I have iTunes installed on my computer, and I went to import my Winamp .m3u playlist into it. However, I select it, and then it gets deleted without a trace on the Windows 98 SE computer which it was stored on. Dave (availble at www.thursby.com) access the directory on the PC. I am not sure if it is a Dave or iTunes problem, but I need to find out how to get back my .m3u playlists. Thanx.

What is an '.m3u' file?

an m3u file is a playlist. It's nothing more then a text file with the location of the mp3's.

I have been having the same problem. I think MAC's can't read .m3u files. there has to be some sort of plug-in out there that can lets you convert them. I've downloaded every player for the Mac that I've found on the net. None of them seem to work. I also am trying to load playlists from iTunes in my portable mp3 player but it only reads .m3u files. I now went bake to my PC to work on playlists for my portable player. I'm also looking for somthing that can convert iTunes playlists into .m3s. Also my files disapear when I X-fer them from an external HD.That i swap between my PC and MAC. Strange!!! I have the manufacture of the MP3 player looking for a plg-in for me.

Here's a Perl script to convert iTunes
exported play lists into m3u files. It works
with my Archos jukebox... you may need
to modify bits of it to make it work for you.

#!/usr/bin/perl
#
# Quick hack to convert iTunes exported
Play Lists to M3U format.
# Dan Brown brown@brauhausdc.org
#

$/="\cm";

while() {
$i==0 && do { ++$i ; next ; } ;
chomp;
/JUKEBOX(.*)$/ && ($LOCATION=$1);
$LOCATION=~s/:/\\/g;
printf "E:%s\n",$LOCATION;
}

If you want to play m3u files on a MAC dowenload Free Real Player - plays m3us a treat, even off the web!