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Playlist output format incompatible with Spotify playlist converter

Hi folks,

I'm trying to use epsil's spotgen to convert Foobar playlists I have into Spotify playlists and the .m3u playlists are formatted differently than what it needs.

This is from the web demo--

"One can also import M3U playlists (with the file extension .m3u or .m3u8), provided they contain EXTM3U metadata. That is, the playlist should be on the form":

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:404,Desire Lines - Deerhunter
Deerhunter/Halcyon Digest/06 Desire Lines.mp3
#EXTINF:230,Saved By Old Times - Deerhunter
Deerhunter/Microcastle/10 Saved By Old Times.mp3
#EXTINF:202,Agoraphobia - Deerhunter
Deerhunter/Microcastle/02 Agoraphobia.mp3
(end quote)

When I create .m3u playlists and then open them up in notepad to copy them, they look like this:

E:\Dj Music\10 Farewell Track.mp3
E:\Dj Music\07 Clark - Snowbird.mp3
E:\Dj Music\4-22 Bad Dream.mp3
E:\Dj Music\6-07 Moving Glowstream (Amon Tobin R.mp3
E:\Dj Music\05 Northern Plastics.mp3
E:\Dj Music\05 Boc Maxima.mp3
E:\Dj Music\09 Niagra.mp3
E:\Dj Music\1-09 Bocuma.mp3
E:\Dj Music\1-13 Olson.mp3
E:\Dj Music\08 Sherbet Head.mp3

I have all of the track/album/artist info in Foobar before I export. How does that get tacked onto the .m3u info, along with the omission of the file location?
Thanks!

Edit: Here's the app, which I don't understand how to use!

Re: Playlist output format incompatible with Spotify playlist converter

Reply #1 –
You can save this kind of a playlist with artist and title metadata in Winamp. If you load a large number of files, it may take a while for Winamp to lazily load tags from them. To speed up this special task, select 'Read metadata when files are loaded' in Preferences -> Titles.

Foobar doesn't use this extended playlist format, because it can only record time, artist and title in ambiguous fashion, and not other metadata fields.
 

Re: Playlist output format incompatible with Spotify playlist converter

Reply #2 –
You’re the bestest

Re: Playlist output format incompatible with Spotify playlist converter

Reply #3 –
Another way of producing a playlist from Foobar itself is with the Text Tools component. You can also generate lists in a different format if you need. Save multiple presets for different uses. The function is called from context menu - Utilities.

Code: [Select]
$ifequal(%list_index%,1,#EXTM3U$crlf(),)#EXTINF:$if2(%_length_seconds%,0):[%artist% - ][%title%]$crlf()%path%

Limitations: Playlist always contains full path, header is only added if copying from the first track in the foobar window.