Alternative playlist generator, by Wayne Watson.
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System Requirements:
.NET runtime 2.0 or above.
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History:
23-08-2008 1.0 Initial and hopefully final release.
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The basic idea is to parse an input (media) directory and generate playlists to a different directory.
Example:
input = D:\music
output = D:\music\playlists
Can potentially be used to generate video playlists for MCE/VMC.
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Download pre-compiled binary:
http://wayno.no-ip.org/tools/playlist_1.0.zip
Source code for those who wish to verify code safety:
http://wayno.no-ip.org/tools/playlist_1.0_src.zip
Included in the download:
example.bat
extensions.txt
playlist.exe
readme.txt (this file)
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USAGE:
playlist.exe [/A [.ext]] [/C] [/F] [/H] [/M | /S] [/E extensions.txt]
/I inputDir /O outputDir
/A Generate ASX instead of M3U. (Video playlists for VMC)
.ext Extension to use for /A. Eg wmx, wvx, etc.
/C Deletes outputDir before generation. outputDir WILL BE DELETED!
/F Flat output structure. (No Subdirectories)
/H Include hidden files. (Not Recommended)
/M Generate master (multi) directory playlists. (Overlap)
/S OR Generate single directory playlists. (No Overlap)
/E File containing list of extensions to filter. (Recommended)
/I Input (Media) Directory. (Required)
/O Output (Playlist) Directory. (Required)
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Examples:
Say I have the following file structure:
D:\music\ <folder>
D:\music\rock\ <folder>
D:\music\rock\foo\ <folder>
D:\music\rock\foo\1.mp3
D:\music\rock\foo\album1 <folder>
D:\music\rock\foo\album1_1.mp3
D:\music\rock\foo\album1_2.mp3
D:\music\rock\foo\album2 <folder>
D:\music\rock\foo\album2_1.mp3
D:\music\rock\foo\album2_2.mp3
D:\music\rock\foo\album2_3.mp3
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Example 1 (master playlists):
playlist /master /E extensions.txt /I "D:\Music" /O "D:\Music\Playlists"
Will produce the following playlist structure:
D:\music\Playlists <folder>
D:\music\Playlists\Music <folder>
D:\music\Playlists\Music.m3u <-- everything in "music"
D:\music\Playlists\Music\rock <folder>
D:\music\Playlists\Music\rock.m3u <-- everything in "rock"
D:\music\Playlists\Music\rock\foo.m3u <-- everything in "foo"
Notes:
\Playlists\Music.m3u contains all media files from \music\
\Playlists\Music\rock.m3u contains all media files from \music\rock\
\Playlists\Music\rock\foo.m3u contains all media files from \music\rock\foo\.
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Example 2 (single directory playlists):
playlist /single /E extensions.txt /I "D:\Music" /O "D:\Music\Playlists"
Will produce the following playlist structure:
D:\music\Playlists <folder>
D:\music\Playlists\Music <folder>
D:\music\Playlists\Music\rock <folder>
D:\music\Playlists\Music\rock\foo.m3u
D:\music\Playlists\Music\rock\foo\album1.m3u
D:\music\Playlists\Music\rock\foo\album1.m3u
Note:
foo.m3u contains all files in music\rock\foo, but NOT sub directories.
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Example 3 (FLAT master playlists):
playlist /flat /master /E extensions.txt /I "D:\Music" /O "D:\Music\Playlists"
Will produce the following playlist structure:
D:\music\Playlists <folder>
D:\music\Playlists\Music.m3u <-- everything in "music"
D:\music\Playlists\Music.rock.m3u <-- everything in "rock"
D:\music\Playlists\Music.rock.foo.m3u <-- everything in "foo"
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Example 4 (FLAT single directory playlists):
playlist /flat /single /E extensions.txt /I "D:\Music" /O "D:\Music\Playlists"
Will produce the following playlist structure:
D:\music\Playlists <folder>
D:\music\Playlists\Music.rock.foo.m3u
D:\music\Playlists\Music.rock.foo.album1.m3u
D:\music\Playlists\Music.rock.foo.album1.m3u
Note:
Music.rock.foo.m3u contains all files in music\rock\foo, but NOT sub directories.
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Example 5 (Video playlists):
playlist /asx wvx /single /E extensions.txt /I "D:\Music Videos" /O "D:\Music Videos\Playlists"
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