[FEATURE] Playlist Import/Export

[Batcastle]

📣 Description

Playlists are usually stored in a plaintext file that lists all the files in the playlist, with an *.m3u8 file extension. These files allow users to import and export their playlists so they have an easier time getting started with a given music player.

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🎯 User Story / Use Case

I am currently getting started with Ampache and have 20+ playlists I can export from my old music player, but have no way to import them. While most of these playlists are small (10-40 tracks), I have a couple playlists that each have well over 100 tracks each. Recreating these manually would take a lot of work. If I could import these playlist files, I could get up and running with Ampache within minutes, instead of hours or days.

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🧭 Where Does This Apply?

Select the parts of the app this feature would impact:

• Playback screen
• Background playback / notification controls
• Downloads / Offline Mode
• Library / Collections
• Login / User Account
• Settings / Preferences
• Audio Engine / Player
• Accessibility / UX
• Other: [...]

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🔁 Alternatives Considered

I have checked my Nextcloud Music instance and did not find this feature. I will be submitting an issue there to implement a similar feature, but this is where it would be most immediately useful to me.

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💬 Additional Context

Attached, I have added an M3U8 file as an example of what these files look like, as well as a screenshot of what this looks like in my current music player, for reference.

M3U8 file in pastebin

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✅ Checklist

• This is not a duplicate of an existing request
• I’ve described the problem and why the feature is needed
• I’ve added relevant context

[icefields]

Hi, thanks for the detailed and well-written issue report!

This looks like something that would need to be implemented on the backend side, as Power Ampache 2 simply consumes data provided by the Ampache server. I’m not sure whether this feature is currently supported by Ampache itself, but it’s definitely worth checking or requesting directly with the Ampache developers.

You can find their repository here: https://github.com/ampache/ampache

[spaasis]

Just a heads-up - this can indeed be done in Nextcloud Music:

1. Create an empty playlist
2. On the newly created playlist menu, select to import from file
3. Browse and select your m3u

Upd: The imported playlist is nearly instantly available in Power Ampache 2. Playlist export works from the same menu in Nextcloud Music

[icefields]

thanks @spaasis , the official Ampache API does not allow this, it seems to be something that Nextcloud Music built on top of the Ampache backend.
In order for this to work it needs to be implemented in Ampache, you can open an issue here Ampache, and request the feature, and importantly, the API method to use the functionality from clients.
If you want to link this issue I'll keep it open, otherwise I will close it.

Thanks.