• zhmmy
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Topic: Saving playlists

Hi,
Maybe I'm not seeing something?  There isn't a 'save as' that will enable me to save as .aif, .mp3, etc.

When I save to the folder I set up, it only saves as .m3u.  Doubleclicking on it opens iTunes instead of a Cog window, and then there is the perpetual spinning wheel.

I'd like to be able to save the playlist as .mp3, or as .aif if I intend to burn a CD.

As it is now, it works as a one-window playlist that remains the same when I reopen Cog.  I can delete and add to this one playlist but that is very limiting.

Is there a way to save the playlist in .mp3 or .aif, and can I save more than one playlist?

Zhmmy

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Re: Saving playlists

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Re: Saving playlists

Okay, that worked and I don't know why I didn't think to do it. 
So, there is no way to save in other formats.  The playlist works similar to Toast, in that the songs are aliases? 
Thanks for your help.
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Re: Saving playlists

You usually can't "save" in other formats in most audio players. ("Save" probably isn't the right word; it's more likely "convert" or "export.")

You usually need audio editing software (such as Audacity), though iTunes happens to be able to convert from the formats it can play to MP3.


An M3U file is nothing more than a text file with a list of the location and filename of the songs.

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Re: Saving playlists

Color me khaki, but I thought m3u was a standard format? If I save a playlist in Cog and play it Itunes it won't work? (of course if the list included .flac I predict problems.

Don't know why I would want to though, playlists never really appealed to me. Maybe because I never know which song I want to hear next.

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Re: Saving playlists

One of the earliest Mac OS audio players, SoundApp, actually had a function whereby you could convert your entire playlist into the format of your choice*.  It was an extremely handy trick (one that I still use), and I've occasionally wished that Cog could do the same, since doing the same kind of batch conversion is pretty kludgy in iTunes and Audacity.  But I suspect that it's probably not the kind of functionality that's central to Cog's mission -- though Cog and SoundApp are, in many ways, programs that share a similar spirit.

*(well, as long as it was into .aiff, .wav, .sd2, .au, or one or two others -- SoundApp wasn't an MP3 encoder or anything like that)

Last edited by goldenband (2008-01-25 12:46:57)