# Update of .m3u playlist when file location is changed
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/update-of-m3u-playlist-when-file-location-is-changed/9290
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 8, 2009, 7:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/update-of-m3u-playlist-when-file-location-is-changed/9290 "2009-11-08T07:50:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@dkwitt](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dkwitt)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2009, 7:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/update-of-m3u-playlist-when-file-location-is-changed/9290/1 "2009-11-08T07:50:50Z")
Thanks for an excellent piece of software.
My question is, can I use mp3tag to update .m3u files with a file's new location?
I want to put all tracks in folders organised by album name, using the mp3tag tag\>filename action:
e.g.
C:\Folder\Artist-Title.mp3 is renamed to C:\Folder\Artist\Album\Artist-Title.mp3
However this means that all of the .m3us which currently exist will be invalid because the mp3s no longer exist:
e.g.
#EXTINF:0,Artist-Title.mp3
Artist-Title.mp3
I think it should be changed to
#EXTINF:0,Artist-Title.mp3
Album\Artist\Artist-Title.mp3
Is there a way to go through .m3u files and update them based on the tag contents?
Thank you.
I hope that this has not been raised before, I searched but could not find anything.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2009, 7:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/update-of-m3u-playlist-when-file-location-is-changed/9290/2 "2009-11-08T07:59:16Z")
One possibility I can currently think of is
- loading the m3u previous to renaming the files via File \> Load Playlist, then
- rename the files according your preferred criteria and
- let Mp3tag create a new playlist with the updated filenames.
Kind regards, Florian
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### Author:  [@dkwitt](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dkwitt)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2009, 8:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/update-of-m3u-playlist-when-file-location-is-changed/9290/3 "2009-11-09T08:48:40Z")
Thanks Florian. This solution works. It is a bit labour-intensive but it is much quicker than rebuilding the playlists by hand.
Thanks again for an excellent product and for your speedy response.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/update-of-m3u-playlist-when-file-location-is-changed/9290/4 "2026-02-09T12:21:55Z")