Posted by John on 12/02/06 06:41

Playlist repair sounded like a good idea...so I've just finished coding
it as an addition to MP3-Boss (Mp3 Database/Manager with Winamp
support). I hope to have the new release out by Sunday or so.

It will read the currently loaded Winamp playlist, and write out a file
with corrected information based on where it can locate the same-named
files in the Mp3-Boss database (which automaticallys scans any/all of
your hard drives). On my system, it takes less than a tenth of a
second to fix 100 songs.

Once the playlist is fixed, I think I'll just load the fixed playlist
into Winamp -- without overwriting the original playlist or creating a
new playlist (although there is a fixed temporary playlist created
during processing).

Any suggestions on what should be done better? Thanks for the idea!

John
http://www.mp3-boss.com


dvpetta@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Over the years I've made several playlists in winamp (.m3u files) that
> need to be fixed due to my renaming of files and moving them to
> different directory.
>
> I've looked all over for a playlist repair program and can't find
> anything. The closest thing I have is Dynamic Library for Winamp and
> it's super slow.
>
> Can someone point me in the direction of a program that can scan a m3u
> file, tell you where the dead links are and maybe just maybe suggest
> where to find the file now? I can't believe i can't find something
> that does atleast one of those requests but I'm helpless at the moment.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> the.dza

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