Copy files of selected tracks or playlist to new location with M3U file referencing them

This script will copy the files of the selected tracks (or the files of the tracks in the selected playlist) to a user-chosen location and then create a M3U playlist file in the same location with relative file path references to the copied files. Includes options for renaming exported files with tag-pattern substitution (see File Renamer), FAT32 volume-checking, creating a relative subfolder for the audio files and for over-writing existing audio files.

Primarily intended for loading audio files and M3U playlists to mounted portable media--SD card, USB memory stick, and so on--that are used by various media players. Documentation explains more.

    Latest version:
  • Adds pattern-substitution routine to rename exported files
  • Adds optional check for FAT32 volumes
  • Minor fixes and enhancements
    Info:
  • short url: http://dougscripts.com/514
  • category: Managing Files
  • build type: Cocoa-AppleScript
  • Gatekeeper Security: Authorized Developer ID
  • latest version posted: April 10, 2013
  • latest version downloads: 222 | total downloads: 622
  • download size: 1085.3K
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Top, audio files and M3U file are copied to my selected folder (named "MUSIC" and which happens to be on a USB stick). Bottom, the M3U file as viewed in TextEdit. The files have been renamed with a substitution pattern using [track count] and [name] tags from each track.

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