Playlist songs out of order

[tommyfs]

If I build a playlist in MM5, then File/Reports/Filelist, the resulting CSV file's items are not in the same order as the MM5 Playlist when I open the CSV report in Excel. So if I want to maintain some redundancy (for my gigs), I must rebuild same filelist in MM4 (using older secondary LapTop with Win7SP1). Here's the question: Since both MM4 and MM5 produce the same exported M3U file for a given playlist, I can't seem to find a way to "import" or "copy" the playlist or M3U file from MM4 to MM5 and vice-versa. I really need to ultimately print a hard copy with the correct song order. What am I missing?

[Lowlander]

1) You can export Playlists as Playlists (so you can use them as such in any application).

2) Which Build (Help > About) of MediaMonkey are you using. I believe this was a bug in an older version.

[tommyfs]

Thanks, L. Regards #1, the MM5 "Exports Playlist" produces a M3U file, which cannot be opened directly by MM4, meaning I have to recreate that Playlist again for use in MM4, which is double work. I can't find a way to "Import" the M3U file into MM4 for direct use, which is what I want to be able to do.

Re #2, software is MM4 V4.1.31.1919. MM5 V5.0.3.2627.

Thanks for any help you can give.

[Lowlander]

Add/Rescan Files imports M3U Playlist files in both MediaMonkey 4 and 5.

[tommyfs]

Got it! Export Playlists, though, exports ALL the playlists. Since I'm usually interested in just one (the newest), I just delete all the playlists in the target folder except the one I'm interested in; then import (Add/Rescan) using the other (MM4). Thanks for the help.

[Peke]

Hi,
Just curious if when you make report and sort by is empty did it export in correct order?


You can also right click on playlist and use Send to -> Playlist to export it.

Also When I use MM for gigs or gatherings or in my old car that did not supported Playlists I simply synced whole folder and made destination filenames are in order of playlist and also set to create playlist with relative path so once I inser external HDD to other PC I can simply use My Computer(MM4)/Folders(MM5) Tree nodes to browse and see playlists or simply double click on playlist toi play it on other PC

For Sync to Local folder (Point to External HDD) I used these settings: