Convert cue-sheets to m3u playlists for phatbox

[judb]

how are you editing the file?  after you edit it what do you do?

[Anton]

I've tried this two different ways.
1. in P MusicManager, I copy the track to a playlist several times.  so there are say 5 tracks of the same song in one playlist.  then I save/eject the DMS, reinsert, and open the m3u file in the PHTDTA with notepad.  Now the playlist already has the 5 tracks, so I insert the timestamp after each filename per the instructions. (tab...)  Save the changes to the file, and do another Save/eject.
2. I just open the m3u file in notepad, make it look like I want it to, save the changes, and do a Save/Eject.

I'm going to try this with my Original DMS in Media Manager tonight to see if I get better results...

since the hack DMS won't work with Media manager.

[sbingner]

You would need to NOT have media manager open when you edit it, if you hit save/eject it'll overwrite all your changes

[Anton]

could I edit the phatcart backup, and then just restore a backup of the playlists?

[sbingner]

Unless I'm missing something -- you would just need to create these m3u files manually, when PMM is closed... then you ought to be OK opening/closing PMM... again, I'm just going off what I know of how PMM works... if somebody who actually does this feels like chiming in it would be more authoritative

Sam

[Anton]

Still having some trouble here...
to be more specific, the playlist that I'm editing only has one track.  It is an Audiobook (non-audible), several hours long.  So I want to put in breaks so it is easier to skip forward and back in the file.

I've got the M3u file edited as I want, and I edit the pbx file to reflect the # of tracks.  the good news is PMM does not overwrite these files, however, it doesn't recognize multiple tracks.

I think my problem is with the m3u file.  PMM 2.3 will allow me to add multiples of the same track to a specific playlist.  PMM 3.92  will only let me add a specific track to a playlist just once.  Example, the original file:
#Kurlansky, Mark - Cod
/dos/data/eBook backup/Cod_A_Biography.wma

And if I add the same track three times to a playlist in PMM 2.3
#Kurlansky, Mark - Cod
/dos/data/eBook backup/Cod_A_Biography.wma
#Kurlansky, Mark - Cod
/dos/data/eBook backup/Cod_A_Biography.wma
#Kurlansky, Mark - Cod
/dos/data/eBook backup/Cod_A_Biography.wma


After editing: (and the .pbx file was changed to reflect 3 tracks.)
#Kurlansky, Mark - Cod1
/dos/data/eBook backup/Cod_A_Biography.wma     0       690
#Kurlansky, Mark - Cod2
/dos/data/eBook backup/Cod_A_Biography.wma     691    1594 
#Kurlansky, Mark - Cod3
/dos/data/eBook backup/Cod_A_Biography.wma     1595   -1


I numbered the track names, because I figured they couldn't be the same name.  Problem is this doesn't work.  tracks two and three don't play in PMM 2.3, they skip, and then stop.  would it be any different in the box?  Track one plays all the way through...

anyone reccomend a good WMA file splitter?  I figure I could just do it that way, and then have multiple files and add them to the playlist seperately.

[sbingner]

Are you trying to play it from PMM, or from the PhatBox?

I wouldn't be surprised if this doesn't work in PMM at all

[Terry_Kennedy]

Are you trying to play it from PMM, or from the PhatBox?

I wouldn't be surprised if this doesn't work in PMM at all

Right - this is only supported on the PhatBox.

[VorTechS]

Just as a side note, I'd appreciate a copy of the files you are editing so I can build a CUE splitting function into PhatHack Media Manager...