I am able to replicate the issue, tracked as http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=9213

[quote="rusty"]Tested 1420 and the m3u format options are all working for me. I tested both wmdm and usbms plugins, and tested with 'Organize playlists using...' both enabled and disabled.

Is the problem always occurring for you with the latest build? Perhaps a debug log?

Thanks.

-Rusty[/quote]

Extended M3U not working for me in build 1456. I get a #EXTM3U tag but no #EXTINF tags.

Configuration on playlists page:

- Sync playlists checked
- Library playlists checked
- Destination directory: \
- Organize Playlists using: prefix for each playlist type
- Force relative paths checked
- Use extended M3U checked
- Use Linux folder separator checked

Will send you a debug log, thanks.

I suppose the UI can be cleaned up a bit to make this more obvious.

Covered at: http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=8254

-Rusty

The problem is user-error, you need to check specific albums/artists in the auto-sync list in order to generate playlists for them. You can't just check library playlists then have the artist/album playlists built from that.

Tested 1420 and the m3u format options are all working for me. I tested both wmdm and usbms plugins, and tested with 'Organize playlists using...' both enabled and disabled.

Is the problem always occurring for you with the latest build? Perhaps a debug log?

Thanks.

-Rusty

[quote="Ludek"]Thank you, you are right, this no longer works, fixed as: http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=8205[/quote]
Not working for me with build 1415. Of these options:
[b]Generate playlists for:
[x] Library Playlists
[x] Artists
[x] Albums
[x] Location
[/b]only Library Playlists works.

[quote="mcow"][quote="rusty"]Fixed in build 1407. Please confirm that it works for you.

Thanks.

-Rusty[/quote]

I have been trying to confirm with build 1408 and I cannot get the M3Us to be created at all.
My device options:
[x] sync playlists
Generate device Playlists for
[x] Albums
Dest directory: \Music\
[ ] Organize playlists...
[x] Force relative paths
[x] Use Unicode
[x] Use extended M3U
[x] Use Linux separator

Syncing to a Nokia N800 tablet, which is configured as a USBMass1 device. Music syncs fine.[/quote]

Thank you, you are right, this no longer works, fixed as: http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=8205

Another M3U option that I will need to use the playlist-creation feature is to write the UTF-8 files without the BOM. I've discovered that Canola won't read a BOM'd file, just as it won't read a file with CRLF line endings.

What a pain. I probably should just get an iPod. Someday.

I also note that the current (well, as of 1408) implementation of "extended M3U" doesn't do anything except put a #EXTM3U header in the file. This doesn't make any difference to me—Canola accepts EXTM3U but doesn't use the features—but without the #EXTINF's, there doesn't seem to be much point.

[i]EDIT: 29-Jul-2011[/i]
The [b]File | Export to Playlist[/b] command, using UTF-8, also includes the BOM. (This is much better behaved than the MM3 implementation.) I took one and made a copy without a BOM, and then loaded both into WinAmp. WinAmp [i]requires[/i] the BOM; the M3U without the BOM resulted in unintelligible entries in the playlist, and the associated files were not found.

It'd be great if the BOM were optional, but I've written a simple conversion script that I can run on the N800 after the playlists have been copied over. After some research, I think I've determined the problem is Nokia's fault: Maemo mandated UTF8-no-BOM as the text format, and didn't support BOM until Maemo5.

[quote="mcow"]You seem to think that bugs can be magically fixed by an incremented version number.[/quote]There have been plenty of times were users reported bugs and upgrading to the newest build fixed it. Add to that, that not all fixes that happen are reported in Mantis. Anyway when reporting bugs the latest version should be used to make sure no old ghosts are chased for nothing.

[quote="Rusty"]1) Make sure that you're using the most recent build[/quote]
from: http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=341

In this case a debug log send to support might be the best route.

You seem to think that bugs can be magically fixed by an incremented version number.

I experimented some more with the options, and the part that's not working is the "Generate playlists for..." settings -- only the "Library Playlists" option works. Real easy to test, no chasing involved -- especially since the playlists are re-generated, if missing, each time the Sync button is pressed, even if the music files are already resident on the target device.

The Linux path separator feature does indeed use the Linux line ending, which is what I initially set out to check.

[quote="mcow"] I have better things to do than play russian roulette with random beta builds.[/quote]The same goes for chasing bug reports on old builds.

I discovered that a single, empty playlist was created (altho three albums were sync'd over), but it was called
[b]N800 (N-).m3u[/b] -- apparently named for the device, not for the album(s) as my options were set up.

[quote="Lowlander"]Try again with 1412 which is the current build.[/quote]
Not unless you can point me to a bug marked Fixed since 1408 that looks at all related to on-device playlist creation. I have better things to do than play russian roulette with random beta builds.

Try again with 1412 which is the current build.

[quote="rusty"]Fixed in build 1407. Please confirm that it works for you.

Thanks.

-Rusty[/quote]

I have been trying to confirm with build 1408 and I cannot get the M3Us to be created at all.
My device options:
[x] sync playlists
Generate device Playlists for
[x] Albums
Dest directory: \Music\
[ ] Organize playlists...
[x] Force relative paths
[x] Use Unicode
[x] Use extended M3U
[x] Use Linux separator

Syncing to a Nokia N800 tablet, which is configured as a USBMass1 device. Music syncs fine.

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