Platform: Windows (can also be built for Linux)
This program will sort all playlists alphabetically. It won't be able to restore your order!
The "music library" window allows you to rename files and folders without losing the playlists: When you rename anything in the program it will both change the name of the file(s)/folders and adopt the new filepaths in the playlists. Additionally it detects if the folder name maches the artist or album tag of the music files. Whenever they match changing the folder name will also change the tag of the files.
The "multiple playlist conversion" allows you to configure one-click conversions between different formats (.m3u, .m3u8, .playlistsync, .xml).
The option "Clean m3u files" allows you to remove all metadata (everything starting with a '#'; e.g. "#EXTINF:...") from the playlist. Optionally it also replaces all relative paths with absolute paths. Sometimes it's necessary to use this if a conversion fails.
The binaries are available under Releases.
Make sure that you have the .NET Framework Runtime 4.6.1 or newer installed (most likely it's already there).
This setup is what I personally use. I do most organization work on the pc and the playlist allocation on my phone.
Use Playlist-Sync to change file names and folder names or move files and folders in your music library.
Use git version control on the playlist files ("User\Music\Playlists"). Recommended GUI: ungit.
Use freacto copy your cds (works, whenever Windows Media Player crashes).
Use kid3 to tag and name new files correctly. (This can also partially be done inside Playlist-Sync)
This setup only allows you to edit playlists only on one device at once. You have to copy the changes before making changes on the next device. The git version control will help whenever you forgot to copy changes before changing the device.
Use Playlist-Sync and to convert the playlists into Smart-backup .xml files.
Use Syncthing Free file sync or other synchronization software to setup a configuration which will copy the .xml files and music files onto your phone.
Use my version of Smart-backup to import the .xml files into the android playlist database.
Use any app of your choice or my version of Phonograph to play/edit the playlists on the phone.
Check on git that you didn't make any changes on the pc. If you did, there's no recipe on how to fix this. Ine the best case you can just move on as if nothing happened, in the worst case you might have to fix some playlist files manualy (using a text editor).
Use any version of Smart-backup to export the .xml files onto your phone.
Once set up, Syncthing will copy your new files onto your pc. Use Free file sync to copy the .xml files from your phone to your pc.
Use Playlist-Sync to convert the newest .xml file into m3u playlists and save them into your folder.
Check all the changes you made on git. If everything looks fine you can commit now. If you had changes made on your pc at the beginning you might have to repair some stuff now. Open the "music library" and make sure there are no "missing items" (red background).
The default settings are stored in PlaylistSyncGUI.exe.config.
Your user settings are stored at %Appdata%\..\Local\PlaylistSyncGUI in the file user.config (this is where the button in the main menu takes you).
To use the external programs (notepad++, kid3) you might have to change the file paths in the config file:
Copy the following lines from the default settings into your user settings. Then replace the file paths with the file paths of your system.
<setting name="kid3_FilePath" serializeAs="String">
<value>C:\Portable Programs\kid3-3.7.0-win32\kid3.exe</value>
</setting>
<setting name="notepadPlusPlus_FilePath" serializeAs="String">
<value>C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe</value>
</setting>It happened to me multiple times that I lost my settings. If this happens to you you can most likely restore the old settings by finding the old user.config file and copying the contents into the new file.
