Dogberry2;484145 Wrote: 
> Rather than playing around with the M3U text files and having to do a
> lot of reformatting, I go right to the server database, using the MySQL
> Query Browser. That way I can pull the individual fields, export the
> results to a spreadsheet, and format and print (or email to friends) a
> readable playlist, including the artist and album each track is pulled
> from. I'm not currently at my personal PC where my queries are saved,
> but I think the query I use is pretty much like this:
> 
> > 
Code:
--------------------
  >   > 
  > /* Query to get the tracks in all playlists */
  > select cast(t2.title AS char(100)) AS "Playlist",
  > pl.position + 1 AS "Track Number", 
  > cast(tr.title AS char(100)) AS "Song Title",
  > if(al.compilation = 1, "Various Artists", cast(co.name AS char(100))) AS 
"Artist",
  > cast(al.title AS char(100)) AS "Album Title",
  > tr.url AS "File Path"
  > from tracks t2,
  > playlist_track pl, 
  > tracks tr, 
  > albums al,
  > contributor_track ct,
  > contributors co
  > where t2.content_type = "ssp"
  > and pl.playlist = t2.id
  > and tr.url = pl.track
  > and al.id = tr.album
  > and ct.track = tr.id
  > and ct.role = 1
  > and co.id = ct.contributor
  > order by 1, 2
  > 
--------------------
> > 
> 
> This gives me the information I want, broken out by playlist name,
> and with a little formatting in Excel I can print something like:
> 
> > 
Code:
--------------------
  >   > 
  > Playlist: Messin' Around
  > 
  > Track:  Song:               Artist:            Album:
  > 1    Hypnotized          Fleetwood Mac      Mystery To Me
  > 2    Rub Me Raw          Warren Zevon       The Wind
  > 3    Rack 'Em Up         Jonny Lang         Lie To Me
  > 4    Elmira St. Boogie   Danny Gatton       Hot Rod Guitar
  > 5    Turn It Up          Todd Snider        Songs For The Daily Planet
  > 6    Mess Around         Ray Charles        Greatest Hits
  > 7        :                   :                   :
  > 8        :                   :                   :
  > 
--------------------
> > 
> 
> The query can be modified to include things like year and genre, if
> you like. In any case, it saves me the trouble of having to format
> full-path file names down into just song titles and artists, and lets
> me fill in other information as desired. I run this periodically (if
> I've added new playlists, or made significant changes) and export it
> to a spreadsheet that has the proper formatting already set up; that
> way it's handy when I need it.

Hi,

That looks good, looks what I am after, but way above my league to
understand, good you can add what you want exported to a file, I would
like Artist/Track/Album/Duration, will try to read up about it...

Cheers
Jay


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