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windows media playlist

Postby jeffdort » 17 Aug 2008 01:18

can i play a windows media playlist in vlc? I was told yes. but i cant seem to dugure it out on my own
im 100% new to the vlc player so instructions need to be in simple terms please
thanks in advance

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Re: windows media playlist

Postby VLC_help » 17 Aug 2008 13:58

Drag and drop that playlist to VLC should work. View -> Playlist should so added files.

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Re: windows media playlist

Postby higgshr » 19 Aug 2008 23:08

I am a newbie too and have the same problem. I can import the WPL files into VLC Playlist, but it does not do anything or expand the playlist. How do you actually import this to work correctly?

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Re: windows media playlist

Postby jeffdort » 20 Aug 2008 04:27

doenst seem to work for me. maybe im missing something??

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Re: windows media playlist

Postby VLC_help » 20 Aug 2008 18:22

My bad. It seems WPL playlists aren't supported. m3u playlists should work.
http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/1882 (trac ticket for WPL support)

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Re: windows media playlist

Postby higgshr » 21 Aug 2008 04:00

Eureka - All you have to do is go to Windows Medi Player (WMP) and kick-off your WMP Playlists, then resave the WPL as a m3u file in WMP - ie Save Playlist As .Then you can import this new m3u playlist to VPL no problem.

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Re: windows media playlist

Postby Yona » 18 Mar 2021 17:52

It is much easier than that. Follow these five (5) simple steps:
1. Right-click on 'Playlist' in the top left.
2. Go down and select 'Open Media'
3. Then go across and click on 'Open Folder'
4. Browse to the folder you have the WMP playlist files that have the .wpl extension. Usually, it is in C:\Users\...\Music\My Playlists\
5. Then click on 'Select Folder'.
You should now see all your playlist from Windows Media Player :D


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