.M3U Playlist/Natural Music

[christracy1213]

Greetings all ... New to RadioDJv2 (2.0.0.6) and am quite impressed.  This is a neat system and thanks to those who have written it and those who support it!

I'm at the stage of setup where I'm trying to merge a Natural Music .M3U log in the playlist editor. 

My question is what parameter RDJv2 requires for merge?  I've tried different ways and I can't get it to load a log.  All of my audio files are by "cart number".  So my log output looks like this:

[TEXT] - Top Of The Hour
LI04
903750
904208
LN005
903100
901631
JX1017M1
903839
901644
JX1017LM4
902696
JX1017IO ... and so on.

First question, is the [TEXT] not allowing the log to load?

Second question, if the answer to the above is "it doesn't matter" then is it that the program is looking for Title & Artist names and not FILE names?

Thanks in advance for your insight and hope you're all safe & healthy in this bizarre time!

C-

[PROducer]

Simply exporting a file with the extension .m3u does not make it a playlist!  It needs to be in a playlist format.

This link should help you:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3U

[christracy1213]

Simply exporting a file with the extension .m3u does not make it a playlist!  It needs to be in a playlist format.

This link should help you:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3U

Thanks for the link.  Since the .M3U file I was trying to import came direct from Natural Music I figured it would work right out of the box.  I have no familiarity with .M3U so this is new to me.  Is there an example of a working file that someone would be willing to share?

[PROducer]

Here's a few lines from a .m3u file.  There are two lines per audio file, and the first line in the .m3u is always the same (#EXTM3U).

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#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:205,Beautiful Girl
R:\AUDIO\Music\D5 - 1990\INXS (1992) Welcome to Wherever You Are - 08 - Beautiful Girl.mp3
#EXTINF:234,Lights Out
R:\AUDIO\Music\D7 - 2010\Royal Blood (2017) How Did We Get So Dark - Lights Out.mp3
#EXTINF:15,MONDAY VT 00:00-1
R:\AUDIO\VOICE TRACKS\MONDAY\VT 91001.mp3
#EXTINF:253,Oye Como VA
R:\AUDIO\Music\D3 - 1970\Santana (1970) Abraxas - 03 - Oye Como VA.mp3
#EXTINF:248,Somewhere Out There
R:\AUDIO\Music\D6 - 2000\Our Lady Peace (2002) Gravity - 03 - Somewhere Out There.mp3


The first line for each audio file is #EXTINF:(Length of file in seconds),(Title of Song)
The second line is the path to the file.

[christracy1213]

Here's a few lines from a .m3u file.  There are two lines per audio file, and the first line in the .m3u is always the same (#EXTM3U).

Code Select Expand


#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:205,Beautiful Girl
R:\AUDIO\Music\D5 - 1990\INXS (1992) Welcome to Wherever You Are - 08 - Beautiful Girl.mp3
#EXTINF:234,Lights Out
R:\AUDIO\Music\D7 - 2010\Royal Blood (2017) How Did We Get So Dark - Lights Out.mp3
#EXTINF:15,MONDAY VT 00:00-1
R:\AUDIO\VOICE TRACKS\MONDAY\VT 91001.mp3
#EXTINF:253,Oye Como VA
R:\AUDIO\Music\D3 - 1970\Santana (1970) Abraxas - 03 - Oye Como VA.mp3
#EXTINF:248,Somewhere Out There
R:\AUDIO\Music\D6 - 2000\Our Lady Peace (2002) Gravity - 03 - Somewhere Out There.mp3


The first line for each audio file is #EXTINF:(Length of file in seconds),(Title of Song)
The second line is the path to the file.

This is perfect ... appreciate your help with this ...

Thank you!