Hi,
since the new version of iTunes 10.4 it is importing all my .m3u files as playlists. How can I prevent that from happening? All these years I was actually glad that iTunes ignored those lists.
Is there a setting that can be used? Or do I have to go through all my music and delete the .m3u files instead?
To refresh my library I alwas reimport all music over what is there so there are a lot of .m3u files imported now...
Kind regards
Spanky
I am having a similar issue since installing OSX Lion with iTunes 10.4. I have m3u playlists within folders that contain music, and iTunes insists on importing both the songs and playlists. It now takes extremely long to add multiple folders since it begins to play the playlist after importing. Is there an option to ignore m3u playlists with this new import behavior?
There have obviously been some modifications to the way iTunes handles m3u playlists in version 10.4.0.80. I normally sync from an imported m3u playlist (I'm a Winamp user) and since I updated, it now imports those playlists as blank unless I Mac-ify the paths in the playlist.
i also find this to be more of a frustrating and annoying problem than anything good or useful at all
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3272731
I wrote an explanation on how I got mine to stop by deleting them. I should also add that if you want to keep these files, instead of deleting them, move them to a new folder that you will not add to your iTunes. Hope this helps!
Scott
Use Doug's MusicFolderFilesNotAdded2 script to add new music instead of adding your entire music folder over and over again via the iTunes menus.
tt2
iTunes 10.4 prevent m3u import
