Playlist Format

I don't know if this helps anyone, but I searched and didn't find this info here on the forums, so for what it's worth: On the M6 SL the playlists are plain text files named xxxxx.m3u. The file has the format:

#[UTF8FULLPATH]\MUSIC\track1.mp3
\MUSIC\track1.mp3
#[UTF8FULLPATH]\MUSIC\track2.mp3
\MUSIC\track2.mp3

For the Linux users (like me) out there, they are DOS/Windows style end-of-lines, so each line requires (Hex) 0d 0a at the end (including the last line). If you were using Windows Notepad, this should be automatic. This means that you don't even have to create the playlists on the player. You can create them with a plain text editor on your pc, give them a more descriptive name than PlaylistX, and transfer them into the playlist directory on the player.

That's good to know, but until the playlist functionality is actually FIXED (right now it freezes with playlists in the double digits) I won't even touch the playlist function.

Another good tip is that you can quckly create a playlist from the contents of a folder with the linux command:
ls *.ogg *.mp3 > playlist.m3u
(assuming your folder has .ogg and .mp3 files. playlist.m3u can be any name)
Then open the new .m3u file in a text editor and add \MUSIC\ to each line, it saves you from typing all the file names out. You don't actually need the #-comment lines. Then to use the same playlist on your PC, use the text editor to search+replace \MUSIC\ with /home/whatever...

Hopefully this helps someone.

Hey this is really useful. I was wondering how to create the playlists for the player on Linux

SegaFan, if you're using Linux why type all the '\MUSIC\' lines? Just use sed!

Originally Posted by wpyh

SegaFan, if you're using Linux why type all the '\MUSIC\' lines? Just use sed!

Could you explain how to do that?

I was sure there must be an easier way but I never looked into it because it's easy enough in a text editor for a folder with only a few files.

Originally Posted by SegaFan

Could you explain how to do that?

I was sure there must be an easier way but I never looked into it because it's easy enough in a text editor for a folder with only a few files.

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