Playlist Importer Plugin (iTunes, etc)

[Ogold007]

Centrafuse Playlist Importer Plugin
Description: Plugin that allows you to play and import supported playlists (i.e. iTunes) into Centrafuse
Features: Automatically replaces HomePC's music path with the CarPC's
Latest version: 1.3
Requirements: Centrafuse 2.0
Supported Playlists:

• iTunes (exported to XML)
• Winamp (m3u)
• Windows Media Player (wpl)

Current Skins: Aura
Current Languages: English
Where to get it: Importer.zip
Issues:

• None

To install:
1) unzip the package
2) drop the entire "Importer" folder into your plugins directory. Usually this is under:
C:\Program Files\Flux Media\Centrafuse\Plugins
3) Assign a button to the plugin via the Button Layout in the settings menu of CF

(11/22/08)
I created this plugin so I can easily transport my iTunes playlists to my CarPC. Currently the only playlists I support are iTunes' playlists exported to XML. If there are other formats you'd like to see supported (i.e. Winamp/m3u) please just let me know. Enjoy!

(11/23/08)
Upgraded to v1.1. Added support for Winamp (m3u) playlists

(12/14/08)
Upgraded to v1.2. Added support for Windows Media Player (wpl) playlists

(3/1/09)
Upgraded to v1.3. Added feature to automatically replace the HomePc's music path with the CarPc's in the playlist.

[WuNgUn]

m3u please!!
Also, does this work if the file tree structure is different for the song on the play list? Or does it have to be identical to the file structure in the car?

[nemo]

m3u immediately, please

What I would LOVE to see -- is the plugin monitor a playlist, and every time it sees that it's changed, re-import it automatically.

[Ogold007]

Version 1.1 now supports m3u playlists.

Originally Posted by WuNgUn

m3u please!!
Also, does this work if the file tree structure is different for the song on the play list? Or does it have to be identical to the file structure in the car?

This does not work if the file tree is different (how could it?), so please edit your playlists beforehand to match the correct structure.

Originally Posted by nemo

m3u immediately, please

What I would LOVE to see -- is the plugin monitor a playlist, and every time it sees that it's changed, re-import it automatically.

I was thinking of implementing this feature but the problem I foresaw was that it could overwrite your Centrafuse playlist. So for example, if you imported the playlist into Centrafuse (mpl) and then edited it, this plugin will not overwrite your changes. If I monitored the folder, then you cannot edit the playlist from Centrafuse. It's a single click to add the playlist into Centrafuse so I figured that's the better alternative than overwriting said changes.

[nemo]

^ hmm -- i think i see the problem.

The reason I ask is because I have a few playlists in Winamp that I constantly change on my computer, and would love to be able to sync them to my CarPC, then the Plugin recognizes the changes, and automatically re-builds the playlist based off the recently copied file.

[Ogold007]

Originally Posted by nemo

^ hmm -- i think i see the problem.

The reason I ask is because I have a few playlists in Winamp that I constantly change on my computer, and would love to be able to sync them to my CarPC, then the Plugin recognizes the changes, and automatically re-builds the playlist based off the recently copied file.

Hmmm, I guess I could add an option to the settings for "Auto Sync Playlists" that'll automatically convert and sync your playlists on CF load. Depending on the size of the playlist, however, this could delay the startup of CF when it is loading the plugins which is another reason I decided against it.

Play with the plugin for a bit and let me if you still think this feature would be useful

[WuNgUn]

Originally Posted by Ogold007

Version 1.1 now supports m3u playlists.

This does not work if the file tree is different (how could it?), so please edit your playlists beforehand to match the correct structure.

I don't see the point of this plugin then...I mean, I'd have to have an identical library on my desktop PC for it to be 'easy' to use...but I don't.
I have almost 200GB of lossless media in the car!

Is there a playlist editor that takes an 'image' of your library structure and works off of that maybe??

I might as well use CF to make playlists, because there is no point making them in m3u format just to import them locally?

[Ogold007]

Originally Posted by WuNgUn

I don't see the point of this plugin then...I mean, I'd have to have an identical library on my desktop PC for it to be 'easy' to use...but I don't.
I have almost 200GB of lossless media in the car!

Is there a playlist editor that takes an 'image' of your library structure and works off of that maybe??

I might as well use CF to make playlists, because there is no point making them in m3u format just to import them locally?

You can of course use CF to make the playlists, I just found it pointless to recreate all my playlists which already exist on my PC. If your playlists at home contain songs that you don't have in your car, there still should not be any harm importing that list, it'll just skip the songs that don't exist when it tries to play that song. Since your structure is different, all you'll need to do is do a global find and replace to match the structure. (i.e. replace "C:\HomePc\My Music" to "D:\CarPc\My Music")

[smallefry]

This is great Ogold007. Sweet now I can easily move my play list from Itunes to CF. It was getting old having to make news ones all the time. Thanks


I get a error when tring to download. "smallefry, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:"

[Ogold007]

Originally Posted by smallefry

This is great Ogold007. Sweet now I can easily move my play list from Itunes to CF. It was getting old having to make news ones all the time. Thanks


I get a error when tring to download. "smallefry, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:"

Please wait until it gets approved by the moderators. They're usually pretty good about it and it should probably be approved sometime today.