How to copy playlist to multiple copies of MM
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 6:47 pm
We have 3 USB flash drives with portable copies of MMW4. We also have portable copies of MMW4 "installed" on several PCs. Each MM installation is paired with a copy of our music library. These libraries all have different paths - different drive letters and/or different high level directories. This makes porting playlists among the copies a real pain. And one a week we create a new playlist that needs to be copied to each installation. (The playlists serve as an archive of the music we've played.)
To complicate matters, our library contains multiple tracks with the same titles - sometimes different versions of the same piece; sometimes the exact same track in multiple directories.
Is there an addon that can help us copy a new playlist among our installations? Exporting the playlist is no trouble but we need something that ignores the drive letter and one or more high level qualifiers. I've tried ImportM3U.vbs but it runs afoul of the multiple copies.
For instance, say I export a playlist to an M3U file containing
ImportM3U.vbs finds
It does a good job of handling the drive and high level qualifiers but finds 4 matches where only the 2nd one is the actual match. That's not a problem for one track, but it's a real hassle for 50 tracks.
Is there an addon that can do what we need?
To complicate matters, our library contains multiple tracks with the same titles - sometimes different versions of the same piece; sometimes the exact same track in multiple directories.
Is there an addon that can help us copy a new playlist among our installations? Exporting the playlist is no trouble but we need something that ignores the drive letter and one or more high level qualifiers. I've tried ImportM3U.vbs but it runs afoul of the multiple copies.
For instance, say I export a playlist to an M3U file containing
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E:\FDMusic\Denis\09\Bufcansko.mp3
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D:\MM4\FDMusic\Atanas\AK003\A3 Bufcansko.mp3
D:\MM4\FDMusic\Denis\09\Bufcansko.mp3
D:\MM4\FDMusic\Sundian\05 Bufcansko.mp3
D:\MM4\FDMusic\Misc\M\Bufcansko.mp3
Is there an addon that can do what we need?