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I'm not sure what has changed (could be user error), bit when export M3U playlists it shows the strangest song paths with what looks like tag data. Example :

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:310,Casa Del Jazz All Stars - La Canzone Di Marinella
metadata://{"id":"4119","title":"La Canzone Di Marinella","artist":"Casa Del Jazz All Stars","albumArtist":"","album":"Omaggio A Fabrizio De Andre","sourceInfo":"","cacheStatus":"0","trackNumber":"1","discNumber":"","path":"uuid://00113285-bacf-0011-cfba-cfba85321100:50002/m/NDLNA/2864539.flac","songLength":"310000","trackType":"0"}

Previously, if I opend an M3U export (to adjust the path to exclude the mapped drive) it displayed in the expected way. Example :

/Flac/Various Classical Artists/100 Relaxing Classics/06 Nocturne In G Min Op. 15_3.flac

The above isn't 100% true as I reversed the slashes and before "Flac" it would state the shared drive. However this is how the path would appear in the M3U.

As it currently looks, I believe it's showing the paths according to MM database, rather than the actual file location and tree.

Any ideas on how I can export M3Us like the second example please?

Thanks again.

Hi,
Are you using latest Release Candidate from viewtopic.php?f=30&t=86639&sd=d

producer_ben wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 10:18 pm I'm not sure what has changed (could be user error),

Hi Producer-Ben,

it looks like you may have hit the nail on the head

File>Export>Playlists still works as expected for me.
Are those newly added tracks? It looks like you may have have imported them (Add/Rescan) from a Media Server which is publishing those tracks, rather than importing the tracks directly.

Go to one of the tracks, and press Shift+Enter ... ie. go to the File Properties panel.
Check the Location and the FileName ... are they pointing at your tracks?

Tools > Options > Tags & Playlists allows you to disable extended and relative paths for exported Playlists in MediaMonkey 5.0.2

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:310,Casa Del Jazz All Stars - La Canzone Di Marinella
metadata://{"id":"4119","title":"La Canzone Di Marinella","artist":"Casa Del Jazz All Stars","albumArtist":"","album":"Omaggio A Fabrizio De Andre","sourceInfo":"","cacheStatus":"0","trackNumber":"1","discNumber":"","path":"uuid://00113285-bacf-0011-cfba-cfba85321100:50002/m/NDLNA/2864539.flac","songLength":"310000","trackType":"0"}

This seems track from UPnP/DLNA server. Probably a track from your NAS server accessed via UPnP/DLNA instead of accessing via UNC path.

Disabling '[x] use Extended M3U' in Tools > Options > Tags & Playlists
will work to not include the metadata, but this way the path in m3u will be just like:
http://192.168.0.2:50002/m/NDLNA/2864539.flac
which may create deadlink (as the IP 192.168.0.2 of the NAS may vary).