Help with m3u_to_playlist.py

[samcro1967]

I am able to run it successfully and am not getting any errors. I see in the plex logs that the request was completed, but the playlist is not showing up in Plex. I optimized the Plex database and restarted Plex as well. I also tired it in an incognito browser to rule out any browser cache issues. Plex server is version 1.29.1.6316. I don't see any setting in Plex to enable/hide/filter out playlists. Guessing maybe there is a setting somewhere in Plex to allow it to be displayed?

Any ideas?

Logs

Request: [192.168.1.104:41666 (Allowed Network (Subnet))] POST /playlists/upload?sectionID=7&path=%2Fmnt%2Fnas%2Fxbmc%2FMusic%2FPlaylists%2FCountry.m3u (15 live) #4182 GZIP Signed-in Token (username) (Chrome) / Accept => application/json / Accept-Encoding => gzip, deflate / Connection => keep-alive / Content-Length => 0 / Host => 192.168.1.104:32400 / User-Agent => python-requests/2.25.1 / X-Plex-Token => xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Completed: [192.168.1.104:41666] 200 POST /playlists/upload?sectionID=7&path=%2Fmnt%2Fnas%2Fxbmc%2FMusic%2FPlaylists%2FCountry.m3u (15 live) GZIP 0ms 195 bytes (pipelined: 2)

[Casvt]

I'm pretty certain that the script works.

Is the m3u file corrupted maybe? Are all files listed in the m3u file also added in Plex? Maybe try it with a different library selected? Or maybe Plex removed the feature to do this (but I doubt that)?

[samcro1967]

Is the m3u file corrupted maybe?

I am able to import the playlist into Navidrome and it plays with no issue so I don't think it is corrupted.

Are all files listed in the m3u file also added in Plex?

The files have been imported to Plex and I am able to play them in Plex. The path looks correct to me. The path in Plex to one of the songs in the m3u example below is /music/Walker Hayes/Country Stuff The Album/Walker Hayes - AA.mp3.

Maybe try it with a different library selected?

I tried it with another playlist and it did not work either.

Looking at the m3u file in a text editor, it look like Navidrome is adding stuff to the file. Maybe that is causing the issue. Here is a sample:

m3u example

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:193,Joe Nichols - Good Day for Living
/music/Joe Nichols/Good Day for Living/Joe Nichols - Good Day for Living.mp3
#EXTINF:212,Toby Keith - Oklahoma Breakdown
/music/Toby Keith/Peso in My Pocket/Toby Keith - Oklahoma Breakdown.mp3
#EXTINF:158,Dean Brody - Can't Help Myself
/music/Dean Brody/Boys/Dean Brody - Can't Help Myself.mp3
#EXTINF:190,Walker Hayes - AA
/music/Walker Hayes/Country Stuff The Album/Walker Hayes - AA.mp3

[samcro1967]

I created a small test.m3u with just a few files with none of the extended data and it is not showing up after importing so it does not look like it is the extended data.

[Azuriye]

Hello! same here. I tried making a playlist within fb2k and exporting it as .m3u8 (tried with .m3u as well) both didn't work I've checked up the HTTP requests through Wireshark and my server gives an HTTP/1.1 200 OK request indicating everything went fine but upon looking in Plex I cannot see the changes or even the playlist added in through.

[Casvt]

Maybe Plex removed the feature... I don't know.

[Azuriye]

Maybe Plex removed the feature... I don't know.

Hello sorry for the false report, it was a mistake on my side. apparently, I had to make sure to first export my playlist to m3u8, and rename it to m3u (if I directly converted to m3u the encoding will be lost) then had to make sure to provide the absolute file path (starting from D: or C: drive all the way to the .m3u file) this pushed the changes to Plex and I can finally see the changes! Thanks for this tool.