[Feature Request] Support manual .m3u file import for playlist creation

The current playlist feature does not work for those of us who host Plex on our NAS devices.  It also would benefit users who host Plex on their desktop machines and use other audio programs where they can export their current playlists into .m3u standardized files.  

 

The major missing feature is an ability to import from .m3u playlist files on the Plex server. 

 

In the case of a NAS user, we can export a playlist file from a desktop machine, edit the .m3u file directly to change the path of the MP3 files from referencing local drive letter mappings with absolute paths to the relative path on the NAS where the music files are located and then import that playlist into Plex on the NAS.

 

Right now the only option available to build a playlist is literally trying to build playlists one song at a time and manually going through your music library which is extremely cumbersome.

 

Please add this much needed feature.

 

Thanks!

There is already a request for this feature so i am going to close this one in favor of the other to avoid splitting votes.

https://forums.plex.tv/topic/117633-option-to-use-existing-m3u-for-playlist-feature/

Early 2021 clean-up: duplicate