# .M3U spotify - to local
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m3u-spotify-to-local/66093
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 29, 2024, 7:11am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m3u-spotify-to-local/66093 "2024-09-29T07:11:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@mbpt1984](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mbpt1984)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2024, 7:11am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m3u-spotify-to-local/66093/1 "2024-09-29T07:11:38Z")
Hi,
i have exported my playlist from spotify to .m3u, however i import to itunes and it dont bring up the music, which im guessing due to no location in the file. is there a way to sort this without manually doing every single song due 8k worth.
can Mp3 tag help with this if given the folder to search for the songs, if possible that is? or is there a quicker way to do this?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2024, 7:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m3u-spotify-to-local/66093/2 "2024-09-29T07:37:39Z")
> [@mbpt1984](#):
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> from spotify to .m3u
m3u-playlists are plain text files.
So you can edit them with any plain text editor and see the contents.
In general, m3u playlists feature more or less nothing more than the path to a file.
This also means: the file has to be accessible. I doubt that it works with streamed contents or if at all then only within the original application.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2024, 8:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m3u-spotify-to-local/66093/3 "2024-09-29T08:03:46Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> I doubt that it works with streamed contents or if at all then only within the original application.
According to Wikipedia about [M3U](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3U#Einfache_M3U), URL's inside a M3U should work too:
But I don't know how streaming sites like Spotify “protect” their songs and whether they are directly accessible.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2024, 8:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m3u-spotify-to-local/66093/4 "2024-09-29T08:24:53Z")
The question remains, whether
> [@mbpt1984](#):
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> itunes
can cope with it.
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### Author:  [@mbpt1984](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mbpt1984)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m3u-spotify-to-local/66093/5 "2024-09-29T11:01:52Z")
Ok so what would be my best bet, I have all the songs that is from the Spotify list, I just wanted a playlist without having to go through it all.
I was wondering if any software could search for the songs in the directory and then update the location
Or is there a way to create the same list with mp3tag without doing one by one, maybe like using a .txt or csv
Just don’t want to go through 8k songs as don’t have the time
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2024, 11:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m3u-spotify-to-local/66093/6 "2024-09-29T11:05:13Z")
What did you do to find out what the contents of that playlist is in respect to actual data?
What does the text editor show?
(A screenshot would be nice)
I am afraid that I don't understand the problem:
Do you want iTunes to play that list but iTunes does not? -\>iTunes problem.
Do you want to use the playlist to download files from spotify? -\> MP3tag does not download files.
Could you clarify your intentions?
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### Author:  [@mbpt1984](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mbpt1984)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2024, 11:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m3u-spotify-to-local/66093/7 "2024-09-29T11:20:39Z")
here is a screen shot
ok the songs in this playlist i own, however i dont have them in a playlist on the computer just on spotify - so not look to download.
if i import this playlist into itunes it says its empty - as there i no file location
i just didnt know that if this software could update the playlist with the location, rather than having to sort through over 1 million files i have on my hdd
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### Author:  [@mbpt1984](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mbpt1984)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2024, 11:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m3u-spotify-to-local/66093/8 "2024-09-29T11:21:06Z")
i wasnt sure if the names are correct that mp3tag would search and update the location in the playlist file
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2024, 11:23am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m3u-spotify-to-local/66093/9 "2024-09-29T11:23:38Z")
> [@mbpt1984](#):
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> i just didnt know that if this software could update the playlist with the location, rather than having to sort through over 1 million files i have on my hdd
You are looking for a software that takes - for example
`3T - Anything.mp3`
from your M3U playlist and search for this song on your local HDD?
Or should it search for the song with this name on Spotify and show the URL?
Or should it search in the exported iTunes file and replace the location in the M3U with the full path content of the iTunes file?
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### Author:  [@mbpt1984](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mbpt1984)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2024, 11:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m3u-spotify-to-local/66093/10 "2024-09-29T11:24:07Z")
this is an exported one from itunes
as you can see it shows location
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### Author:  [@mbpt1984](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mbpt1984)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2024, 11:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m3u-spotify-to-local/66093/11 "2024-09-29T11:25:02Z")
just search from my hdd, to then update the playlist so when i import it into itunes it will work
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### Author:  [@mbpt1984](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mbpt1984)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2024, 11:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m3u-spotify-to-local/66093/12 "2024-09-29T11:26:30Z")
as the playlist was created on spotify, however i already own all the songs in the list, just needed the playlist without having to go through everything again
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2024, 11:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m3u-spotify-to-local/66093/13 "2024-09-29T11:27:54Z")
Sorry, I don't understand what you want to achieve.
Could you please tell us step-by-step what would be the perfect workflow?
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### Author:  [@mbpt1984](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mbpt1984)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2024, 11:29am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m3u-spotify-to-local/66093/14 "2024-09-29T11:29:10Z")
ok, i will show screenshots to make it easier, apologies if i wasnt clear, or explained it well
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### Author:  [@mbpt1984](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mbpt1984)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2024, 11:34am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m3u-spotify-to-local/66093/15 "2024-09-29T11:34:00Z")
here is the playlist from spotify (I own all these songs on my HDD
i exported this list to CSV and M3U
i have then tried to import into itunes - this is what i get
so it shows the list is empty
This is one of the songs on my HDD
so i need the playlist to update locations or search my hdd to match and update so it shows
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### Author:  [@AreDigg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AreDigg)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2024, 11:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m3u-spotify-to-local/66093/16 "2024-09-29T11:53:19Z")
I think your best bet to add the path to the text file manually. I guess you can do some search and replace in a text editor quite easily.
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### Author:  [@mbpt1984](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mbpt1984)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2024, 11:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m3u-spotify-to-local/66093/17 "2024-09-29T11:54:12Z")
what text editor would you recommend pal
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2024, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m3u-spotify-to-local/66093/18 "2024-09-29T12:30:48Z")
> [@mbpt1984](#):
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> i exported this list to CSV and M3U
To get the playlist working again, you would need the path to the file (name).
As Spotify seems to be able to find the files, try to get an option to include the full path or at least a relative path for each filename.
Otherwise, I think you would have to search for each file individually and manually
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2024, 12:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m3u-spotify-to-local/66093/19 "2024-09-29T12:31:58Z")
On Windows you can use the super basic Notepad or slightly better Wordpad that MS includes.
Following through here it looks like you need to include the main path to all of these files. Depending on your own structure it could be something like
`D:\Music\Albumartist\Album\Track+Title`
But you will need to update this to reflect your actual information.
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### Author:  [@mbpt1984](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mbpt1984)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2024, 12:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m3u-spotify-to-local/66093/20 "2024-09-29T12:33:57Z")
thank you i will try this if not ill have to grind it out
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