I've 22 playlists and a very large music library. For my car I want to have only the tracks on a stick that are in the playlists.
My idea: Create 22 new folders with these tracks.
Is there an easy way to do this in a bulk action?
how create new folder from playlist?
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Re: how create new folder from playlist?
What application you use?
Re: how create new folder from playlist?
In Linux Mint I use Lollypop. In Windows MediaMonkey.
MediaMonkey is the most feature-rich app I know, and it might work with it somehow.
However, it also could be done with a certain command or command chain. That's why I posted it here.
MediaMonkey is the most feature-rich app I know, and it might work with it somehow.
However, it also could be done with a certain command or command chain. That's why I posted it here.
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Update:
I got a solution from a MediaMonkey programmer now. That is by using the feature "Auto-Organize" that is part of MediaMonkey. I just have to set a few parameters.
The action was successful and spared me a lot of time.
I got a solution from a MediaMonkey programmer now. That is by using the feature "Auto-Organize" that is part of MediaMonkey. I just have to set a few parameters.
The action was successful and spared me a lot of time.
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Re: how create new folder from playlist?
use the command line: open a terminal => Navigate to the directory where your music library is located. For example, if your music is stored in the '/home/your-username/Music' directory, you can use the following command to navigate to that directory: cd ~/Music => Create the 22 folders for your playlists. You can use a loop to automate this process. Assuming your playlists are named "Playlist1" to "Playlist22," you can run the following command: for i in {1..22}; do mkdir "Playlist$i"; done,this command will create folders named "Playlist1" to "Playlist22" in your current directory. => Now, you'll need to copy the tracks from your playlists to their respective folders. You'll need to know the paths to your playlist files for this step. Assuming your playlist files are in the '/home/your-username/Playlists' directory, you can modify and run the following command for each playlist: cp --parents "$(cat /home/your-username/Playlists/PlaylistX.m3u)" /home/your-username/Music/PlaylistX Replace X in PlaylistX.m3u and /home/your-username/Playlists/PlaylistX with the appropriate playlist number and path. This command uses the cp command with the --parents option to copy the files from the playlist while preserving their directory structure. It reads the paths of the files from the playlist file and copies them to the respective playlist folder. Repeat this command for each of your 22 playlists, replacing X with the appropriate playlist number.
Once you've completed these steps, you should have 22 folders in your Music directory, each containing the tracks from the corresponding playlist. You can then copy these folders to your USB stick for use in your car.
Once you've completed these steps, you should have 22 folders in your Music directory, each containing the tracks from the corresponding playlist. You can then copy these folders to your USB stick for use in your car.
Re: how create new folder from playlist?
Thank you @linuxpinux for this nice approach. I understand that it will do the job too. And for any user visiting this topic it could be the solution when MediaMonkey (that unfortunately runs only on Windows so far) isn't in play.
I would have followed your fine step by step instruction for sure. However, I got already the MediaMonkey version as I wrote above.
I would have followed your fine step by step instruction for sure. However, I got already the MediaMonkey version as I wrote above.
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