I just wanted to touch base on the Export Function under Playlist. I thought it would export just the playlist, maybe even in a readable format, text or Excel (like it does in the album view), but, it instead copied just the files listed in the playlist along with Roon db information.
Is this export supposed to be imported into another Roon install? I"m not sure what the point of this function is really.
So, I suggest that there be added an option to export the playlist to Excel or Text. That way a user can review the playlist or share the playlist.
Unless Iām missing something, when you export a playlist to Excel you lose the order of the playlist ā it alphabetizes by main artist. Thereās also no column for āplaylist track #ā ā just the original disc & track numbers for the song.
This makes it less of a playlist export and more of a āhere are the songs in your playlistā export. I think weād all agree that the order of a playlist is part of its core being, so Iād like to request you add the order # into the export itself (you must have that info in the database somewhere since the playlist keeps its orderā¦).
Rugby ā FYI, I ran into the same issue. If you hit export in a playlist, the only option it gives you is to export the files. This is a bit wonky (and likely just a bug), especially given thatā¦
ā¦if you select all of the songs in the playlist (I use Control-A in Windows, but thereās multiple ways to do it including right-clicking a file), at the top you get a new row that also has a ā3 dot option boxā. If you export via that, you get the option to export to a spreadsheet.
That said, neither keeps the order, which is what my post was about.
Resuscitating this thread, as 1.3 didnāt fix the issue as far as I can tell.
Two issues, as I see it:
No .m3u file generated when you export files from a playlist (I think this is a bug if I read Mikeās note correctly, which is why Iāve copied Support), and
When you export a playlist to a spreadsheet, it doesnāt add a column for playlist order ā so you lose the order of the playlist entirely (which pretty much defeats the point of a playlist). I donāt know if this is a bug or a feature request ā Iāll leave that up to the Roon folks.
Are you sure youāre exporting the playlist rather than the tracks in the playlist? I just tried exporting a playlist on my computer and it seems to work. Try: Playlists tab -> 3 dots for a playlist -> export
@ben Thanks ā youāre absolutely correct. Because I couldnāt export to a spreadsheet that way, I highlighted all the tracks first, and when you export the files once youāve done that thereās no m3u file. However, your way (which I agree is the more natural thing) completely works.
So, #1 was operator error. I think #2 is still an issue, though. Playlist Tab -> 3 dots for a playlist -> export only gives me the option of exporting the files, not to a spreadsheetā¦ The only way I get the spreadsheet option is by selecting all the files. Unless Iām missing something on that too?
Did this Playlist Export function ever get implemented? Because it still seems to be exporting the track files themselves, rather than the Playlist in some readable form.
At the moment, if we want to share Playlists in the Roon community, I donāt see any way of accomplishing this, other than recreating a Playlist on another Roon system. Am I missing something? Thanks.
Yes, we export media files + M3U files, as that works in all configurations.
Exporting just M3U files (without media) is a more complex feature ā due to Roonās architecture, there are lots of cases when it just doesnāt work.
For example, say you have ROCK + NAS + Macbook. The playlist is going to be looking at paths from ROCK > NAS, but thereās no guarantee that the Macbook has the NAS mounted in the same way, or even has access at all.
For the moment there isnāt really a good way to do this, but it is something Iād like to add in the future.
What about using acoustic IDs or album IDs instead of file paths for Roon users who want to exchange playlists with other Roon users?
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This is why file tag embedded playlists are vastly superior, as they are path independent. Back in my Foobar days, Iād use custom embedded metatags to designate which playlists my files were members of. This way if you changed the path of a file, Foobar would dynamically adjust.
Iāve been using Roon tags the same way. However, Iāve not changed file paths and Roon tags are not embedded. So is it the case that if the path changes, the Roon Tags will no longer āstickā to a given track, album, or artist? I thought Roon was supposed to be good at finding objects that had been moved?
As a brand new Roon user (who is otherwise very pleased with it), Iād like to cast my vote for adding the ability to Export and Import Playlists (just the Song Titles, not the actual content). Given the increasingly social nature of technology in general, and music in particular, this seems like a very desirable feature that would expand the potential market for Roon.
Giving users the ability to easily share the music they enjoy with other Roon users, has got to be a good thing for Roon!
I really would like to re-build my entire meta DB; I created several playlists; therefore I would appreciate vey much to be able to export these playlists and re-import them later again ā¦
I too want to rebuild my DB but would like to maintain Playlists.
If there is no āautomagicallyā way of doing that, I would like to manually recreate them. However, I want the ORDER of the tracks in each playlist to remain as I originally created them. The Excel Export does NOT keep the tracks ordered as they originally were!
Roonās 1st. column (in a Playlist) contains the track numbering that I would like to maintain. If the original track ordering canāt be maintained in the Excel output, can at least the 1st. column numbering be carried into/added to the Excel export? If so, that column could be sorted and used as I would like.
Would it be possible to change the default behaviour, so that the export is sorted by the āplaylist orderā (rather than alphabetical) when using Export to Excel.
Seem like a fairly simple change (if the export function has across to the āplaylist orderā).
I canāt imagine the current alphabetical ordering would be the primary choice of ordering for most users, if any. The whole point of playlists is in manually arranging the order of them.
What am I missing here? I have a friend who uses Roon. He would like to use a playlist I have created. He does NOT want the music files, just the Playlist. I find it hard to imagine why Roon doesnāt provide (or hasnāt provided) a straight forward way of doing this. Or if they have, how do I do it? And what exactly gets exported when I export a Roon Playlist? No copy protection involved. Nothing illegal. It is a good thing for Roon and all of its users.
