itunes playlist order

In other words you're looking for something that will take an existing playlist and copy the files into a new folder using a pattern such as <Index> <Name> or <Index> <Name> - <Artist> so that the files are listed in your playlist order in Windows Explorer. That folder could then be played in a player/device that can play a folder in its filename order. Obviously the index will need padding out with leading zeros.

I'm just working on an update to my ExportToFolder script that will add a new keyword to do this. Any other thoughts before I finalise it?

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OK, download a copy of the script now. <Index> will pad to a minimum of four characters which should make it obvious you're looking at index numbers instead of track numbers. You can edit the script and preset the Root and Pattern for your target export folder and export pattern. The file extension is included automatically.

Here's an example:

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Yes, the left-most column of numbers in the songs view is the current play order position, although it will mirror the track numbers if you enable the artwork column. When sorting on this column you can manually reorder your songs.

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Use File > Library > Export Playlist and export a .m3u or .m3u8 file. This gives you a playlist that you could potentially access in another application, as long as all of the files are stored locally and aren't Apple Music protected files.

If you're trying to capture more information about the music then you can select, copy, and paste into an Excel spreadsheet.

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Thanks, funnily enough I got into VBA because Excel wouldn't do what I needed out of the box, so using VBScript to control iTunes was a relatively easy transition.

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