WMP desktop Playlists don't work or convert to PPC!!

My CD-ripping program, when ripping to WMAs, can create a playlist of the
album at the same time, in either .m3U or .pls format.

Since WMP desktop can open .m3u playlists (I'm not sure which program .pls
format belongs to), I chose to create the .m3u playlist. The icon created
for it was for Windows Media player. If I double-click on the icon, WMP 9
(on my desktop computer) opens up with that playlist.

However, when copied to my PPC (HP 2210, running WM 2003 with WMP 9 for
PPC), even with ActiveSync, WMP on the PPC does not recognize the .m3u
playlist at all. One would think that if the .m3u playlist format won't work
on WMP 9 for PPC, at least ActiveSync would convert it to the .asx format,
the native playlist format for WMP 9 PPC. But no, no conversion, and WMP 9
PPC doesn't recognize the format at all.

I tried one further step. After opening the .m3u playlist in WMP 9 on the
desktop, I saved it as a .wpl playlist, which it says is the current native
format for WMP. I then copied that via ActiveSync to the PPC.

Same result---WMP PPC did not recognize the .wpl playlist at all, and
ActiveSync did not convert it to an .asx.

Did I do something incorrectly?? This is very strange, that WMP PPC will not
recognize its own playlist, from the desktop version, and that ActiveSync
doesn't convert it either!!

Is Microsoft aware of this problem??? Will it be fixed soon?

Any workarounds, other than recreating the playlist from scratch on the PPC?

You can try converting the *.m3u playlist to a 8.wpl playlist.
After you open your current playlist 9.m3u) with Media player....

FILE ] [ SAVE PLAYLIST AS ] YOU CAN THEN CHOOSE *.wpl FROM THE DROP
DOWN MENU.
you can save it directly to your PPC folder.

Hope this works for you!
SHO!

On Thu, 1 Jan 2004 16:19:31 -0800, " MS"
<ms RemoveThis @nospam.com> wrote:

>My CD-ripping program, when ripping to WMAs, can create a playlist of the
>album at the same time, in either .m3U or .pls format.
>
>Since WMP desktop can open .m3u playlists (I'm not sure which program .pls
>format belongs to), I chose to create the .m3u playlist. The icon created
>for it was for Windows Media player. If I double-click on the icon, WMP 9
>(on my desktop computer) opens up with that playlist.
>
>However, when copied to my PPC (HP 2210, running WM 2003 with WMP 9 for
>PPC), even with ActiveSync, WMP on the PPC does not recognize the .m3u
>playlist at all. One would think that if the .m3u playlist format won't work
>on WMP 9 for PPC, at least ActiveSync would convert it to the .asx format,
>the native playlist format for WMP 9 PPC. But no, no conversion, and WMP 9
>PPC doesn't recognize the format at all.
>
>I tried one further step. After opening the .m3u playlist in WMP 9 on the
>desktop, I saved it as a .wpl playlist, which it says is the current native
>format for WMP. I then copied that via ActiveSync to the PPC.
>
>Same result---WMP PPC did not recognize the .wpl playlist at all, and
>ActiveSync did not convert it to an .asx.
>
>Did I do something incorrectly?? This is very strange, that WMP PPC will not
>recognize its own playlist, from the desktop version, and that ActiveSync
>doesn't convert it either!!
>
>Is Microsoft aware of this problem??? Will it be fixed soon?
>
>Any workarounds, other than recreating the playlist from scratch on the PPC?
>