ASP Session.SessionID help needed

Your rendered button could would be something like below.

<button value="Playlist" onclick="window.location = '/Playlist/myplaylist_12345.m3u'"> Playlist </button>

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Try and create a new button using an actual value saved.

If your domain is mydomain.com, does the file exist in mydomain.com/playlist/myplaylist_1234.m3u?  In other words, what happens if you place that full url in the browser?

I wonder if your files are not located inside of your domain?

wondering if it's some kind of timing issue. what if you did something like this:

<%
if request.form<>"" then
dim fs,fname, pathToPlayList
set fs=Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
set fname=fs.CreateTextFile("m:\playlist\myplaylist_"&Session.SessionID&".m3u",true)

pathToPlayList="/playlist/myplaylist_"&Session.SessionID&".m3u"

strSongs=request.form("selectItem")
arraySongs=split(strSongs,",")
response.write "<ul>"
for each song in arraySongs
   response.write "<li><a href=""" & replace(song,"M:\Music","/mp3") & """>" & song & "</a></li>" 
   
   fname.WriteLine "<a href=""" &server.URLEncode(replace(song,"M:\Music","/mp3")) & """>" & song & "</a>"   
   
   next
response.write "</ul>" 
fname.Close
else
response.write "You did not post any data yet<br>"
end if
set fname=nothing
set fs=nothing
%>
<input type="button" value="BACK!"onClick="history.back();">
<button value="Playlist" onclick="window.location = '<%=pathToPlayList%>'"> Playlist </button>

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M3u Playlists only work if the playlist is in the directory of the files to be played. Many Players have a limit of 65535 characters in the playlist

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:132,Song Name
Filename.mp3

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Since this is an ASP area, what is your intention to do with this play list once generated? Play it through the website? Play it locally? Have a user on a different machine select the files to play and then play them?

Dave

I have playlist that are in different folders and on different drives and always have worked
Where are you getting this information from?

What is the #EXTM3U #EXITINF:132,Song Name Filename.mp3 mean ?

My playlist simply contains the filename of the mp3 song

To answer your questions
1. I want users to play the playlist on there Computer, MAC, tablet or smart phone
2. Play it thru the Website using what ever media player they have
3. Yes anyone can do a search and select which songs they wish to play they can play them from the search results page or click on the playlist and it will play all the songs they selected.

Check my site out www.tomsmp3.com

Big Monty

I tried your new code.

do not believe it is creating the correct m3u file now

I am getting errors on ipad saying Bad URL
I am getting on Windows 7 using IE Medai Player cannot open files

check the site out www.tomsmp3.com


This is the error when I click on playlist

Windows Media player cannot connect to the server the server name might not be correct the server might not be available or your proxy settings might not be correct

The links work if you click on them, they play.  But the m3u file does not work.

This is what it looks like

<a href="%2Fmp3%5CMP3MusicAlbums%5CBruce+Chandler%5CBillboard+Top+100+%2D+1962%5C01%2DBillboard+Top+100+%2D+1962%2D13+Duke+Of+Earl%2Emp3">M:\Music\MP3MusicAlbums\Bruce Chandler\Billboard Top 100 - 1962\01-Billboard Top 100 - 1962-13 Duke Of Earl.mp3</a>
<a href="+%2Fmp3%5CMP3MusicAlbums%5CBruce+Springsteen%5CThe+Wild+The+Innocent+%26+The+E+Street+Shuffle%5C07%2DThe+Wild+The+Innocent+%26+The+E+Street+Shuffle%2DNew+York+City+Serenade%2Emp3"> M:\Music\MP3MusicAlbums\Bruce Springsteen\The Wild The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle\07-The Wild The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle-New York City Serenade.mp3</a>
<a href="+%2Fmp3%5CMP3MusicAlbums%5CVarious+Artists%5CDeadicated%5C02%2DDeadicated%2DJack+Straw+%2D+Bruce+Hornsby+%26+the+Range%2Emp3"> M:\Music\MP3MusicAlbums\Various Artists\Deadicated\02-Deadicated-Jack Straw - Bruce Hornsby & the Range.mp3</a>
<a href="+%2Fmp3%5CMP3MusicAlbums%5CVarious+Artists%5CPhiladelphia%5C10%2DPhiladelphia%2DStreets+Of+Philadelphia+%2D+Bruce+Springsteen%2Emp3"> M:\Music\MP3MusicAlbums\Various Artists\Philadelphia\10-Philadelphia-Streets Of Philadelphia - Bruce Springsteen.mp3</a>

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As I suggested before, hard code an m3u file, get the hard coded version to work, then move on to generating it dynamically.

