M3U playlist files are simply text files with the filenames of the files to
be played in order. It will have one filename per line. The filenames can
either be absolute or relative. An absolute filename will provide the
entire path of each file, such as:
"C:\Users\Don\My Music\Aerosmith\Just Push Play\03 - Jaded.mp3"
A relative path locates each file based on the location of the playlist's
file location. If the playlist M3U file is located in the "My Music"
folder above, the song location would have a relative path of:
".\Aerosmith\Just Push Play\03 - Jaded.mp3"
Note there is a period between the quote and the backslashh.
Both methods have pros and cons. Absolute paths are nice if the playlist is
expected to be moved around but the songs are likely always to be in the
same location. Relative paths work and continue to work only if both the
songs and playlists are moved together.
If you want to fix broken playlists, this can generally be accomplished by
editing the playlist file with any text editor, like notepad. A global find
and replace of the offending part of the paths may be enough to have the
playlist working again!
Don Marang
There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any real
substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I am working
on things that matter.
Dean Kamen
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From: "Pedro Romero" <phre...@comcast.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 1:18 AM
To: "Blind Computing list" <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Subject: [Blind-Computing] M3U File No Longer Plays
Hello all. I recently created a folder in to which all of my m3U files now
reside and I notice some don't play at all and others only play some of
the songs.
Incidentally, I play them with Winamp.
My question is,
must the m3u file reside in the folder in which it was created?
Any help, as always, will be appreciated. Thanks.
Pete
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