CopyPlaylist Instructions
Installation:
- Download the latest version of CopyPlaylist here.
- Start the installation by double clicking the installation file.
- Follow the installation wizard.
- Start the program via the start menu, desktop icon or quick launch icon.
Typical usage:
- Start the program via the start menu, desktop icon or quick launch icon.
- Open a playlist or directory via the menu 'File'.
- Click on 'Select Target' in the menu 'File' to choose the target where the media (audio/video) files should be copied to.
- Check the files you want to copy.
- Click on 'Copy Checked Files' in the menu 'File' to start the copying process.
Advanced usage:
- Drag-and-drop one or more playlists, directories and/or files from the Windows Explorer on the CopyPlaylist window.
- Open a playlist via the context menu 'Open With'.
- Open a playlist or directory via 1 command line parameter:
- CopyPlaylist.exe "c:\playlist.m3u"
- CopyPlaylist.exe "c:\music\"
- Unattended mode via 2 command line parameters:
- CopyPlaylist.exe "c:\playlist.m3u" "d:\target\"
- CopyPlaylist.exe "c:\music\" "d:\target\"
- Double click on a file in the main window to see extended file information on the following file types (mp3, ogg, wma, aac, ape, flac).
All options:
| 'File' Menu | Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Open Playlist | Ctrl+P | Open a supported playlist. The media files that match the filtering, will be added to the existing list. For the filtering options see the 'Settings' in the 'Window' menu. Initially the files that can be found will be checked. The total numer of files, checked files and the total number of kilobytes of the checked files are shown in the status bar. |
| Open Directory | Ctrl+D | Open a directory. The directory will be scanned recursively for supported media files that match the filtering. The media files will be added to the existing list. Initially the files that can be found will be checked. The total numer of files, checked files and the total number of kilobytes of the checked files are shown in the status bar. |
| Save Playlist | Ctrl+S | Save the playlist to a Winamp Playlist .m3u. Files that are not found are excluded. |
| Close Playlist | The playlist is closed and the target location is unset. | |
| Select Target | Ctrl+T | Select the target where the files should be copied to. The available disk space at the target is shown in the status bar. |
| Copy Checked Files | Copy the checked media files to the selected target location. | |
| Exit | Alt+F4 | Exit the program. |
| 'Edit' Menu | Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Select All | Ctrl+A | |
| Select None | Ctrl+N | |
| Invert Selection | Ctrl+I | |
| Check All | Ctrl+Alt+A | |
| Check Selected | ||
| Check None | Ctrl+Alt+N | |
| Check Found | ||
| Uncheck Selected | ||
| Invert Checked | Ctrl+Alt+I | |
| Check Maximal | Check maximal number of media files possible to fill the target location. The files will be sorted ascending on file size. Small files will be checked first. | |
| Check Minimal | Check minimal number of media files possible to fill the target location. The files will be sorted ascending on file size. Large files will be checked first. | |
| Check Random | Ctrl+R | Check random media files to fill the target location. |
| Delete Selected | Del | Delete the selected media files from the playlist. |
| Sort On Filename | F2 | |
| Sort On Filepath | F3 | |
| Sort On Filesize | F4 |
| 'Window' Menu | Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Settings | Shows the 'Settings' window. At default CopyPlaylist will load mp3, wav, ogg and wma files. By adding file extentions seperated by a semicolon ';' CopyPlaylist will also load those files. | |
| View File Information | Shows the 'File Information' window. | |
| View Log | Shows the 'Log' window. | |
| About | F1 | Shows the 'About' window. |
Remark:
- The menu 'Edit' can also be found by right clicking on the list with media files.
- The available kilobyte on the target location shown in the status bar differs from capacity indicated in Window Explorer. CopyPlaylist uses a marge of 1 megabyte.
- After the program closes, a log file is saved in the program directory. This might be of use as a feedback, when CopyPlaylist is used in unattended mode.
- When opening a playlist, files that are not found will not be checked initially.
- The command 'Delete' will not physically delete the file from the hard drive.
- Use the absolut path for the command line parameters enclosed by double quotes.