An m3u file should in this format

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3U

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:419,Alice In Chains - Rotten Apple
Alice In Chains_Jar Of Flies_01_Rotten Apple.mp3
#EXTINF:260,Alice In Chains - Nutshell
Alice In Chains_Jar Of Flies_02_Nutshell.mp3
#EXTINF:255,Alice In Chains - I Stay Away
Alice In Chains_Jar Of Flies_03_I Stay Away.mp3
#EXTINF:256,Alice In Chains - No Excuses
Alice In Chains_Jar Of Flies_04_No Excuses.mp3
#EXTINF:157,Alice In Chains - Whale And Wasp
Alice In Chains_Jar Of Flies_05_Whale And Wasp.mp3
#EXTINF:263,Alice In Chains - Don't Follow
Alice In Chains_Jar Of Flies_06_Don't Follow.mp3
#EXTINF:245,Alice In Chains - Swing On This
Alice In Chains_Jar Of Flies_07_Swing On This.mp3

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Try and hard code the same format manually, post that to your site and try.  Once we know you have a good working file, we can back in the classic asp / vbs

Yes Scott

It looks like I need to code this

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:123, Sample artist - Sample title
Sample.mp3
#EXTINF:321,Example Artist - Example title
Greatest Hits\Example.ogg

#EXTM3U  needed only once

I have all the info in the database for the above except for the time
Not sure what to do with the time field

Scott yes I saw that link too

I don't know enough about the file type.  Try and leave it out and see what happens.   You will need to find several audio files and just hard code them.  Forget about the database for now, just make an m3u file work first.

Scott

Just created a test M3U file and playing it just fine

I just made the time 000 and it works fine.

Now for the code changes

Please post the code you made that works.

When you want to create a playlist for someone using their session id just create a file that has the songe and the location you can then send this list to your player.

I want to warn you that playing music over the internet has a lot of restrictions, unless you are willing to send a minimum of $340 to ASCAP and get a license you will get a lot of DMCA takedown notices and possibly a copyright infringement case

That is 4 songs played per day because the site is interactive

David, we already have him creating the m3u file with the session id.  See line 5 http:#a40026214

Can't this be done just by sending to the browser?  My suggestion was to use a player and javascript or just html5 audio tag.

If you use this type of file that has to be written to disk, it means you also need a way to clean up.

Good point on licensing.  

@trgrassijr55, once you do have all of this working, your next step should be to not store your music inside of your domain.  You would use FileSystemObject to call up what you need or better yet, stream it.  Otherwise you will just open up your self for easy downloading of your music.

What you are doing will be fine for very small usage.  If your plan is to have a lot of people stream or download music, you should have all of your files on a CDN and off your server.

What you are doing will be fine for very small usage.  If your plan is to have a lot of people stream or download music, you should have all of your files on a CDN and off your server. Only as long as you are licensed. all he needs is a session cookie that the song # is stored and have a lookup of the song # to the filename a database or even an xml file will be good here.

Scott

I got a M3U file working

http://www.tomsmp3.com/Playlist%5Ctest.m3u

#EXTM3U
#EXTING:000, Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same
M:\Music\MP3MusicAlbums\Led Zeppelin\Houses of the Holy\01-Houses of the Holy-The Song Remains the Same.mp3
#EXTING:000, Led Zeppelin - Dancing Days
M:\Music\MP3MusicAlbums\Led Zeppelin\How the West Was Won\How the West Was Won Disc 2\03-How the West Was Won Disc 2-Dancing Days.mp3
#EXTING:000, Bob Dylan - Oh Sister
M:\Music\MP3MusicAlbums\Bob Dylan\Desire\05-Desire-Oh Sister.mp3

My current code

<%
if request.form<>"" then
dim fs,fname, pathToPlayList
set fs=Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
set fname=fs.CreateTextFile("m:\playlist\myplaylist_"&Session.SessionID&".m3u",true)

pathToPlayList="/playlist/myplaylist_"&Session.SessionID&".m3u"

strSongs=request.form("selectItem")
arraySongs=split(strSongs,",")
response.write "<ul>"
for each song in arraySongs
   response.write "<li><a href=""" & replace(song,"M:\Music","/mp3") & """>" & song & "</a></li>" 
   
   fname.WriteLine "<a href=""" &server.URLEncode(replace(song,"M:\Music","/mp3")) & """>" & song & "</a>"   
   
   next
response.write "</ul>" 
fname.Close
else
response.write "You did not post any data yet<br>"
end if
set fname=nothing
set fs=nothing
%>
<input type="button" value="BACK!"onClick="history.back();">
<button value="Playlist" onclick="window.location = '<%=pathToPlayList%>'"> Playlist </button>

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Only one "#EXTM3U" needed in the M3U file

Was thinking to add this
fname.WriteLine "#EXTM3U"
after pathToPlayList line

But now how do I get the other lines coded?

