Copy files from Playlist?

[Sarble]

Hi all,
I am looking for a solution to these following problem:
I want to select multiple songs in the playlist and then click "copy to folder" and the files are copied into the folder, no matter where the original files were.

How can this be done?

[MrSinatra]

i don't know if it lets u pick select songs, but i think DrO has a plugin that does something like that.

[Crashguard303]

Use Foobar2000, it can read WinAmp's .m3u Playlists and convert files better.

It even transcodes and calculates ReplayGain faster, as it can use more than one CPU core.

But WinAmp can tag more files and does have more playback and list functions.

[DrO]

http://nunzioweb.com/daz/gen_yar/index.html
or
http://nunzioweb.com/daz/filecopier.html
or
any of the other file copier plug-ins on winamp.com or via a google search.

Crashguard303: the original poster's request is for just copying the file rather than transcoding and messing around with it. as such what you've suggested isn't a decent solution especially when Winamp can do transcoding, etc on its own as well.

-daz

[Crashguard303]

FB can also do just copy.

Winamp can trancode as well, but some encoded files didn't sound very nice and were pitched.

[DrO]

and i will repeat, transcoding is most likely not required in this instance. also transcoding lossy files will make the transcoded result sound worse as you're throwing away more audio from something which in most cases has already had a load of audio information thrown away.

also, based on your other posts, as you seem to be happier with Foobar2000, maybe you should be using that for your needs if it better suits you.

-daz

[Crashguard303]

Well, that's not the point, Winamp has the best library functions (it has features since some years, which are still missing in iTunes), and the DSPs are great, I don't want to miss them.
But as long as it isn't really running on 64bit (just compatible at the moment) and doesn't use more than one CPU core, some tasks can be performed quicker with other applications.

I have some file types which can't be played with some hardware players (like iPhone (which only supports MP3 and Apple Codecs) or MP3 radios), or they don't support Replay Gain.
So for these devices, I have to transcode and create extra files for these devices.

Normally, I also also avoid re-encoding (for .MP3 and other lossy encoded files which support it, I use Replay Gain).
I even store newly created files (mixed ones or CDs) as FLAC, instead of "saving" them as .mp3 (as electronic engineer which has dealt with signal manipulation and prospective software developer, I know what you are talking about when you say re-converting with non-lossles-codecs will destroy data, this is so true.)

.MP3 was good in the 90s, as storage place was sparse and still measured mostly in MB or GB.

[Sarble]

Thank you for the replies. Somehow I was not notified of them hence my late answer.

My problem ist not (yet) solved though: File copier, copies the files, but including the folders. I rather have only the files in the "output" folder. I can't find a way to configure the plug in.

Yar matey plugin only copies the whole playlist, not just the selected songs... Can't find a way to configure this either.

So close...!!

[DrO]

File copier has preferences which allow you to change the filepath (and folders) created - is what is shown as the topmost image on the plug-ins page. it's accessed via preferences -> plug-ins -> general purpose and select the 'file copier' entry and click 'configure'. then you need to change the 'file name format' field to what is wanted.

-daz

[Sarble]

ahh much better! Last question: How to I tell file copier to sort the resulting (copied) files into the same order that they are on the playlist? At the moment they are sorted according to names. Can I add something like "[playlistposition]"?

[DrO]

%plpos% might work, but i'm really not sure (i don't have easy access to the source code or use the plug-in much myself anymore due to changed habits). or i never added the option since the playlist position is never generally provided by Winamp's ATF options. though wouldn't using the track number be better to use anyway?

-daz

[Sarble]

Well this is meant for my own compilations, so the tracknumbers of the original tracks do not neccessarily represent the order I want the track to be on teh new CD...
Ill try %plpos% once I am back home.

I did not realise that you wrote this plug in. Well done!!

[Koopa]

Originally Posted by Crashguard303

But as long as it isn't really running on 64bit (just compatible at the moment) and doesn't use more than one CPU core, some tasks can be performed quicker with other applications.

What excatly do you expect from a 64Bit version? There won't be the magic speed boost, some people are expecting. Just read some of the many 64Bit threads/postings in the forums.

Also, I always thought, that foobar was cheating related to multi core support. Am I wrong, or does foobar still simply starts transcoding 2 files at the same time to bring speed improvements?