Poweramp playlist bug how fix it?

[andrewilley]

@xeon927 Currently PA's matching process is fully automatic, there is no way to adjust from the default method of matching the filename and containing folder, which at the time of implementation was considered pretty-much foolproof. However there have been a couple of very rare cases in the wild which cause mis-matches, such as yours and the instance in this thread:

In both cases, the workaround is pretty simple, just make sure the filenames unique. For example, add the band name to the ambiguous song titles (or the whole album if you want it to look consistent) and then use a plain text editor to adjust the playlist file to match with the one you want:

Music\Imagine Dragons\Thunder\1-01 - Thunder (Imagine Dragons).flac
Music\Gabry Ponte\Thunder\1-01 - Thunder (Gabry Ponte).flac

 

@maxmp Although this issue is very rare, it has happened more than once now. Perhaps it might be worth adjusting the resolving process so if the search returns two or more identical matches in the library, the next folder level up is checked too?

Andre

[Lyt WorkShift]

make this script below and wala

 

 

import os

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# path to the M3U8 file
m3u8_path = "C:\\Users\\___YOUR USERNAME____\\Desktop\\________THE PLAYLIST.m3u8"

# directory to search for files in
directory = "M:\\"
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# list to store the file paths
file_paths = []

# read the file names from the M3U8 file
with open(m3u8_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
    lines = f.readlines()

# loop through the lines of the M3U8 file and search for files
for i in range(len(lines)):
    if not lines[i].startswith("#"):
        file_name = os.path.basename(lines[i].strip())
        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(directory):
            if file_name in files:
                file_path = os.path.join(root, file_name)
                file_paths.append(file_path.replace("M:\\", ""))
                break

# update the lines of the M3U8 file with the file paths
for i in range(len(lines)):
    if not lines[i].startswith("#"):
        if file_paths:
            lines[i] = file_paths.pop(0) + "\n"
        else:
            break

# write the updated M3U8 file back to disk
with open(m3u8_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
    f.writelines(lines)
 

put this file and your playlist on your desktop 

 

 

 

import os
import pathlib
import re

# get the user's home directory
home_dir = pathlib.Path.home()

 

# Edit here

# path to the M3U8 file
m3u8_path = os.path.join(home_dir, "Desktop", "Playlist.m3u8")

 

# Edit here

# directory to search for files in
directory = os.path.join("X:\\")

 

 

 

 

# list to store the file paths
file_paths = []

# read the file names from the M3U8 file
with open(m3u8_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
    lines = f.readlines()

# loop through the lines of the M3U8 file and search for files
for i in range(len(lines)):
    if not lines[i].startswith("#"):
        file_name = os.path.basename(lines[i].strip())
        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(directory):
            if file_name in files:
                file_path = os.path.join(root, file_name)
                file_paths.append(file_path.replace(directory, ""))
                break

# update the lines of the M3U8 file with the file paths
for i in range(len(lines)):
    if not lines[i].startswith("#"):
        if file_paths:
            lines[i] = file_paths.pop(0) + "\n"
        else:
            break

# write the updated M3U8 file back to disk
with open(m3u8_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
    f.writelines(lines)