See if the link I posted works for you
http://www.tomsmp3.com/Playlist%5Ctest.m3u


This article has one line for #EXTINF testing that out now
http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Stream_Your_Music_Online



Update

the test.m3u works only on my machine because I have the drive mapped as M:

I think we need to get the url path to work here

Will continue to test and update soon

if you replace

fname.WriteLine "<a href=""" &server.URLEncode(replace(song,"M:\Music","/mp3")) & """>" & song & "</a>"  
   
with

fname.WriteLine "<a href=""" &replace(song,"M:\Music","/mp3") & """>" & song & "</a>"  

does that create the playlist properly? when i clicked the link to the m3u file and tried to play it, it didnt work, but gave an error saying the files couldnt be found

actually, after reading that article briefly, it looks like you need to fully qualify the domain name, so something like this may do the trick:

fname.WriteLine "<a href=""http://www.tomsmp3.com" &replace(song,"M:\Music","/mp3") & """>" & song & "</a>"

Big Monty

Yes I tried it on another machine and it does not play

I just tried this one

#EXTM3U
#EXTING:000, Black Sabbath - Behind The Wall Of Sleep
<a href="%2Fmp3%5CMP3MusicAlbums%5CBlack+Sabbath%5CCollection+of+Hits%5C01%2DCollection+of+Hits%2DBehind+The+Wall+Of+Sleep%2Emp3">M:\Music\MP3MusicAlbums\Black Sabbath\Collection of Hits\01-Collection of Hits-Behind The Wall Of Sleep.mp3</a>
#EXTING:000,Black Sabbath - Dazed And Confused  Paranoid
<a href="+%2Fmp3%5CMP3MusicAlbums%5CBlack+Sabbath%5CCollection+of+Hits%5C05%2DCollection+of+Hits%2DDazed+And+Confused++Paranoid%2Emp3"> M:\Music\MP3MusicAlbums\Black Sabbath\Collection of Hits\05-Collection of Hits-Dazed And Confused  Paranoid.mp3</a>
#EXTING:000, Black Sabbath - Ironman
<a href="+%2Fmp3%5CMP3MusicAlbums%5CBlack+Sabbath%5CCollection+of+Hits%5C09%2DCollection+of+Hits%2DIronman%2Emp3"> M:\Music\MP3MusicAlbums\Black Sabbath\Collection of Hits\09-Collection of Hits-Ironman.mp3</a>


http://www.tomsmp3.com/Playlist%5Ctest3.m3u


I think we need the EXT format on the code like above

did you try fully qualifying the url like I suggested?

try manually creating a m3u file with fully qualified paths (http://www.tomsmp3.com/....) and see if you can open that from another computer

Big Monty

Hope you got some well deserved rest

I changed the code

<%
if request.form<>"" then
dim fs,fname, pathToPlayList
set fs=Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
set fname=fs.CreateTextFile("m:\playlist\myplaylist_"&Session.SessionID&".m3u",true)

pathToPlayList="/playlist/myplaylist_"&Session.SessionID&".m3u"

strSongs=request.form("selectItem")
arraySongs=split(strSongs,",")
response.write "<ul>"
for each song in arraySongs
   response.write "<li><a href=""" & replace(song,"M:\Music","/mp3") & """>" & song & "</a></li>" 
   
   fname.WriteLine "<a href=""http://www.tomsmp3.com" &replace(song,"M:\Music","/mp3") & """>" & song & "</a>"   
   
   next
response.write "</ul>" 
fname.Close
else
response.write "You did not post any data yet<br>"
end if
set fname=nothing
set fs=nothing
%>
<input type="button" value="BACK!"onClick="history.back();">
<button value="Playlist" onclick="window.location = '<%=pathToPlayList%>'"> Playlist </button>

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Getting this error from MP see attached file

Also attached the output from the asp code that created to playlist-11111.m3u

Got my site and check it out
MP-Error.bmp
myplaylist-899504330.txt

Your slash is going in the wrong direction.

