filename_ext% $loopend() Grateful for your help. :slight_smile:

Here is a thread with an export script for a playlist: [image] M3U8 Playlist export (UTF-8 encoded playlists) Export Mp3tag doesn’t (yet?) have built-in support for playlists with files that have Unicode filenames. Unfortunately, the ».m3u« playlist format was an »ad-hoc«…

hi Ok thanks for getting back. I do understand that I could go through and delete each EXTINF reference in every m3u , but with large files and over time , I thought it would be expeditious to find a neat code to avoid generating them in the first place. :slight_smile:

[image] chayes: generating them in the first place. That is more or less what I meant with [image] ohrenkino: you can edit the export script for your purposes, e.g. delete EXTINF E.g. $filename(m3u8,utf-8) $loop(1)%_length_seconds%,%artist% - %title% %_filename_rel% $loopend() Yoo e…

Hi Many thanks for your advice. I'm finding no joy unfortunately. I thought it would be more straightforward to generate a simple m3u with no EXTINF references. At any rate I'll keep trying. :slight_smile:

[image] chayes: generate a simple m3u with no EXTINF references The MP3tag function to create playlists tries to follow the standard. Your problem is no standard problem but, alas, there is an alternative function: the export. Where do you have problems to create an export script that conta…

Hi I think it's my technical abilities , I'm afraid. I'm not sufficiently versed in coding to find a successful outcome yet. In effect , I want to generate a basic m3u file for my selected files by using the export function but I'm struggling to find a working code. :frowning:

Press Ctrl+E to open the Export list. Click on the "New" button to get a new Export script - you have to enter a name, perhaps "Simple playlist". The windows Editor will open with a sample script - which you won't need. So: Select all the text in editor and delete it. Copy the following code $f…

Simple alternative without script: use a word processor or a text editor An MRU playlist is a text file. You most likely have a word processor that will do the job nicely with a simple find and replace all operation. Open the playlist as a Text file. Then do a Find on "#EXTINF:". Then Replace All…

@Doug_Mackie : You don't even need a word processor for this task. Every simple text editor like the free Notepad++ can do that. Or is "word processor" a synonym for text editor?

I thought that it was the purpose of this export script to avoid any further processing, as mentioned in this post: [image] Export configuration for .m3u file without #EXTINF Support hi Ok thanks for getting back. I do understand that I could go through and delete each E…

Export configuration for .m3u file without #EXTINF

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ohrenkino February 14, 2023, 6:31am 2

Here is a thread with an export script for a playlist:

As the export scripts are plain text files, you can edit the export script for your purposes, e.g. delete EXTINF