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This page describes how people can share playlists that other people could play directly on their computer, provided they have the audio.  
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A playlist is a document comprising a list of tracks to be played. That list could represent a milonga set (in which case it is ordered), or a selection or favourites (in which case it is unordered). Internally each entry is not the track audio but instead is a reference to the track. In the case of playlists stored as files, the references are filing system pathnames. Of the various formats for playlist files, the most widely compatible is M3U. However, regular M3Us are very rarely transportable in practice.


== With TINT-based filing==
A TINT playlist file is a playlist file that uses [[User:Chrisjjj/TINT|TINT]] for its file references. The TINT standard allows a playlist to be transportable e.g. saved from one music library and played on a different music library having the same track files and audio format, provided both use [[User:Chrisjjj/TINT-based_filing|TINT-based filing]].
Currently the only way to achieve the above is via [[TINT-based filing]]
=== Method 1 ===
* you can use [[TINT-based filing]] for sharing playlists. E.g. a [[.m3u]] can be placed in the TINT root. (e.g. C:/path_to_my_tinted_music/)


=== Method 2 ===
For a TINT playlist file to be transportable between libraries at different locations in the filing system, when a media librarian program saves a playlist in M3U format to a path location at or below the level of the tracks, the program uses relative paths for the track references within. This is possible in Windows Media Player V9 and later and MediaMonkey 3.0 and later. When such a playlist is sent to another user who places it an the same position in his/her music library folder, that user may play it using any music librarian program that recognises relative paths.
*TINT-based filing with an additonal folder "../tint/.." (e.g. C:/path_to_my_music/tint/)
* allows sharing without the need to put the playlist directly in the audio root
* path is <pre><nowiki><root>/tint/<TIN>/<Side#>/<Track#>.<ext></nowiki></pre>
* the m3u file includes relative path <pre><nowiki><root>../tint/<TIN>/<Side#>/<Track#>.<ext></nowiki></pre>
E.g.
*<tt>C:/My Music/'''tint'''/'''00724383741328'''/'''1'''/'''1'''.flac</tt>
*<tt>C:/My Music/mym3ufiles/my-playlist-for-sunday.m3u</tt> (same level as the tint folder)
*<tt>C:/My Music/tint/my-playlist-for-sunday.m3u</tt> (if you want to have it in the same directory)
*a path in the .m3u would be <tt>../'''tint'''/'''00724383741328'''/'''1'''/'''1'''.flac</tt>


== Without TINT-based filing==
The content of an example TINT playlist in M3U format, containing four tracks:
There is currently no way known to tango.info, to share directly playable playlists without [[TINT-based filing]].


foobar with [[foo_texttools]] lets you export a plain list of TINTs as text file. There is currently no method known how to play. One way is that the receiver of a TINT list uploads his library to t.i (tint + path) and also uploads the TINT list. He could then get back a m3u file containg the pathnames for the TINT list.
S:\TLIB\00828767206929\1\1.wma
S:\TLIB\00828767206929\1\7.wma
S:\TLIB\08427328146074\2\12.wma
S:\TLIB\08427328020473\1\11.wma
 
See also:
 
* [[User:Chrisjjj/TINT]]
* [[User:Chrisjjj/TINT usage]]
* [[User:Chrisjjj/TINT-based filing migration]]
* [[pathnames]]
* [[listing pathnames to file]]

Latest revision as of 2016-11-21T03:18:52

A playlist is a document comprising a list of tracks to be played. That list could represent a milonga set (in which case it is ordered), or a selection or favourites (in which case it is unordered). Internally each entry is not the track audio but instead is a reference to the track. In the case of playlists stored as files, the references are filing system pathnames. Of the various formats for playlist files, the most widely compatible is M3U. However, regular M3Us are very rarely transportable in practice.

A TINT playlist file is a playlist file that uses TINT for its file references. The TINT standard allows a playlist to be transportable e.g. saved from one music library and played on a different music library having the same track files and audio format, provided both use TINT-based filing.

For a TINT playlist file to be transportable between libraries at different locations in the filing system, when a media librarian program saves a playlist in M3U format to a path location at or below the level of the tracks, the program uses relative paths for the track references within. This is possible in Windows Media Player V9 and later and MediaMonkey 3.0 and later. When such a playlist is sent to another user who places it an the same position in his/her music library folder, that user may play it using any music librarian program that recognises relative paths.

The content of an example TINT playlist in M3U format, containing four tracks: 

S:\TLIB\00828767206929\1\1.wma
S:\TLIB\00828767206929\1\7.wma
S:\TLIB\08427328146074\2\12.wma
S:\TLIB\08427328020473\1\11.wma

See also:

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