[FEATURE REQUEST] Import playlists from file

[SpiralUniverse]

as the title suggests a small feature to be able to read data from a file and generate a playlist
for example m3u8 file that contains all data for a playlist from how many songs and songs names to the order they are in
this would be really helpful
especially cz i switched to namida 2 days ago i have 1600 songs and playlists that contain huge nb of songs i dont want to go to each playlist i had and recreate it in namida adding each song 1 by 1 (its painful)
please consider this feature and close if your not gunna work on it
thanks in advance ☺

[MSOB7YY]

dude thats already a thing ☠️ make sure the folder containing these m3u/m3u8 *is inside indexer folders. then just refresh playlists page or restart namida.
you can also open any ".m3u" file and share it to namida, it will be added to the queue directly. (soon will add .m3u8 files)

if this ain't working properly for you, then pls send a sample file & the logs

[SpiralUniverse]

okay ive tried what u have said i didnt quit work as expected but did work eventually
i tried to refresh and re-index after i made sure that the Okay.m3u (i didnt name it that way) was placed under 0/Namidia/M3u Playlists which is generated automatically after i did try to generate playlists randomly! but no playlist called Okay was created in the app
I then tried to create it and re-index and refresh but nothing happened (btw i have no idea about the difference btw refresh and re-index)
then what i did i playing a single song , go the queue remove it (the app suddenly got white color filter which was as if it crashed but it was fully functional ) then going to the m3u file and open with namida worked as u said it should all the songs was in the queue followed by select all and add to playlist thats how it worked!
thanks for the tips , sorry for any miss-understanding
i tried too recrate the white screen described above but it didnt work!

[SpiralUniverse]

also since the logic is already available (dont know if u had that planned) isnt it better to add UI related to import such files even if they where outside the folders added to the indexer by making user select where the m3u file is located?

[MSOB7YY]

pls send logs from settings -> about, this will tell what went wrong and will tell also about white screen

idk i feel like its over complicating it, automatically importing is way better, if you want to manually import m3u playlist outside the folders, then just share to namida and do whatever u want next. also there is no place left for such a button

[utopologist]

Hey, I'm having pretty much the same problem. I can't get any other playlists into the app. I've tried opening the m3u files with the app, moving them into the indexed folders, adding new indexed folders, etc. Nothing seems to work. I've attached my log files. Otherwise, lovely program!

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[MSOB7YY]

@utopologist can u try the latest beta from here https://github.com/namidaco/namida-snapshots/releases ?, i think its already fixed there

[qoished]

pls send logs from settings -> about, this will tell what went wrong and will tell also about white screen

idk i feel like its over complicating it, automatically importing is way better, if you want to manually import m3u playlist outside the folders, then just share to namida and do whatever u want next. also there is no place left for such a button

You can add such a button under "Create Playlist". Upon pressing that instead of having a pop up for the name, you can have it create a list pop up with options "New Playlist" and "Import Playlist". To be honest I've never seen a music player (I tried a lot of them) that has this auto import and doesn't have a button or option in settings at least for it. It's more natural to have an import option rather than auto importing from a folder. Or you can have both.

Other than that great work. You've done well creating this app. I love the UI and it's feature clattered which is something I love about apps

[MSOB7YY]

@qoished thank u so much <3, thats actually a nice idea but at the same time its kinda annoying having to add each playlist manually, and i cant think about a button that adds a whole folder cuz that will be just the same as indexer folders.. idk might rethink about this

[qoished]

@MSOB7YY I appreciate your kind response! <3 We all love your work! Keep it up!

I see your point there, that importing a folder is purposeless since it's a feature that already exists in a different form. Although you could use the default system file picker to import the files/playlists.
That way the user can select multiple files from a folder but isn't required to pick either all of them (the whole folder) or only one playlist (one file).
This will make it so the user can import specific files that are in one folder or files from different folders. Also the use of the default system file picker will grant the user the ability to even import playlists from the drive or other cloud service (that are uploaded from a different device).
Also please take in mind that by importing files to the app (Namida) will also grant the user the ability to erase the exported files from his immediate directories (ex. Music folders, Downloads, etc.). I take myself as an example since I have more than 60 playlists that I exported from my other music player (Poweramp).

I respect any decision you make as a developer and by all means don't want to force you to integrate a feature that you think is unnecessary.
I may work on the app myself in my free time if I find any xD and will try to implement this feature and make a pull request if I find the chance.

Again, thanks for creating this beautiful app!
Love <3

[MSOB7YY]

@qoished mughagaha thank uu and i love yall <3

i understand your point and its totally valid (about importing manually) but u mentioned "erasing" exported playlists after importing to namida? that seems so off to me tbh, m3u playlists are meant to be universal, when namida reads an m3u playlists, it doesn't make a copy but rather actually interact with the file itself, which allows for editing the file from anywhere and that edit will be reflected everywhere (in all apps).

all players i used did automatically read m3u playlists saved on device (typically in storage/emulated/0/Music) and allow interacting/editing the same way namida does, so it should be also a known thing.

• if you had to add the folder manually, this means that namida tries to help you, u should be actually saving the playlist in the Music folder in the first place
• if you dont want some playlists to be added, thats also a strange thing, why have them in the first place? yet namida also helps u u can put in a folder outside indexer folders, or add the folder to the blacklist

again allowing to add playlists manually is a nice idea but really pointless, as per every player i used and per how m3u playlists should be treated

lemme know if u have a different take on this ^^ i might be wrong ^^ (btw building is currently not possible

[MSOB7YY]

i realized now that u may have exported these playlists just to be able to switch to namida.. now that really should be a thing lmao

[qoished]

@MSOB7YY yeah I did export them so I can switch from Poweramp.
Well my playlists are m3u8 xD and still can't use this feature lmao. Although yeah basically I'm switching from another player and don't really need to have them as files in my non Android/data directories.
Although yeah I'm trying to find a music player that is open source and better than poweramp which is closed source and paid. And I have high hopes for your app. So far I've liked mostly everything. I'm just waiting for the m3u8 integration so I can test it side by side with my current player