Playlist save location

showman · 14th July 2008, 01:14

Sorry if this question has been covered, but is there an option to tell winamp where to save playlists?
It seems that my playlists get saved into whatever was my last folder viewed. Just wondering

J_Darnley · 14th July 2008, 09:32

Playlists from where? When you save a playlist you can say where it is saved. If you mean the Library Playlists then no, they are saved into the settings folder.

praise4him · 18th July 2008, 03:16

If it's per-user, Document and Settings\[your user name]\application data\winamp\winamp.m3u(8)

that's the settings folder

showman · 18th July 2008, 05:42

Yeah...mine seems to handle it a little different, but that's ok...I have created a folder for them, and I just plop them into it. I guess I want the option of choosing the save location in the options.

J_Darnley · 18th July 2008, 13:59

Of what?
ML Playlists? You can manually edit playlists.xml to have them point anywhere. It might be nice to have this feature through Winamp.
A playlist you explicitly save? Save it where ever you want to save it then. It is a standard Windows dialog.
The main Winamp playlist? It is not likely to move from winamp.m3u[8] because of compatibility issues.

Settings are saved in %appdata%\Winamp with a clean install of 5.5 or later or in the install folder with an old install.
You can just enter %appdata% into the address bar of Windows Explorer or the Run dialog and you will be taken straight there.

jfiglik · 1st April 2017, 19:30

Yes you can save playlists anywhere you want. If you've not specified an alternate directory, try looking for your playlists in the (default?) location:
checkout ~user\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\Plugins\ml\Playlist.xml

This file references the *.m3u8 files also located in the same directory

Using a programming editor, in my case, I find that the playlist.xml file is one (1) line 3,064 characters long.

Ranceed · 13th April 2017, 10:17

Quote:

Sorry if this question has been covered, but is there an option to tell winamp where to save playlists?
It seems that my playlists get saved into whatever was my last folder viewed. Just wondering

you can save at anywhere you want

pbleeker78 · 10th September 2017, 11:05

I've never had this problem :-/

14th July 2008, 01:14	#1
showman Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 7	Playlist save location Sorry if this question has been covered, but is there an option to tell winamp where to save playlists? It seems that my playlists get saved into whatever was my last folder viewed. Just wondering

14th July 2008, 09:32	#2
J_Darnley Forum King Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Belgium, Europe Posts: 3,625	Playlists from where? When you save a playlist you can say where it is saved. If you mean the Library Playlists then no, they are saved into the settings folder. Winamp ATF Reference — My cPro timer widget — My port of AVS Do NOT email me with general tech support questions.

18th July 2008, 13:59	#5
J_Darnley Forum King Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Belgium, Europe Posts: 3,625	Of what? ML Playlists? You can manually edit playlists.xml to have them point anywhere. It might be nice to have this feature through Winamp. A playlist you explicitly save? Save it where ever you want to save it then. It is a standard Windows dialog. The main Winamp playlist? It is not likely to move from winamp.m3u[8] because of compatibility issues. Settings are saved in %appdata%\Winamp with a clean install of 5.5 or later or in the install folder with an old install. You can just enter %appdata% into the address bar of Windows Explorer or the Run dialog and you will be taken straight there. Winamp ATF Reference — My cPro timer widget — My port of AVS Do NOT email me with general tech support questions.

1st April 2017, 19:30	#6
jfiglik Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 1	WinAmp Playlist Location Yes you can save playlists anywhere you want. If you've not specified an alternate directory, try looking for your playlists in the (default?) location: checkout ~user\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\Plugins\ml\Playlist.xml This file references the *.m3u8 files also located in the same directory Using a programming editor, in my case, I find that the playlist.xml file is one (1) line 3,064 characters long.

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18th July 2008, 03:16	#3
praise4him Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 11	If it's per-user, Document and Settings\[your user name]\application data\winamp\winamp.m3u(8) that's the settings folder

18th July 2008, 05:42	#4
showman Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 7	Yeah...mine seems to handle it a little different, but that's ok...I have created a folder for them, and I just plop them into it. I guess I want the option of choosing the save location in the options.

10th September 2017, 11:05	#8
pbleeker78 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Posts: 22	I've never had this problem :-/