Getting multiple copies of playlists each time I play them

Question

Each time I play a list I created in Windows Media Player Legacy, it creates multiple lists of the same name (does not add on individual songs, but rather duplicates the whole list each and every time I play it. I've had 10+ lists of the same name. Then it also creates multiple copies in the new version of Windows Media player

Answer 1

Hi Frances,

Thanks for your post. For the Windows Player legacy, you can do the following actions for better practice.

Create your own playlist. An M3U playlist can be created using Explorer simply by selecting files manually, or performing a Search and selecting them. Press ShiftClick nd right-click on selected list, then Copy as Path. Paste into a text editor and save with extension .m3u, or .m3u8 if there are Unicode characters. BTW, theoretically, there should be a header line, but most media players do not need it.

If you don't like WMP, rather than complain, use a different player -- there are a slew of them, such as VLC, MPC-HC, or alternatives.

Best Regards,

Ian Xue

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