<a href="http://www.tomsmp3.com/mp3\MP3MusicAlbums\Led Zeppelin\Led Zeppelin IV\01-Led Zeppelin IV-Black Dog.mp3"

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should be

<a href="http://www.tomsmp3.com/mp3/MP3MusicAlbums/Led Zeppelin/Led Zeppelin IV/01-Led Zeppelin IV-Black Dog.mp3"

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Try

   fname.WriteLine "<a href=""http://www.tomsmp3.com" &replace(replace(song,"M:\Music","/mp3"),"\","/") & """>" & song & "</a>"   

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fix the slash issue and see if that resolves it

and thanks, sleep was much needed :)

Made the change same error

Here is the M3U file output

<a href="http://www.tomsmp3.com/mp3/MP3MusicAlbums/Led Zeppelin/Led Zeppelin IV/01-Led Zeppelin IV-Black Dog.mp3">M:\Music\MP3MusicAlbums\Led Zeppelin\Led Zeppelin IV\01-Led Zeppelin IV-Black Dog.mp3</a>
<a href="http://www.tomsmp3.com /mp3/MP3MusicAlbums/Led Zeppelin/Led Zeppelin IV/02-Led Zeppelin IV-Rock and Roll.mp3"> M:\Music\MP3MusicAlbums\Led Zeppelin\Led Zeppelin IV\02-Led Zeppelin IV-Rock and Roll.mp3</a>
<a href="http://www.tomsmp3.com /mp3/MP3MusicAlbums/Led Zeppelin/Led Zeppelin IV/03-Led Zeppelin IV-The Battle of Evermore.mp3"> M:\Music\MP3MusicAlbums\Led Zeppelin\Led Zeppelin IV\03-Led Zeppelin IV-The Battle of Evermore.mp3</a>
<a href="http://www.tomsmp3.com /mp3/MP3MusicAlbums/Led Zeppelin/Led Zeppelin IV/04-Led Zeppelin IV-Stairway to Heaven.mp3"> M:\Music\MP3MusicAlbums\Led Zeppelin\Led Zeppelin IV\04-Led Zeppelin IV-Stairway to Heaven.mp3</a>

>Here is the M3U file output
The slashes look nice.  But how does this look like what worked for you.  The code below works only on your machine but we need to make it work by using urls and not mapping to your drive.

#EXTM3U
#EXTING:000, Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same
M:\Music\MP3MusicAlbums\Led Zeppelin\Houses of the Holy\01-Houses of the Holy-The Song Remains the Same.mp3
#EXTING:000, Led Zeppelin - Dancing Days
M:\Music\MP3MusicAlbums\Led Zeppelin\How the West Was Won\How the West Was Won Disc 2\03-How the West Was Won Disc 2-Dancing Days.mp3
#EXTING:000, Bob Dylan - Oh Sister
M:\Music\MP3MusicAlbums\Bob Dylan\Desire\05-Desire-Oh Sister.mp3

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<!-- 
*********** You said this works **********
#EXTM3U
#EXTING:000, Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same
M:\Music\MP3MusicAlbums\Led Zeppelin\Houses of the Holy\01-Houses of the Holy-The Song Remains the Same.mp3
#EXTING:000, Led Zeppelin - Dancing Days
M:\Music\MP3MusicAlbums\Led Zeppelin\How the West Was Won\How the West Was Won Disc 2\03-How the West Was Won Disc 2-Dancing Days.mp3
#EXTING:000, Bob Dylan - Oh Sister
M:\Music\MP3MusicAlbums\Bob Dylan\Desire\05-Desire-Oh Sister.mp3

*********** should be **********
#EXTM3U
#EXTING:000, Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same
http://www.tomsmp3.com/mp3/MP3MusicAlbums/Led Zeppelin/Houses of the Holy/01-Houses of the Holy-The Song Remains the Same.mp3
#EXTING:000, Led Zeppelin - Dancing Days
http://www.tomsmp3.com/mp3/MP3MusicAlbums/Led Zeppelin/How the West Was Won/How the West Was Won Disc 2/03-How the West Was Won Disc 2-Dancing Days.mp3
#EXTING:000, Bob Dylan - Oh Sister
http://www.tomsmp3.com/mp3/MP3MusicAlbums/Bob Dylan/Desire/05-Desire-Oh Sister.mp3
-->

