How do I edit m3u playlists from MM or iTunes so they work?

Posted:
Sun Sep 19, 2010 2:23 am
by DigitalGuru
When I make a playlist iTunes or MediaMonkey, the playlists show up in Subsonic players, but the songs don't show up in Subsonic players. When I create a playlist using the SubAir player they show up. When I opened both of the m3u files in wordpad, I noticed that the file created by SubAir has the whole file path listed (eg. D:\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music\artist\album\track) and when I create playlists using either MM or iT it only shows the path from the My Music folder (eg. iTunes\iTunes Music\artist\album\track). How can I make the playlists created in iTunes or MM show the whole path? Or how can I make Subsonic read playlists that don't have the whole path?
DG

Posted:
Sun Sep 19, 2010 8:53 pm
by Kirk
If it's simply a matter of a syntax issue, you should be able to open the playlist file in Notepad (or notepad++ might make it easier) and do a batch replace.
For instance, tell Notepad to replace all instances of "iTunes\iTunes Music\" with "D:\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music\". Tweak that so the new syntax matches the SubAir playlist syntax, then drop it in and give it a try.
I have never done that before, but I don't see why it wouldn't do the trick. Either way if it doesn't work, it's something you can try quick that might resolve your issue.
Cheers,
Kirk

Posted:
Mon Sep 20, 2010 1:53 am
by DigitalGuru
Awesome! It worked. Now I just have to remember to do that after editing the playlist. Thanks.
Dg

Posted:
Mon Sep 20, 2010 11:40 am
by Kirk
No problem, glad I could help.
Cheers,
Kirk