I have exported a playlist using iTunes 11.0.3. When I import the playlist all songs are imported except those where the filename contains the % character.
I believe this was working OK in older versions of iTunes.
Can anyone confirm this behaviour, as it's probably a bug?
Change Prog=True into Prog=False in what is currently line 76. This will stop the script trying to make the progress bar. It ought to look more like this, or at least it would on Windows 7:
You probably have UAC active which prevents the script from working with IE properly, though to be honest I am somewhat surprised it pops up at all in that case. It should show with all toolbars disabled when it is working as intended.
tt2
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit, UAC is not active, user is administrator.
If I disable the Progress Bar (Prog=False), then the script runs and playlist entries containing %, are imported . I assume then, that ImportM3U.vbs hasn't been tested in Windows 10?
FYI, if I enable the Progress Bar (Prog=True), manually disable IE11 add-ons and hide the IE11 status bar, I get a slightly different error:
and progress bar (in IE11) is:
Unless you have large playlists to import you probably don't need the progress bar. I have had it working in Windows 10 but I don't use 10 on a daily basis so I forgot what the trick was. The key registry setting is one called EnableLUA which used to get toggled as part of UAC. Use the EnableLUA script to turn it on or off. Despite what the prompts will tell you there is no need to reboot the computer when disabling or enabling the setting, at least as far as its impact on letting the script communicate with Internet Explorer to make the progress bar.
tt2
Got it, we're talking about admin approval mode here.
By default, the EnableLUA registry value = 1. Running the EnableLUA.vbs script sets the registry value to allow ImportM3U.vbs with the progress bar to run ok.
Many thanks.
I get the usual windows script host error window:
and I get this odd Internet Explorer window also:
Not completely sure. If you want an ealier version of itunes to make things easier, you can still do that:
Removing and Reinstalling iTunes, QuickTime, and other software components for Windows XP
iTunes 10.7 Download:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1576
iTunes 10.6 Download:
http://support.apple.com/kb/dl1427
Hope this helps.
This bug still exists even though I reported it over 2 years ago. I am now running iTunes v.12.3.2.35 64-bit for Windows.
Can anyone confirm the behaviour described previously.
I submitted a bug report back in 2011. 😉
Exporting as m3u8 may improve the results a little, but iTunes seems to have issues importing when the path includes the percentage symbol and certain accented characters.
See ImportM3U for a script that may work better than iTunes' own import routine.
tt2
This bug still exists today with v.12.6.2.20. Importing m3u or m3u8 still does not work and ImportM3U.vbs throws an error.
Has anyone ever got this to work or have a workaround?
What is the error?
tt2
You're welcome. 🙂
tt2
Probable playlist bug
