https://github.com/bmatcuk/Create-Playlist.workflow
An OSX Automator Workflow for creating relative-pathed m3u playlists from audio files in the selected folder.
https://github.com/bmatcuk/Create-Playlist.workflow
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An OSX Automator Workflow for creating relative-pathed m3u playlists from audio files in the selected folder.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/bmatcuk/Create-Playlist.workflow
- Owner: bmatcuk
- License: mit
- Created: 2014-11-11T07:12:21.000Z (over 11 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2020-01-26T19:53:32.000Z (over 6 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-11-09T23:11:44.210Z (over 1 year ago)
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- Size: 660 KB
- Stars: 16
- Watchers: 5
- Forks: 8
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
Create-Playlist.workflow
========================
An OSX Automator Workflow for creating relative-pathed m3u playlists from audio
files in the selected folder.
Installation
------------
To install, simply `git clone
https://github.com/bmatcuk/Create-Playlist.workflow.git
~/Library/Services/Create-Playlist.workflow`. You may need to "open" the
workflow to get it to appear in the Services menu. To do that, just navigate to
~/Library/Services and double click Create-Playlist.workflow to open it in
Automator. You don't need to do anything here; just close Automator.
You may also encounter permission problems (it will appear locked in
Automator). To fix that in your terminal, run the following commands:
```bash
chown -R "$(id -un):$(id -gn)" ~/Library/Services/Create-Playlist.workflow
chmod -R 0755 ~/Library/Services/Create-Playlist.workflow
```
The first command ensures that the current user owns the files, and the second
ensures that you have read, write, and execute permission.
To use, open a Finder window and locate a folder for which you want to create a
playlist. Right click on this folder and select Services, Create-Playlist. In a
moment, a file will be created in the current folder with the same name as the
folder you selected and the .m3u extension. You can also select multiple
folders. Right click and select Services, Create Playlist as before and you'll
get a .m3u file for each folder selected! Note: There may be a limit to the
number of folders the workflow can process at a time...
This script will find .mp3, .aac, .m4a, .wav, .wma, .flac, .ogg, .pcm, .aiff,
and .alac files. If there are any others you think it should support, file an
Issue.
How Does it Work?
-----------------
This is an [Automator](http://macosxautomation.com/automator/) workflow that
runs a simple shell script. The script loops through the arguments (the
selected folders, in this case), switches to that folder, and then searches for
audio files recursively. Whenever an audio file is found, it is appended to the
m3u file using some appropriate formatting.
Why?
----
My car can read music off a USB keychain drive. It seems to understand artists
and albums from the MP3 headers, but it just ends up playing songs in
alphabetic order by filename. I could rename all my files so they'll end up
playing in the order I'd like... but my car also understands m3u files. It
seemed easier to make this work =)