Show .m3u files in folder heirarchy

[whiskeysix]

I'm scraping "this is" playlists from spotify for each artist in my library (ordered in the structure /Artist/Album/Trackname.flac) - these are working great from the "playlists" section, however when using "Folders Heirarchy" view, these are not displaying. Is it possible to have a flag added to show .m3u (or other playlist filetypes) from the folder hierarchy section?

[andrewilley]

So are you saying that you'd like playlist files (such as M3U, etc) to behave a bit like CUE files, and generate a nested 'pseudo-folder' within the current folder view? So clicking on such entries within the Folders or Folders Hierarchy categories would open the playlist's songs view? That does sound like a potentially useful option if you have you own favourites playlist saved within (for example) each artist's folder.

Andre

[whiskeysix]

I think exactly that (apologies, I have no experience with .cue files). I think it would be best hidden behind a flag though - not all users may want this! If i'm honest, given the sheer amount of features in Poweramp, I'm surprised it doesn't already exist!

[andrewilley]

Yes, if implemented I'm sure it would be an optional feature. Makes more sense with Relative Path Playlists, but could apply to anything I guess. I put all my own playlists in a Playlists folder for ease of management, but I can see why it might be nice to have per-artist favourite lists in their own folder hierarchy.

Andre

[Kdogg]

I just tried to post on this topic (May, 2023) so I apologize if this duplicates my post.

I am using a 1Tb micro SD card because I have thousands of tracks and playlists.  I use M3u files for my playlists.  There are thousands of curated playlists in my collection.

It is no longer feasible for me to scroll through the Playlist listings, so I started using the 'Folders Hierarchy' feature. I'm sorting my artist sets into subfolders of various Genre folders.

Now if I have 10 album folders by an artist I can just scroll to the appropriate Genre and easily find the artist.  I was hoping I would see the playlists in those folders.  Alas.

Please make it possible for me to see the m3u files in those folders.

[andrewilley]

@Kdogg I'm always curious as to why anyone would have such a large number of Playlists - unless they are simply duplicating existing tag-based Library Categories.

The idea of playlists is normally to be able to group together assorted disparate songs in some specific non-linear order so they can be played as a separate entity. And those playlists are grouped together in one place so you can find them without having to hunt around different layered subfolder locations. All of mine are in a separate 'Playlists' folder for example.

But technically I can't see why there couldn't be an option to show them in situ too, in the same way that .CUE files can been seen as pseudo subfolders.

Andre