I would like a real playlist import function, particularly for iTunes but also other common players and m3u builders. The current iTune function is horrible and generally doesn’t work in most cases. Life would be so much better if I could just export a list, have Plex import it… nothing fancy jus…

Even if there’s an one-time import function for playlists, this doesn’t keep them updated, so it’s always a bit tricky. Any iTunes-related functionality is probably not high priority right now - the Mac version will get replaced next month by Music.app, the future of the Windows iTunes is uncertain…

Playlist import

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beckfield September 27, 2019, 5:14pm 3

There’s an existing request for this, with more votes. It’s best not to split votes across multiple threads.

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