lost playlists when downloaded 5.24

crazeyeddie68 · 25th June 2006, 22:50

i downloaded winamp 5.24 the other day and now i lost all of my playlists??? can anyone help??

Wildrose-Wally · 26th June 2006, 04:52

Did you look in all your pockets?

seriously, if you saved your playlist within the winamp folder, they are probably gone. You should save music files and playlists in another folder, preferably another partition/hard drive.

crazeyeddie68 · 28th June 2006, 23:13

I`m lost without my playlists

I have over 10,000 music files and made all of my playlists of my favorite picks in winamp.I do have all the files saved on an external hard drive, but made all my playlists in winamp. I guess I`ll have to go through all that music again and start all over again.
signed,
VERY Upset!!!

JonnyMac · 28th June 2006, 23:32

What do you mean by lost? Are the playlists files (.m3u .pls) gone from the hard drive? Are you talking about "regular" or ML playlists. Maybe this...

Quote:

From the Common Issues section of the Troubleshooters Sticky...

General settings plus Media Library database & playlists lost when upgrading to 5.2 and selecting the new multi-user option in the installer:
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=239449
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=239485

crazeyeddie68 · 29th June 2006, 22:02

Jonny,
The files are still in the winamp media libray,but my media library playlists I made and burned with winamp disappeared when I upgraded to 5.24 winamp. Now it shows no playlists in my media library.????? Can you help me out, or do you think they are permanently lost. Thanks ,Ed

Bubba Smith · 29th June 2006, 22:08

If you didn't back them up there's a good chance they're gone. As Wildrose-Wally said, always backup/save your playlists to a folder outside of any Winamp folder(s). I save all my playlists to separate folders outside any Winamp folders. I can never lose them that way.

Same exact concept as is used when uninstalling anything in Windows really. If you uninstall and or uninstall/reinstall something, and you do not back up the files/work you saved, you stand a pretty good chance of losing everything. How to back up? Save to a folder(s) outside of the application.

In addition, also read through the 2 threads JonnyMac linked to above.

Bubba Smith · 29th June 2006, 22:20

In the Full Uninstall -> Reinstall procedure (aka: clean install), in the first section, it explains how NOT to save playlists to the Winamp folder:

Quote:

1. Backup

Note: You don't need to backup anything if you don't want to.

i) If you haven't done so already, save your playlist to .m3u via:
Playlist -> List button -> Save
(mainly applicable to people who use one single large playlist all the time).
And do NOT save it to the Winamp folder.

25th June 2006, 22:50	#1
crazeyeddie68 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 11	lost playlists when downloaded 5.24 i downloaded winamp 5.24 the other day and now i lost all of my playlists??? can anyone help??

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26th June 2006, 04:52	#2
Wildrose-Wally The Albertan Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sunny Southern Alberta Posts: 6,132	Did you look in all your pockets? seriously, if you saved your playlist within the winamp folder, they are probably gone. You should save music files and playlists in another folder, preferably another partition/hard drive.

28th June 2006, 23:13	#3
crazeyeddie68 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 11	I`m lost without my playlists I have over 10,000 music files and made all of my playlists of my favorite picks in winamp.I do have all the files saved on an external hard drive, but made all my playlists in winamp. I guess I`ll have to go through all that music again and start all over again. signed, VERY Upset!!!

29th June 2006, 22:02	#5
crazeyeddie68 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 11	Jonny, The files are still in the winamp media libray,but my media library playlists I made and burned with winamp disappeared when I upgraded to 5.24 winamp. Now it shows no playlists in my media library.????? Can you help me out, or do you think they are permanently lost. Thanks ,Ed

29th June 2006, 22:08	#6
Bubba Smith Major Dude Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bubbaville, USA Posts: 599	If you didn't back them up there's a good chance they're gone. As Wildrose-Wally said, always backup/save your playlists to a folder outside of any Winamp folder(s). I save all my playlists to separate folders outside any Winamp folders. I can never lose them that way. Same exact concept as is used when uninstalling anything in Windows really. If you uninstall and or uninstall/reinstall something, and you do not back up the files/work you saved, you stand a pretty good chance of losing everything. How to back up? Save to a folder(s) outside of the application. In addition, also read through the 2 threads JonnyMac linked to above.