WMP Playlist to DVD burning

August 22, 2005 3:50 AM

How can I easily burn a long Windows Media Player playlist to a dvd? If that isn't possible how can I export only the desired files from my overly large media collection to another directory so I can then just burn those files using another program without having to individually select all the files ? I don't have an ipod or another external device that i could easily copy to using wmp's sync feature
posted by srboisvert to Computers & Internet (4 answers total)

According to this, you can export a playlist from Windows Media Player to a .wpl file. If you right-click on this file, you can add it to your "burn list" (a feature of WMP for burning CDs). Alternatively, the .wpl file is an XML file, so you can you process that with the scripting language of your choice to make copies of all the media files into a separate directory for CD/DVD burning.
posted by bachelor#3 at 7:34 AM on August 22, 2005

You could empty you recycle bin, select the whole list in WMP, right-click and choose delete. Opt to delete from library and my computer. Go into the bin and copy and paste the lot into a temp folder and burn from there.

Disclaimer: They go to the bin on my computer :)
posted by ed\26h at 9:25 AM on August 22, 2005

Response by poster: According to this, you can export a playlist from Windows Media Player to a .wpl file. If you right-click on this file, you can add it to your "burn list" (a feature of WMP for burning CDs).

Sorry, I wasn't clear. I don't want the playlist itself ..just all the files in the playlist which are more than what fits on a CD. So I wanted to burn to a DVD but WMP doesn't seem to support DVD burning.
posted by srboisvert at 9:31 AM on August 22, 2005

I meant to say that by obtaining a playlist, which contains all the media files you want on your DVD, you could burn the DVD. If WMP doesn't support that, then you'll have to extract the names of the files from the .wpl file with a script. You can then, for example, make copies of all these files into a folder from which you'd do the DVD burning.

Alternatively, WMP can also export a .m3u playlist file, and there's DVD burning software available that will read these (Burn4Free, for example).
posted by bachelor#3 at 10:34 AM on August 22, 2005