go2ldook Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Minor irritation, but I moved my playlists to my new phone from the old one. Did this by finding the playlist folder and copying the files to Google drive, then downloading them to the new phone and putting them in a Playlist folder using a files and folder app. It all works, except now the Playlist names all have ".m3u8" after them. They did not on my old phone. Not a huge issue, but does not look as neat. Tried "Rename", but when the "Rename Playlist" box comes up, the file name is not even shown. Tried renaming it on Google Drive, then downloading it, but then it does not show up in the playlist at all. Any way to fix this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Without an extender (either .m3u or .m3u8) the playlist files won't be recognised as playlists and thus wont be imported. All file-based playlists need that extender. Internal (database style) playlists don't need extenders as they are not files, they just have names. To copy from an external file-based playlist to an internal one, go to Library > Playlists and long-press on a file-based playlist title and select 'Add to Playlist'. Give it a new name and that will then create a new internal list of the same songs, but with no extender showing. Then get rid of the file version using your Files app (or maybe keep a backup copy somewhere, just in case). Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingdutchman Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 These playlists will eventually picked by both android and Poweramp media scanning. They then become internal playlists. Once they have been internalised, you can remove these m3u playlists. I notice Andre has also replied whilst i type this. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 No, you can't just remove a file-based playlist from storage, as the next Rescan will remove that entire playlist from the library's view (in the same way that removing an MP3 file from storage will remove it from Poweramp too). To keep the contents, first add them to an internal playlist and then you can remove the file copy (which will remove the file-based entry from the Library) Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quatorz Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Thank you for this thread. I just got a new phone and this was driving me crazy! Gol2dook, you are doing the Lord's work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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