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Author Topic: Export playlist with files with rename using sequence/order? [Solved]  (Read 2632 times)

Quixote

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Hi guys,

I'm looking for a way to export/copy playlists (creating a .m3u potentially also) and their files to a directory and have those files renamed according to their playlist order to export to an USB drive to play in the car.

I looking to have it looking something like this:

Fun Songs (playlist)\
  • 01 - Some Song.mp3
  • 02 - Some Other Song.mp3
  • 03 - Another Song.mp3

Slow Songs (playlist)\
  • 01 - Some Slow Song.mp3
  • 02 - Some Other Slow Song.mp3
  • 03 - Another Slow Song.mp3


I couldn't find a way to integrate the Playlist Name or Sequence Order into the rename.

Thanks for any help.
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MC can renumber tracks using the Rename, Move & Copy dialog.  But the playlist name is not available.

How many playlists will you be working on?
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Well, I can work at one at a time. But ideally it was to do it en masse (10-15).

How do you get the renumber to work? I've tried Counter() before, but I've got some wonky results at times.
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Read about the caveats of Counter(), and the alternative.
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Thanks, MrC!

CustomData(#) function was the droid I was looking for!  Perfect.
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Friend Quixote,

In case you are still listening, I wrote a pscriptor scriplet this weekend that allows you to copy a selection of files and create its accompanying playlist, and allows flexible file renaming / sequencing.  Here's the current pre-release we're testing:

  http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=85990.msg611361#msg611361

The description there, and in subsequent threads provides additional info.  In your case, you'd select the files you wanted copied, perhaps from one or more playlists, and use the tool to do the copy, naming the sub-folders and files in the manner you want.  If you have these files go into an MC auto-import directory, you could use Tag on Import rules to pull the tags from the filename or folder paths of the copied files.  So operation becomes little more than selecting the files, and running the external tool with the options you want.
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Once again, thanks MrC!

I'll use this for my next export project.  I didn't know that this PERL scripting even existed.  I'll be able to do a lot of stuff with it!
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You're welcome.

I'm sure by the time you're ready, the scriptlet will be included in the main pscriptor release (which you can find in the first post of the thread).
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