# .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:** 1 **Showing post:** 22
### 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: [September 30, 2024, 5:15am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m3u-spotify-to-local/66093/22 "2024-09-30T05:15:31Z")
Perhaps this is a way to grind it out: My idea: as the playlist does not contain the path, the files have to moved (temporarily) to a single folder and then the playlist can be applied. And with that information, the files could be moved back to the original location and a local playlist can be created. These would be the steps: - Load all files into MP3tag. - Select all the files - Create a user-defined field to store the original path: Format value for (e.g.) OLD\_PATH Format string: %\_path% - Move all the files to a single folder. Use Convert\>Tag-Filename Format string: `E:\playlist_temp\%_filename%` - Make `E:\playlist_temp\` the working directory - Drag&drop the Spotify playlist into MP3tag. Hopefully, MP3tag now loads all the files from the playlist - Select all the files - Now move all files back to the original location: Convert\>Tag-Filename Format string: %old\_path% - Select all files (if necessary) - Create a new playlist - Load that playlist into iTunes and see whether it works. Once the process is over, you can delete the field OLD\_PATH ... it could be that not all the files were addressed by the Spotify playlist. These would remain in the folder `E:\playlist_temp\`. To restore your old file structure, you would have to load `E:\playlist_temp\` again an move the files back to the original location as described above. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m3u-spotify-to-local/66093)._