The current playlist feature does not work for those of us who host Plex on our NAS devices. What we need is an ability to import from .m3u playlist files on the Plex server. This way we can export a playlist file from a desktop machine that is using iTunes, edit the file directly to change the pa…

This way we can export a playlist file from a desktop machine that is using iTunes, edit the file directly to change the path of the MP3 files from 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 P…

Thanks Trumpy81. Your response was exactly what I would have written as well. My mistake was mentioning iTunes with regard to the .m3u request. This request has nothing to do with iTunes as you mention .m3u is a standard and used by most if not all audio/mp3 clients. PlexMeteor - to your point,…

@tetraploid i understand now. BTW, there is a dedicated "feature & bug voting" subforum in the PlexPass section. You can propose your idea there in a synthetic (but precise) way and plexpass members may vote for it. While there is no strict rule about suggestions being considered/accepted, Plex team…

I second this request. Running into the exact same issue. I am using QNAP to store all my media. It’s so cumbersome to select one file at a time to create a playlist. In fact, I also want a iTunes like ‘smart playlist’ that creates an auto playlist on the fly with the user defined criteria such as a…

I also need this. There really needs to be some way for users that already have a large library of music imported into Plex to import the playlists they’ve created. Currently we’re required to re-create the playlist from scratch.

I’m adding another vote for a M3U playlist recognition as well. Reasons: I don’t use iTunes, and I don’t want to convert my playlists between different platforms when the M3U standard works. Both the built in audio player on my Synology and my phone’s music playing app is smart enough to recogniz…

I don’t have a NAS but this is the only reason I still hold on to JRiver Media Center. Plex takes way too long to index the content in my music folders when I add or delete new artists and has limited playlist import support (a playlist with ~1000 songs cannot be imported). I’ve tried Musicfans’ dat…

Bump. (I’ve been everywhere regarding this issue lately. Sorry about that. But it might just work :wink: )

I am so surprised that Plex doesn’t automatically import my playlists from the .m3u files on my hard drive! This is my one hang-up with Plex as I’ve invested so much already into forming playlists with winamp, and recreating these playlists by hand would take tons of time. iTunes imports .m3u playli…

bump - this is still a requirement for NAS users

Request: Playlist import from .m3u files (all NAS users require this)

Feature Suggestions

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[Feature Request] Have Plex support importing playlists with .m3u files. Feature Suggestions	3	115	June 10, 2021
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Request: Playlist import from .m3u files (all NAS users require this)

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