[Q] How do I backup android media playlist?

[deaffob]

Whenever I install new rom, I have to lose all my precious playlists. What's the location of playlist files?

 

[diddy47]

Export Android Created Playlists To PC

hi i have managed to find a way to extract phone made playlist to pc but i am not a programmer and I was wondering if anyone here can automate it

url are not permitted here so my blog is kundaistreet at blogspot

 

[khaytsus]

hi i have managed to find a way to extract phone made playlist to pc but i am not a programmer and I was wondering if anyone here can automate it

url are not permitted here so my blog is kundaistreet at blogspot

So this PlayQ can you import and export (backup/restore) playlists? If so, that's probably what the OP is looking for. Not a way to use his Android playlists on his PC. Although I doubt he wants to buy this Merdian Player in order to export playlists. I suspect it's just data somewhere, but where would be the question.

 

[phoenixdigital]

Has anyone worked out where these are stored?

I have been googling forever and all I read is people
a) Saying where music is stored
b) Saying where m3u files etc... are stored.

It's obvious that the playlists are stored in a database somewhere I just want to know where it is so I can look at it and see what sort of information is stored for songs and playlists.

 

[tustystiff]

Android Playlist/s Backup Tutorial

Hi everyone,while playing around with the instructions given by diddy47 on the blog site kundaistreet,I discovered how to backup your playlist on your sd card using a combination of 3 apps from the android market and part of the instructions given by diddy47. Apps required are Androzip,Meridian Player and SDMount,they are all free apps and no purchase required to download.This process seems long but its unreal simple,(1)Dowload all apps as stated above,(2)Go to your android stock player and create a playlist of your liking, if you already have a playlist made then on to the next step,(3)As diddy47 described in first part of post, "desregard the part about export to pc",
"In Meridian Player
•Long press on the playlists you want to export to PC, a pop up menu appears
•Select export to playQ
•choose the appropriate name
•choose audio type
•Export as many playlists as you like using procedure above.Navigate to folder PlayQueues using Androzip,it would be stored on your sd card.
Inside will be all your playlist that you exported to playQ in .mpq format not .m3u" Select any of the created playlist/s created and change the file extention name to "m3u", please note all that is being changed are the words and or numbers after the (dot.) (4)Exit Androzip, proceed by making SDMount a widget on your home screen,select, it would refresh saying in the notification bar "Your SD card has been scanned and remounted, SD Media Remounted" 'please note if you unmount your SD through the settings menu you will have to remove your SD card and put it back into device'.(5)Revert to stock media player,go to playlist and there you should find the name of your playlist/s made.You may see 2 of the same named playlist/s but that proves that it was backed up on the sd card.
Thank you for this opportunity, all credit goes out to kundaistreet for the blog site and diddy47 for his tutorial.

 

[Goodm7sn]

any alternative ?

thx for the solution but , its sad but true , this is a basic function i think it should be here already instead of making us looking for this for hours thru the web.
but isnt there any easier method ? dont want that much of apps just for a simple task (exporing playlist)

 

[macphatkat]

Here is what I had to do

I have a Samsung Epic 4g backed up with ClockworkMod, and lost the playlist after installing new ROM. Here is what I had to do to get my playlist back.

Extracted my data.img backup to my PC with unyaffs found here:

jiggawatt.org/badc0de/android/index.html

I knew my playlist name, so I scanned the extracted files and found it here:

C:\Temp\extraced data.img\data\com.android.providers.media\databases\external-99773e78.db

I then used SQLiteStudio to open external-99773e78.db.

sqlitestudio.one.pl

Ran the below SQL to generate my playlist.

select 
    _data
from
(
    select name, _data, play_order
    from
    (
        select    
            am._data
            ,ap.name
            ,apm.play_order
        from audio_playlists ap
            join audio_playlists_map apm on
                ap._id = apm.playlist_id
            join audio_meta am on
                apm.audio_id = am._id 
        where ap._data is null
    )
    
    union
    
    select name, '#EXTM3U ' || name as _data, -1 as play_order
    from 
    (
    select ap.name
    from audio_playlists ap
    where ap._data is null
    )
    
    order by 1,3
)

Exported the result set to a text editor (used PSPad), and created m3u's by copy/paste method. Then moved the m3u files to my SD card. When Android did its media scan it pick up the playlist, but for some reason I can't maintain the play list order. Playlist order was not a priority for me, so I stopped here.

