Playlist - in particilar playlist file format

[mitsubuddy]

Hi

I have owned my Outlander PHEV for all of two weeks and absolutely love it (apart from the binging-bleeping-bonging nanny state dystopia).

I have more or less read the owner's manual but there's little on the multi media. I would like to create a playlist on an SD and have struggled. I can add and play the tunes easily enough but can't get it to recognise the playlist.

* Files are mp3 and play fine in the Outlander
* Playlist is m3u. I've changed the paths to relative. Imports fine to iTunes, but not recognised by the car
* I'm not bothered about album art etc, I just want to play music from a list in the prescribed order

I've not really used playlists much in any arena so am a bit new to the whole thing so I may need some assistance. I've seen that it appears to accept WPL format, in UTF-8 with relative paths, but iTunes can't export or import in WPL. Ultimately I would like a format recognised by both if that's feasible. If not, another music manager program that is happy importing and exporting in WPL and M3U.

Many thanks for reading

 

[charliek]

Hey there

I'm in pretty much the same place (in fact I think you're more advanced than I am!) - I'd love to know the right format and specifications for creating playlists on my SD card. Has anyone managed this who can explain the process?

Cheers!

 

[GreyBigFoot]

Good news, it can be done!

Check the following post:

http://www.myoutlanderphev.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2634&hilit=playlist

I've actually automated the process and made myself a script to convert m3u playlists into wpl... Might put that online if it's worth it.

 

[STEVIAN]

I've had no bother creating playlists and playing them from the sd card, i plug in the sd card into my pc and create the playlist as a new folder and re-name , i then drag each individual song into that folder from i-tunes and just repeat for multi playlists which is then seen by the MMCS no problem , i don't need to change any format or anything , it even shows the album artwork which the ipod does not strangely?

 

[ChrisMiller]

it even shows the album artwork which the ipod does not strangely?

I suspect that's your PC being 'clever' and fetching the artwork as you create your playlist. Gotta love technology .

 

[STEVIAN]

I suspect that's your PC being 'clever' and fetching the artwork as you create your playlist. Gotta love technology .

gotta love those clever PC's