# Ripped 200 cds but forgot to add playlists to each album for that album
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ripped-200-cds-but-forgot-to-add-playlists-to-each-album-for-that-album/70013
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 18, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ripped-200-cds-but-forgot-to-add-playlists-to-each-album-for-that-album/70013 "2025-10-18T16:19:48Z")
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### Author:  [@rjxox](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rjxox)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ripped-200-cds-but-forgot-to-add-playlists-to-each-album-for-that-album/70013/1 "2025-10-18T16:19:48Z")
Hi,
New user here. I have tried searching on the forum and google. Tried a few things and scripts but nothing seems to work.
I ripped 200+ cds but neglected to make playlists for each individual cd as i went.
Is there a simple way to create playlists for each individual album in its own folders. To be clear I would like to load my folder with 200 albums and automatically create the own individual playlist for that album only but all at once and have the playlist added to each individual folder where the flacs are. I can do them individually but is there no way to do it all at once automatically?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ripped-200-cds-but-forgot-to-add-playlists-to-each-album-for-that-album/70013/2 "2025-10-18T16:36:18Z")
Load the files,
sort the files by Album and Track,
select the files.
Then try File\>Generate playlists ...
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### Author:  [@rjxox](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rjxox)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ripped-200-cds-but-forgot-to-add-playlists-to-each-album-for-that-album/70013/3 "2025-10-18T16:39:01Z")
That would have been too easy. It puts all the playlists in the main folder not individual folders. If i move the playlist to the folder manually the files don’t play.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ripped-200-cds-but-forgot-to-add-playlists-to-each-album-for-that-album/70013/4 "2025-10-18T16:44:51Z")
That is most astounding as I get a preview that shows an individual playlist in each album folder (provided, the files are organized in separate folders).
I get this preview:
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### Author:  [@rjxox](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rjxox)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ripped-200-cds-but-forgot-to-add-playlists-to-each-album-for-that-album/70013/5 "2025-10-18T16:55:54Z")
Wow awesome, I changed my strings to match yours and now it puts a .m3u files in each folder. Do you know how to set the file so that it reflects the album instead of just .m3u?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ripped-200-cds-but-forgot-to-add-playlists-to-each-album-for-that-album/70013/6 "2025-10-18T16:56:58Z")
You would need data in the field ALBUM to get more out of this function.
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### Author:  [@rjxox](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rjxox)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ripped-200-cds-but-forgot-to-add-playlists-to-each-album-for-that-album/70013/7 "2025-10-18T16:59:00Z")
Sorry I don’t know what to do. Is it adding another field or a string?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ripped-200-cds-but-forgot-to-add-playlists-to-each-album-for-that-album/70013/8 "2025-10-18T17:00:51Z")
I would make things so much easier if you would supply screenshots.
If you get simply ".m3u" as filename, but the definition for the playlist filename is %album%.m3u then I assume that your field ALBUM is empty.
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### Author:  [@rjxox](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rjxox)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ripped-200-cds-but-forgot-to-add-playlists-to-each-album-for-that-album/70013/9 "2025-10-18T17:10:31Z")
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### Author:  [@rjxox](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rjxox)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ripped-200-cds-but-forgot-to-add-playlists-to-each-album-for-that-album/70013/10 "2025-10-18T17:17:30Z")
maybe this needs to be different?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ripped-200-cds-but-forgot-to-add-playlists-to-each-album-for-that-album/70013/11 "2025-10-18T17:20:43Z")
If I read that correctly from the screenshot then you have
%alblum% instead of
%album%
there is an extra "L"
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### Author:  [@rjxox](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rjxox)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ripped-200-cds-but-forgot-to-add-playlists-to-each-album-for-that-album/70013/12 "2025-10-18T17:29:13Z")
Omg, lol my wife is correct I need glasses. One last request, how can I now name the artist and album. such as this Billy Joel - 52nd Street.m3u
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ripped-200-cds-but-forgot-to-add-playlists-to-each-album-for-that-album/70013/13 "2025-10-18T17:30:40Z")
Try:
Format string: `%_folderpath%\%albumartist% - %album%.m3u`
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### Author:  [@rjxox](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rjxox)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ripped-200-cds-but-forgot-to-add-playlists-to-each-album-for-that-album/70013/14 "2025-10-18T17:39:10Z")
That came out as 52nd Street.m3u not
Billy Joel 52nd Street.
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### Author:  [@rjxox](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rjxox)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ripped-200-cds-but-forgot-to-add-playlists-to-each-album-for-that-album/70013/15 "2025-10-18T17:40:05Z")
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2025, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ripped-200-cds-but-forgot-to-add-playlists-to-each-album-for-that-album/70013/16 "2025-10-18T17:47:26Z")
you get data only from fields that are actually there.
If you have not filled ALBUMARTIST yet but only ARTIST, then no data will be displayed if ALBUMARTIST is referenced.
Still, it is advisable to not only use ARTIST but also ALBUMARTIST as there are some albums that are released under a certain name (e.g. Peter Gabriel and his album "So") but there is a duet on that album with Kate Bush, so the data in ARTIST is "Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush".
Consequently, you would get 2 albums: one by Peter Gabriel only and one by Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush while the album would be known as one by Peter Gabriel.
So, if ALBUMARTIST does not work in your environment due to lack of data, try %artist% instead - with the risk to get more than one album playlist if there is different data in the field ARTIST for an ALBUM.
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### Author:  [@rjxox](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rjxox)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ripped-200-cds-but-forgot-to-add-playlists-to-each-album-for-that-album/70013/17 "2025-10-18T17:48:51Z")
I just tried that and it worked. Great thank you so much for your help it saved me a lot of more time lol. I really appreciate it.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ripped-200-cds-but-forgot-to-add-playlists-to-each-album-for-that-album/70013/18 "2025-11-17T17:48:54Z")
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