If anyone tries something similar and maintains their playlist order, please post a reply

Thanks

 

[alostpacket]

You can backup playlists to .m3u8 files via BlueMuze

Full disclosure: it's my app, but the playlist backup feature is in the free unlimited trial.


Hopefully that's not too promotional -- not trying to run afoul of forum rules here, but I think it's what you're looking for.

 

[LiquidSolstice]

You can backup playlists to .m3u8 files via BlueMuze

Full disclosure: it's my app, but the playlist backup feature is in the free unlimited trial.


Hopefully that's not too promotional -- not trying to run afoul of forum rules here, but I think it's what you're looking for.

That's the proper way to do it. I just ran into a user who decided to pimp his app in a competing app's very first post.

What you did, in my opinion, is just fine; honest and transparent.

 

[s0larus]

Bluemuze is perfect!
1) backup the playlist.
2) open with notepad++
3) replace /sdcard/ with C:\*path to copy of MP3 folder *
4) rename file to .m3u

Done! Very very simple to do.

 

[sumcrazyguy]

Bluemuze is perfect!
1) backup the playlist.
2) open with notepad++
3) replace /sdcard/ with C:\*path to copy of MP3 folder *
4) rename file to .m3u

Done! Very very simple to do.

Or use Meridian Player (best media player I've come across) to create a "playQ" playlist. this is an independent file as opposed to a database. there are a few steps involved but you can copy the "play Q" file (which has a .mpq extension) to your computer. this file can then be converted to a .m3u file fairly simply. Use Notepad++ to open the .mpq file.

01. Delete all characters before the first instance of "localAudio id"
02. Replace all (" /><) with (\r\n) without the parenthesis. \r\n moves the text to the next line, make sure to select extended mode
03. replace all (LocalAudio id="/mnt/sdcard/Music/) with (D:\Music\) or wherever the music is
04. replace (&) with (&) - there seems to be an error with the & symbol
05. delete "\Items><\PlayQ>" at the end

Here is a link to the original post from where I got the information. I did have a different experience then what is shown here, but very useful:

http://kundaistreet.blogspot.com/2010/12/export-android-created-playlists-to-pc.html

 

[MNGG]

+1 to alostpacket!

 

[easterlingman]

You can backup playlists to .m3u8 files via BlueMuze

Full disclosure: it's my app, but the playlist backup feature is in the free unlimited trial.


Hopefully that's not too promotional -- not trying to run afoul of forum rules here, but I think it's what you're looking for.

Hey alostpacket! Your app seems perfect for me, only I'm running ICS on my G2 and using the default app Apollo for my music and BlueMuze isn't picking up the playlists I've created. Also BlueMuze crashes whenever I try to view my music from within it. Any advice?

 

[Bibicp]

I've found a playlist backup app on the play store
here's link : bit . ly/O9wb8q (can't post links)
Press thanks if I helped you!

 

[philipjacobs]

import playlist m3u

So let me understand this correcty. There is no way to import playlists from my pc (m3u) and then play them? I have to create on android and back it up????

 

[ftore]

So let me understand this correcty. There is no way to import playlists from my pc (m3u) and then play them? I have to create on android and back it up????

You can find the answer in this thread. Read it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38841993#post38841993

Or if you want to share your list of songs from your favorite playlists, you can use this app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sendmyplaylist

 

[philipjacobs]

I actually figured out another way. It's a pain but it works fine for me. Thanks!