converting .bpl playlists to m3u?

somestuff · 7th April 2002, 00:32

is there a way to do it???

Rocker · 7th April 2002, 05:18

theirs no way to do it yet....

on release you will be able to save and load m3u's and pls files....as well as bpl

maybe someone will write a converter

somestuff · 7th April 2002, 16:53

no biggie, i just spent a lot of time making a playlist in winamp3 before i realized they cant be played in winamp2.

i need to use winamp 2 to play mp3s while i am gaming because winamp3 skips and lags a lot. i heard there is a way to recude the amount of resources wa3 uses.... can anyone tell me how to do this so i can use wa3 always....

Hollow · 7th April 2002, 19:32

Now You Can.

use the attached program. Easiest way to use it to drag the playlist onto the program and drop. or from the command line,

bpl2m3u playlist.bpl

it has been tested with files of up to 1200 songs, if it doesn't work, open up the m3u in a text editor and find the song at which it errored, remove that song from the bpl playlist (do this in winamp3) and then try again. if that does work, i don't know what the problem is.

somestuff · 8th April 2002, 07:00

songs with ampersands, commas, and apostrophes seem to cause errors in the program. i cant get it to work with my playlist yet, but thanks a lot. BTW, could you by any chance release the source so i could take a look?

Hollow · 8th April 2002, 19:20

hmmm. I dont get that error. I have attached the source, but don't expect anything fantastic. Its something i wrote real quick, i actually don't understand where that error could be coming from. I tried it with all the characters you suggested and it worked fine. also remember this sort of thing is about the extent of what i can do.

bluesman81 · 8th April 2002, 20:15

Just to give you some information. I wrote a program to do the same thing and apparently there are instances (characters in bpl files) where & and ' are converted into an encoded scheme in the file names themselves. They are not always "valid" filenames in an imediate usability sense, winamp2 cannot use them. This is what the error is. & = & + amp;(Sorry if you put & and amp; together the browser kills it) and ' = ' if I'm correct. There may be others but I haven't ran into them. Just thought I'd give you some more info. I never had a problem with commas though?

Just thought I'd pass the info. Nice program.

Hollow · 8th April 2002, 20:44

Thats quite interesting, i wonder why they did that. i checked and out of !@#$%^&()_+=-.,'[]{}~` in the file name and got no problems beyond & and ' however when i checked that same list plus <>/\|?* in the id3 tag i found that if < or > appears it is replaced with > = > and < = < when that information is writen to the bpl.

Thanks for the info. I had missed the error before, since i didn't try renaming the songs, but just chaning the bpl file, so it was my bad.

I'll try to have a correct converter out later today or tomorrow sometime, hopefully.

Anybody know why they did it this way? And what the deal is with those characters that they are treated differently?

bluesman81 · 8th April 2002, 21:08

I know very little about XML. Could it be something to do with this (XML like) type of formating? Sorry, just a thought. Anyhow, I too am curious about the reason. Happy coding!

Hollow · 9th April 2002, 06:37

that xml like formating you speak of is xml. I guess i'm not 100% sure but i dont think that has anything to do with it. Anyway the reason behind this post is that bpl2m2u now supports those charactures that it didn't before meaning it properly converts & ' < > so here we go.

This is the last update i am going to do. If it still doesnt work because of what ever reason, the source is in there, fix yo self.

Aus · 9th April 2002, 11:02

neat.

Hollow · 12th April 2002, 20:18

I looked and the & and all are the html codes for those characters, (which i am sure many of you knew, but didn't say) So yeah i guess to that to be web safe xml uses those for the special characters, which does explain things, to some extent.

Rocker · 13th April 2002, 02:07

Quote:

Originally posted by Aus
neat.

/me wonders if Aus is secretly working on the source

7th April 2002, 00:32	#1
somestuff Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 6	converting .bpl playlists to m3u? is there a way to do it???

8th April 2002, 20:15	#7
bluesman81 Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunny, Warm, Michigan! Posts: 59	Just to give you some information. I wrote a program to do the same thing and apparently there are instances (characters in bpl files) where & and ' are converted into an encoded scheme in the file names themselves. They are not always "valid" filenames in an imediate usability sense, winamp2 cannot use them. This is what the error is. & = & + amp;(Sorry if you put & and amp; together the browser kills it) and ' = ' if I'm correct. There may be others but I haven't ran into them. Just thought I'd give you some more info. I never had a problem with commas though? Just thought I'd pass the info. Nice program. Last edited by bluesman81; 8th April 2002 at 21:03.

8th April 2002, 20:44	#8
Hollow Major Dude Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Baker Lab, Ithaca NY Posts: 1,128	Thats quite interesting, i wonder why they did that. i checked and out of !@#$%^&()_+=-.,'[]{}~` in the file name and got no problems beyond & and ' however when i checked that same list plus <>/\\|?* in the id3 tag i found that if < or > appears it is replaced with > = > and < = < when that information is writen to the bpl. Thanks for the info. I had missed the error before, since i didn't try renaming the songs, but just chaning the bpl file, so it was my bad. I'll try to have a correct converter out later today or tomorrow sometime, hopefully. Anybody know why they did it this way? And what the deal is with those characters that they are treated differently? The moon is made of cheese. Oh for some tasty moon cheese. www.redtetrahedron.org

9th April 2002, 11:02	#11
Aus French Canadian (Alumni) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: A shiny Igloo. Posts: 333	neat. Aus -- NoisePort.Org, chronicles of the french canadian alien (Temporarly down during the move).

12th April 2002, 20:18	#12
Hollow Major Dude Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Baker Lab, Ithaca NY Posts: 1,128	I looked and the & and all are the html codes for those characters, (which i am sure many of you knew, but didn't say) So yeah i guess to that to be web safe xml uses those for the special characters, which does explain things, to some extent. The moon is made of cheese. Oh for some tasty moon cheese. www.redtetrahedron.org

7th April 2002, 05:18	#2
Rocker Hiding in plain sight (mod) Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 9,910	theirs no way to do it yet.... on release you will be able to save and load m3u's and pls files....as well as bpl maybe someone will write a converter

7th April 2002, 16:53	#3
somestuff Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 6	no biggie, i just spent a lot of time making a playlist in winamp3 before i realized they cant be played in winamp2. i need to use winamp 2 to play mp3s while i am gaming because winamp3 skips and lags a lot. i heard there is a way to recude the amount of resources wa3 uses.... can anyone tell me how to do this so i can use wa3 always....

8th April 2002, 07:00	#5
somestuff Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 6	songs with ampersands, commas, and apostrophes seem to cause errors in the program. i cant get it to work with my playlist yet, but thanks a lot. BTW, could you by any chance release the source so i could take a look?

8th April 2002, 21:08	#9
bluesman81 Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunny, Warm, Michigan! Posts: 59	I know very little about XML. Could it be something to do with this (XML like) type of formating? Sorry, just a thought. Anyhow, I too am curious about the reason. Happy coding!

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