make_playlist
: Playlist makermkpl
is a command line tool to create playlist files (M3U format).
To install mkpl
, see here:
$ pip install make_playlist # for python enviroment
$ git clone https://github.com/MatteoGuadrini/mkpl.git && cd mkpl
$ pip install . # for others
mkpl
have many command line arguments. They are explained in this table:
short | long | description | args |
---|---|---|---|
-d | --directories | Directories that contains multimedia file | Path of directories |
-e | --exclude-dirs | Exclude directory paths | Path of directories |
-i | --include | Include other file format | Format of file. ex. mp3 |
-p | --pattern | Regular expression inclusion pattern | Regular expression string |
-f | --format | Select only a file format | Format of file. ex. mp3 |
-s | --size | Start size in bytes | Bytes number |
-m | --max-tracks | Maximum number of tracks | Number |
-t | --title | Playlist title | Title string |
-g | --encoding | Text encoding | UTF-8,ASCII,UNICODE |
-I | --image | Playlist image | Image path |
-l | --link | Add local or remote files | Files |
-j | --join | Join one or more other playlist files | Playlist files |
-n | --cache | Cache playlist results | Seconds |
-U | --url-chars | Substitute some chars with URL Encoding | |
-r | --recursive | Recursive search | |
-a | --absolute | Absolute file name | |
-s | --shuffle | Casual order | |
-u | --unique | The same files are not placed in the playlist | |
-c | --append | Continue playlist instead of override it | |
-w | --windows | Windows style folder separator | |
-v | --verbose | Enable verbosity (debug mode) | |
-S | --split | Split playlist by directories | |
-R | --interactive | Asks each file for confirmation | |
-C | --count | Count elements into playlist | |
-o | --orderby-name | Order playlist files by name | |
-O | --orderby-date | Order playlist files by creation date | |
-T | --orderby-track | Order playlist files by track | |
-y | --orderby-year | Order playlist files by year | |
-Z | --orderby-size | Order playlist files by size | |
-L | --orderby-length | Order playlist files by length |
Create a playlist for one music album:
cd myalbum
mkpl myalbum.m3u
Create a playlist of a film saga
mkpl -d HarryPotter -f mkv HP_saga.m3u
Create a shuffled playlist with my music collection
mkpl -d "my_mp3_collection" "my_mp4_collection" -rs "my music.m3u"
Create a shuffled playlist with my music collection and exclude dirs
mkpl -d "my_mp3_collection" "my_mp4_collection" -r -s -e "my_mp3_collection/metallica" "my_mp3_collection/dk" -- "my music.m3u"
Create a TV series playlist with max 15 tracks
mkpl -d "my_series/GOT" -m 15 "got_first_15.m3u"
Add into my music playlist new songs and don't add same file
mkpl -d "new_collection" -rsu "my music.m3u" -a
Create playlist with music and video files if files is greater then 10MB
mkpl -d "my_files" -r -z 10485760 "multimedia.m3u"
Create playlist with only number one and two tracks with regular expression
mkpl -d "my_mp3_collection" -r -p "^[12]|[012]{2}" "my music.m3u"
Create a playlist for one music album and set the title:
cd myalbum
mkpl myalbum.m3u -t "My Album"
Create a playlist and add UTF-8 encoding
mkpl -d "new_collection" -r "my music.m3u" -g "UTF-8"
Create a playlist and set image
mkpl -d "new_collection" -r "my music.m3u" -I "new_collection/playlist_cover.jpg"
Create a playlist and add remote file links
mkpl -d "new_collection" -r "my music.m3u" -l http://192.168.1.123/mp3/song1.mp3, http://192.168.1.123/mp3/song2.mp4
Create a playlist and set Windows backslash (\) folder separator (for Windows OS)
mkpl -d "new_collection" -r "my music.m3u" -w
Split playlist into N playlists fon N directories
mkpl -d "folder1" "folder2" "folder3" -r "my_music.m3u" -S
Result:
$> ls
my_music.m3u
folder1.m3u
folder2.m3u
folder3.m3u
...
Sort playlist files by name (-o
), by creation date (-O
), by track number (-T
), by year (-y
), by size (-Z
) or by length (-L
):
mkpl -d "new_collection" -r "my music.m3u" -o
mkpl -d "new_collection" -r "my music.m3u" -O
mkpl -d "new_collection" -r "my music.m3u" -T
mkpl -d "new_collection" -r "my music.m3u" -y
mkpl -d "new_collection" -r "my music.m3u" -Z
mkpl -d "new_collection" -r "my music.m3u" -L
Join the "First playlist.m3u" and "Second playlist.m3u8" with new "Third playlist.m3u":
mkpl -d "new_collection" -r "Third playlist" -j "First playlist.m3u" "Second playlist.m3u8"
Counts the multimedia files:
mkpl -d "new_collection" -r "My new collection" -C
4023
Asks confirmation for every file into folders:
mkpl -d "new_collection" -r "My new collection" -R
Add file new_collection/sample1.mp3 to playlist? [Y/n]:y
Add file new_collection/sample2.mp3 to playlist? [Y/n]:Y
Add file new_collection/sample3.mp3 to playlist? [Y/n]:n
Add file new_collection/sample4.mp3 to playlist? [Y/n]:N
mkpl
can also be used as a Python module to customize your scripts.
from make_playlist import *
# Prepare playlist list: find multimedia files with name starts between a and f
playlist = make_playlist('/Music/collections',
('mp3', 'mp4', 'aac'),
'^[a-f].*',
recursive=True,
unique=True)
# Write playlist to file
write_playlist('/Music/AtoF.m3u', 'wt', playlist)
mkpl is an open source project. Any contribute, It's welcome.
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