# M3U Playlist import don't work **URL:** \ **Category:** Roon Software Discussion\ **Created:** [October 1, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.roonlabs.com/t/m3u-playlist-import-dont-work/282870 "2024-10-01T20:42:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sascha\_Held](https://community.roonlabs.com/letter_avatar/sascha_held/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Sascha\_Held](https://community.roonlabs.com/u/Sascha_Held)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.roonlabs.com/t/m3u-playlist-import-dont-work/282870/1 "2024-10-01T20:42:04Z")
Hi, I’ve created M3U playlists and saved them into the specific folder of the tracks. The playlists are tested and working, Roon doesn’t see them. All settings are as explained in the manual. What can be the issue here? ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Sealey](https://community.roonlabs.com/user_avatar/community.roonlabs.com/mark_sealey/32/157075_2.png) [@Mark\_Sealey](https://community.roonlabs.com/u/Mark_Sealey)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.roonlabs.com/t/m3u-playlist-import-dont-work/282870/2 "2024-10-01T20:53:29Z")
@Sascha_Held, Aspects of what you may be experiencing were recently discussed in [this thread](https://community.roonlabs.com/t/playlists-on-roon-server-showing-as-unavailable-ref-qdfe6l/282381) - and the links it contains. Could be worth reading. Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Sascha\_Held](https://community.roonlabs.com/letter_avatar/sascha_held/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Sascha\_Held](https://community.roonlabs.com/u/Sascha_Held)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://community.roonlabs.com/t/m3u-playlist-import-dont-work/282870/3 "2024-10-01T21:22:49Z")
Thx, but didn’t help. I do not even see the playlist…all M3U format as it should be. All local files, all saved on the internal storage of my RoonCore (NUC with ROCK)…all files are available and playable… ---
**Author:** ![BlackJack](https://community.roonlabs.com/user_avatar/community.roonlabs.com/blackjack/32/39743_2.png) [@BlackJack](https://community.roonlabs.com/u/BlackJack)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://community.roonlabs.com/t/m3u-playlist-import-dont-work/282870/4 "2024-10-02T00:03:05Z")
> [@Sascha\_Held](#): > > I’ve created M3U playlists and saved them into the specific folder of the tracks Sounds like here lies your issue because: [![grafik](https://roon-community-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/original/4X/f/2/c/f2ccff1d2aa84e99c8620cce27d0b4a0e6606e43.png)](https://help.roonlabs.com/portal/en/kb/articles/importing-playlists#M3U__Other_Playlist_Files) Please read the last point and make sure your M3U isn’t an exact copy of the tracks in a directory or Roon will simply ignore it (what exactly seems to be the case for you currently). If this is your case, then just play the folder or album instead. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Sealey](https://community.roonlabs.com/user_avatar/community.roonlabs.com/mark_sealey/32/157075_2.png) [@Mark\_Sealey](https://community.roonlabs.com/u/Mark_Sealey)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 12:06am UTC](https://community.roonlabs.com/t/m3u-playlist-import-dont-work/282870/5 "2024-10-02T00:06:30Z")
@Sascha_Held, > [@Sascha\_Held](#): > > …and saved them into the specific folder of the tracks… > … … … > …all saved on the internal storage of my RoonCore (NUC with ROCK)… And the field in question for each line of each M3U file does definitely have the exact correct path? > [@Sascha\_Held](#): > > …The playlists are tested and working… In what way tested; in what way to they work? ---
**Author:** ![DDPS](https://community.roonlabs.com/user_avatar/community.roonlabs.com/ddps/32/162722_2.png) [@DDPS](https://community.roonlabs.com/u/DDPS)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 12:38am UTC](https://community.roonlabs.com/t/m3u-playlist-import-dont-work/282870/6 "2024-10-02T00:38:42Z")
@Sascha_Held this feature works just fine; I use it all the time - I recommend following some of the guidance in this thread: > [@Issue with m3u playlists disappearing from Roon after a few hours (ref#HS2K65)](https://community.roonlabs.com/t/issue-with-m3u-playlists-disappearing-from-roon-after-a-few-hours-ref-hs2k65/276561/7): > > Sample playlist snip here: #EXTM3U #EXTINF:190,Secret Garden - Elan …/Shared Music/Various Artists/VA - Celtic Myst Top 100 - (5.CD)/CD.5/07. Secret Garden - Elan.mp3 #EXTINF:178,Charm City Junction - I Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow …/Shared Music/Charm City Junction/Salt Box/Charm City Junction - Salt Box - 04 I Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow.ogg #EXTINF:177,Fanny Lumsden - Roll On …/Shared Music/Various Artists/the-official-americanafest174-2018-mixtape-download/fanny-lumsden-roll-on.mp3 #EXTIN… ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Sealey](https://community.roonlabs.com/user_avatar/community.roonlabs.com/mark_sealey/32/157075_2.png) [@Mark\_Sealey](https://community.roonlabs.com/u/Mark_Sealey)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 2:06am UTC](https://community.roonlabs.com/t/m3u-playlist-import-dont-work/282870/7 "2024-10-02T02:06:42Z")
> [@DDPS](#): > > …I recommend following some of the guidance in this thread… 👍👍👍 @DDPS; thanks. Yes! Specifically, when you write: > [@](#): > > `../Shared Music/Various Artists/VA` - Celtic Myst Top 100 - (5.CD)… that Multics-style indicator of path has to be watertight. I’m only pushing that point because, as @BlackJack says, it’s vital to get paths just right. If you had Playlists working before, did nothing - especially to the location and disposition of your actual music files - and now they fail, then I’ll be wrong. But looking again at your paths - perhaps by loading a playlist into a spreadsheet, to ensure that each line has the required (format for) LF/CR, for instance - I do feel that’s a good place to start. I too [learnt](https://community.roonlabs.com/t/issue-with-playlists-when-path-has-changed/274601/6) the hard way; again, do follow that thread’s links.