EXTM3U - directories

nakko · 6th March 2003, 05:01

I've seen a lot of discussion, and some things seem to get close to what I am after.... but since I'm not sure, I'll post my whole Winamp 2.71 question. Here goes.

I have all my mp3's sorted into various folders, but they're all under d:\mp3. I hit Shift+L to load that entire directory, recursively. It surely enough does add all those files in all those directories into my playlist. However, Winamp's playlist window only adds EXTM3U info for entries that are visible in the window. It stops looking through the songs' ID3 tags when it gets to the bottom of the visible portion of the list. Is there a way to force Winamp to not stop digging through all the ID3's? I turned on the option to "Sort files on load" but that doesn't seem to do the trick. Does anyone else here know what I am talkin about? Am I a lunatic? Do I need to be more verbose?

Thank you for your time.

Lion King · 6th March 2003, 05:16

ctrl+p > options > read titles on > load (rather than display)

nakko · 6th March 2003, 05:27

Yep, you got it. Hiding in PLAIN SIGHT. Thanks a million!

(although it does take a while with a few thousand songs.)

6th March 2003, 05:01	#1
nakko Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Diego Posts: 2	EXTM3U - directories I've seen a lot of discussion, and some things seem to get close to what I am after.... but since I'm not sure, I'll post my whole Winamp 2.71 question. Here goes. I have all my mp3's sorted into various folders, but they're all under d:\mp3. I hit Shift+L to load that entire directory, recursively. It surely enough does add all those files in all those directories into my playlist. However, Winamp's playlist window only adds EXTM3U info for entries that are visible in the window. It stops looking through the songs' ID3 tags when it gets to the bottom of the visible portion of the list. Is there a way to force Winamp to not stop digging through all the ID3's? I turned on the option to "Sort files on load" but that doesn't seem to do the trick. Does anyone else here know what I am talkin about? Am I a lunatic? Do I need to be more verbose? Thank you for your time.

6th March 2003, 05:27	#3
nakko Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Diego Posts: 2	got it! Yep, you got it. Hiding in PLAIN SIGHT. Thanks a million! (although it does take a while with a few thousand songs.)

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6th March 2003, 05:16	#2
Lion King Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,668	ctrl+p > options > read titles on > load (rather than display)