m3truid

Android stores your playlists in a SQLite database located at /data/data/com.android.providers.media/databases/external.db m3truid is a Python application that converts playlists stored in this database into standard *.m3u files.

1. Pull external.db

If you have a rooted phone:

• Enable USB debugging mode on your phone
• Install Android Debug Bridge on your PC (unofficial minimal ADB or full official Android SDK command line tools)
• Connect your Android phone to your PC
• Run from a command prompt:

adb root
adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.media/databases/external.db

If you don't have a rooted phone:

• Adapt these steps with this solution.

2. Install dependencies

• Install Python or ActivePython version 2.x (NOT 3.x) on your PC.
  • Choose to add Python to your PATH environment variable

• From a command prompt, run:

  pip install slugify

3. Download & Run

• Download m3truid.py
• Run python m3truid.py or double-click on the m3truid.py file.
• Press ENTER to accept the suggested values.
• The M3U files contain relative paths to the media files. Store the M3U in the base folder that will be prompted.
• Only audio files are supported.

Enjoy!