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WHAT IT IS:
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PLMK (PlayListMaKer) is a utility to generate a playlist textfile from a
winamp M3U file. This program was created because it's impossible to select
and copy the contents of the winamp playlist window and then paste it in
another windows application. As winamp stores it's playlist info in a M3U
file, this program reads a M3U file and generates an ASCII text file which
can be opened with numerous application such as notepad or netscape.

HOW IT WORKS:
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The PLMK.ZIP distribution package contains 2 files:

        PLMK.EXE      the actual program
        PLMK.TXT      this document

A winamp M3U fils is a structured text file, it contains records of each
MP3 file listed. Only this file isn't really 'neatly' organized for human
readers, for example track time is only given in seconds.

PLMK reads these records, and generates a nice list containing artist,
track, time (mins:secs) fields.

INSTALLATION:
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Create a directory where you want to keep the program.
  MD C:\PLMK

Copy the PLMK.ZIP to the directory.
  XCOPY PLMK.ZIP C:\PLMK\

Goto directory and unzip the archive.
  CD C:\PLMK
  PKUNZIP PLMK.ZIP

You now can execute the program.
  PLMK                 Prints help message
  PLMK INFILE OUTFILE  Opens INFILE assuming this is a M3U file, and
                       lists retrieved MP3 records in OUTFILE
Typical use:
  PLMK WINAMP.M3U PLAYLIST.TXT

HINTS:
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The playlist as you can see in winamp's playlist window, is saved in a M3U
file in the winamp directory, typically WINAMP.M3U. You can search your
entire harddisk for M3U files by first going to the root directory and then
giving a dir command with the /S option for searching subdirs:
  CD \
  DIR *.M3U /S

Copy the M3U file of interest to the PLMK directory, and then generate a
playlist with a name of your choice:
  CD C:\PLMK
  XCOPY C:\PROGRA~1\WINAMP\WINAMP.M3U
  PLMK WINAMP.M3U PLAYLIST.TXT

You can check the generated playlist with the DOS editor as follows:
  EDIT PLAYLIST.TXT


CONTACT ME:
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If you've got any troubles with PLMK, you don't understand how it works,
you want to tell me you like it very much, or you want to tell me you don't
like it at all, write an email to:

  [email protected]

Thanks for your interest in my program,

  Remi van Zon.

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