# Generate playlist via action fails
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/generate-playlist-via-action-fails/42478
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 27, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/generate-playlist-via-action-fails/42478 "2018-07-27T15:43:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@frangk](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/frangk)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/generate-playlist-via-action-fails/42478/1 "2018-07-27T15:43:21Z")
Hi,
I can export a playlist by going to the export menu and choosing my playlist definition. For filename I use:
```auto
%_folderpath%$if($or($eql(%albumartist%,va),$eql(%albumartist%,Various)),v.a.,$replace(%artist%,/,~)$if($eql(%origyear%,),$if($eql(%year%,),, (%year%)), (%origyear%))) - $replace(%album%,/,~)$if($or($eql(%albumartist%,va),$eql(%albumartist%,Various)),$if($eql(%origyear%,),$if($eql(%year%,),, (%year%)), (%origyear%)),).m3u8
```
For years this worked perfectly as (last) part of an action, but lately it stopped working. The whole action runs fine, except for the creation of a playlist.
It's not a problem with the syntax, because, like I said before, I can still export the playlist manually via the File/Export menu, but it doesn't work when called by an action... even when I create an action with only the 'export'-line and no other actions included.
Did something change according to actions in v2.89?
Thanks in advance.
F
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/generate-playlist-via-action-fails/42478/2 "2018-07-27T15:51:11Z")
> [@frangk](#):
>
> v.a.
There were reports that foldernames with a dot at the end do not work (which I think is a NTFS restriction) - so it could be that the "v.a." part is the culprit. Does "v.a" work?
And: does it work to recreate a playlist that you have already exported? Or does that fail also?
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### Author:  [@frangk](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/frangk)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2018, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/generate-playlist-via-action-fails/42478/3 "2018-07-27T15:56:34Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> > [@frangk](#):
> >
> > v.a.
>
> There were reports that foldernames with a dot at the end do not work (which I think is a NTFS restriction) - so it could be that the "v.a." part is the culprit. Does "v.a" work?
> And: does it work to recreate a playlist that you have already exported? Or does that fail also?
Just found out the problem was a comma in my export name...
It used to be "M3U8 Playlist, relative file paths", which was never a problem within actions before.
When I changed that to "M3U8 Playlist relative file paths" the action ran without a problem.
Weird. Is this a bug in v2.89a?
So don't use a comma in your export definition name if you want to use that in an action...
The "v.a." part was not the problem.
Thanks for your input.
I hope people with the same problem can find their solution here.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2018, 6:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/generate-playlist-via-action-fails/42478/4 "2018-07-31T06:30:10Z")
There was an issue related to relative file paths in Mp3tag v2.89, which I've fixed with Mp3tag v2.89 **a**.
My guess is, that you've observed the problem with Mp3tag v2.89, installed v2.89 **a** and made some random changes which appeared to have fixed the issue for you. However, the real fix was in installing v2.89 **a**.
The comma in the export name did not cause the issue.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/generate-playlist-via-action-fails/42478/5 "2026-02-09T12:27:34Z")