Converting WinAmp (M3U) Playlists Into iTunes (XML) Playlists

I just posted a complete failure of iTunes regarding playlists. Both it's own as winamp lists dont work. I wish it was possible for winamp to sinc with my iTouch, that would be a lot better then iTunes which causes more frustration and anger. I went to 2 apple stores, neither were willing to help out with this. The online support is asking for impossible required information so I am forced to try on here, in the hope something improves somehow.

And even worse, I have everything sorted perfectly. Then iTunes comes along and tears up EVERYTHING I been working on for years! I can redo the sorting from the start! Which means sorting over 30Gb of music! (yes all legal). I need it all sorted because I am heavily autistic, without order in some way I just get lost in it all. Got enough chaos in my head already! I don't need iTunes to give me more! =(

solgar wrote:

Tried it. This only worked with one playlist. Did exactly as illustrated above, and saved a pre-existing WinAmp playlist as the same file name, but in a different folder and with the new PLS extension. One playlist imported okay. Tried another playlist. ITunes kept showing "Determining Gapless Playback", then "Matchbox 1". After it finished, moments later, only the name of the playlist was imported, no music was viewable in the main window of iTunes.

That would suggest that either the playlist doesn't have the correct absolute or relative paths from the folder the playlist is stored in to the media, or that iTunes is failing to correctly interpret the format. It would be useful to know which. I can probably adjust one of my scripts as a workaround either way, but it would be nice if "it just worked".

tt2

I have tried this pls solution without any success.

While opening one of my m3u playlist in notepad, I noticed that the drive letter was no more indicated in the playlisting.

So i used the find&replace option to add to each playlist entry the drive letter i.e D: and then saved it as m3u.

This time it will import successfully in itunes !

Example of what i meant above, with an excerpt of my playlist :

from winamp each entry is like \FUNK\U-V---------\Undisputed Truth - Smiling faces sometimes.mp3

After my edit it becomes D:\FUNK\U-V---------\Undisputed Truth - Smiling faces sometimes.mp3

(I used find&replace \FUNK by D:\FUNK to change all entries)

Hope this helps

I have Itunes 10.6.1,7 and I tried to use your thingy and it didn't work. I'm hoping since Steve Jobs' *** has dropped dead that the people in charge of this platform will let go of the reigns. This is so madding for Windows users. My playlist have over 6 hours of music and I don't want to sit for hours dragging and dropping songs twice just to get it play in itunes. I hope Apple reads this and fixes this playlist problem for windows users. I've regretted getting an Ipod and iphone and having this many problems just to transfer my playlist from WMP to stupid *** Itunes. SMMFH!

Issue:

Winamp M3U files do not have the full path listed for each song within the M3U files.

Resolution:

1. Verify the correct path for each song (i.e., play in Winamp).

a. If the song's path is incorrect, fix path (dragging and dropping correct song).

2. Copy the M3U file to separate folder for editing.

3. Open M3U file in a text editor (i.e., Notepad++).

4. Verify the path for the first song, if there isn't a drive letter or correct path where the song resides modify.

a. Example below shows that the song title "Song1" is located in the path: Audio\Music.

#EXTINF:101,ArtistName - Song1

Audio\Music\ArtistName - Song1.mp3

b. Modify the path where the files are really located. Example above is missing the drive letter where these files are located.

The example in 4a is located in the following path: D:\Audio\Music. Add the drive letter (& colon) and the backslash.

#EXTINF:101,ArtistName - Song1

D:\Audio\Music\ArtistName - Song1.mp3

5. Just do a replace (within Notepad++) of Audio\Music with D:\Auidio\Music. NOTE: D:\ is an example only. Please use the drive letter where your music files are located.

6. Save the M3U file you just edited.

7. Next, from iTunes select File -> Library --> Import Playlist.., select the M3U file you just edited.

8. Finished.

Hope this works.

Yes it is a work around, but I've verify this works; Windows 7 (Home Premium SP1), iTunes version: 10.7.0.21, Winamp version: 5.623 (x86).

Covered earlier in the thread, and a script for those that aren't happy editing the files... 😉

tt2

Turingtest2,

Thanks, but I've attempted to use that script (which worked for a few times), but recently I receive the following error message:

Please advise.

Thanks.

ipj

Happy to try and help... but the error message might be useful. 😕

tt2

Sorry about that. Here's the error message:

Which versions of Windows & Internet Explorer are you using? Looks like another "feature" change I need to be wary off. Can you confirm your line 807 reads:

.menubar=False

I can't see why that would cause a bailout but I've just moved it into the error trapped section a few lines below and uploaded a new version which might fare better...

tt2

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium, SP1

IE: 9.0.8112.16421

Yes line 807 reads:

.menubar=False

Here's a snapshot of ImportM3U.vbs:

See if the new version ofImportM3Uworks any better.

tt2

Unfortunately I'm getting the following error message:

I'm wondering if the issue is with the M3U file not displaying the drive letter?

The latest ImportM3U.vbs file worked great when I used a M3U file that I modified by adding the drive letter in front of the path.

In the current build that line is part of code that is called when the progress bar is removed. It is inside an error trapped region so in principle any error at the point should be ignored and the script should proceed with the next statement. No idea why it isn't doing as it's told.

Change the statement on line 72

Prog=True ' Display progress bar

to

Prog=False ' Display progress bar

to disable the progress bar. At least that way the script should complete.

tt2

Changing line 72 worked. Now all M3U files are able to convert over.

Thanks for all your hard work.