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Poster:	brewster	Date:	May 01, 2005 12:21:35am
Forum:	etree	Subject:	anyone know how to create an itunes playlist?

The Internet Archive makes m3u files that work great on windows and with winamp, but requires a script plugin on the Mac to make it work with iTunes.

Can anyone help us make a script that would run on linux that would take our xml (has the http urls for the tracks, track names, and show information) and create a iTunes compatible playlist?

Thank you.

-brewster
Digital Librarian

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Poster:	musicistheBEST!	Date:	May 02, 2005 08:17:07am
Forum:	etree	Subject:	Re: m3u "working" w/ iTunes Mac

FWIW -- the .m3u files you generate do "work" (albiet indirectly) with iTunes (in my case, iTunes ver 4.6 under 10.2.8 & 10.3.9); what I do is:

- select desired show Stream link (Hi-Fi or Lo-Fi)
- download it to desktop (CTRL-click "save Link As..."
- drag to iTunes "Source" window
- revel in resulting tune-ly goodness

Appearance of track info (track name, band, etc) beyond simple filenames does appear to be hit-or miss, sometime works, sometimes not....but hey, who needs a perfect world when we can listen to Lowell and Warren...

FZ said it all: mitB!