<%
if request.form<>"" then
dim fs,fname, pathToPlayList
set fs=Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
set fname=fs.CreateTextFile("m:\playlist\myplaylist_"&Session.SessionID&".m3u",true)

pathToPlayList="/playlist/myplaylist_"&Session.SessionID&".m3u"

strSongs=request.form("selectItem")
arraySongs=split(strSongs,",")
response.write "<ul>"
fname.WriteLine "#EXTM3U" '** M3U'
for each song in arraySongs

   response.write "<li><a href=""" & replace(song,"M:\Music","/mp3") & """>" & song & "</a></li>" 
   fname.WriteLine "#EXTING:000, "&song
   fname.WriteLine	"http://www.tomsmp3.com"&replace(replace(song,"M:\Music","/mp3"),"\","/")
   'fname.WriteLine "<a href=""http://www.tomsmp3.com" &replace(song,"M:\Music","/mp3") & """>" & song & "</a>"   
   
   next
response.write "</ul>" 
fname.Close
else
response.write "You did not post any data yet<br>"
end if
set fname=nothing
set fs=nothing
%>
<input type="button" value="BACK!"onClick="history.back();">
<button value="Playlist" onclick="window.location = '<%=pathToPlayList%>'"> Playlist </button>

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Scott

Thanks we are so close.

The first song now plays

I thought it might have been this line of code
fname.WriteLine "#EXTING:000, "&song

so I changed it to

fname.WriteLine "#EXTINF:000, "&song


Check out the site and see what you get.

The M3U file look good.
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:000, M:\Music\MP3MusicAlbums\Led Zeppelin\Led Zeppelin IV\02-Led Zeppelin IV-Rock and Roll.mp3
http://www.tomsmp3.com/mp3/MP3MusicAlbums/Led Zeppelin/Led Zeppelin IV/02-Led Zeppelin IV-Rock and Roll.mp3
#EXTINF:000,  M:\Music\MP3MusicAlbums\Led Zeppelin\Led Zeppelin IV\03-Led Zeppelin IV-The Battle of Evermore.mp3
http://www.tomsmp3.com /mp3/MP3MusicAlbums/Led Zeppelin/Led Zeppelin IV/03-Led Zeppelin IV-The Battle of Evermore.mp3
#EXTINF:000,  M:\Music\MP3MusicAlbums\Led Zeppelin\Led Zeppelin IV\04-Led Zeppelin IV-Stairway to Heaven.mp3
http://www.tomsmp3.com /mp3/MP3MusicAlbums/Led Zeppelin/Led Zeppelin IV/04-Led Zeppelin IV-Stairway to Heaven.mp3
#EXTINF:000,  M:\Music\MP3MusicAlbums\Led Zeppelin\Led Zeppelin IV\08-Led Zeppelin IV-When the Levee Breaks.mp3
http://www.tomsmp3.com /mp3/MP3MusicAlbums/Led Zeppelin/Led Zeppelin IV/08-Led Zeppelin IV-When the Levee Breaks.mp3
#EXTINF:000,  M:\Music\MP3MusicAlbums\Led Zeppelin\BBC Sessions\BBC Sessions Disc 1\09-BBC Sessions Disc 1-Whole Lotta Love.mp3
http://www.tomsmp3.com /mp3/MP3MusicAlbums/Led Zeppelin/BBC Sessions/BBC Sessions Disc 1/09-BBC Sessions Disc 1-Whole Lotta Love.mp3

try this

#<!-- 


*********** Current file missing %20 for space **********
***********             Clean up song name            **********
#EXTM3U
#EXTING:000, Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same
http://www.tomsmp3.com/mp3/MP3MusicAlbums/Led Zeppelin/Houses of the Holy/01-Houses of the Holy-The Song Remains the Same.mp3
#EXTING:000, Led Zeppelin - Dancing Days
http://www.tomsmp3.com/mp3/MP3MusicAlbums/Led Zeppelin/How the West Was Won/How the West Was Won Disc 2/03-How the West Was Won Disc 2-Dancing Days.mp3
#EXTING:000, Bob Dylan - Oh Sister
http://www.tomsmp3.com/mp3/MP3MusicAlbums/Bob Dylan/Desire/05-Desire-Oh Sister.mp3
-->

<%
if request.form<>"" then
dim fs,fname, pathToPlayList
set fs=Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
set fname=fs.CreateTextFile("m:\playlist\myplaylist_"&Session.SessionID&".m3u",true)

pathToPlayList="/playlist/myplaylist_"&Session.SessionID&".m3u"

strSongs=request.form("selectItem")
arraySongs=split(strSongs,",")
response.write "<ul>"
fname.WriteLine "#EXTM3U" '** M3U'
for each song in arraySongs

   response.write "<li><a href=""" & replace(song,"M:\Music","/mp3") & """>" & song & "</a></li>" 
   fname.WriteLine "#EXTING:000, "& makeSongName(song)
   fname.WriteLine	"http://www.tomsmp3.com"&replace(replace(replace(song,"M:\Music","/mp3"),"\","/")," ","%20")
   'fname.WriteLine "<a href=""http://www.tomsmp3.com" &replace(song,"M:\Music","/mp3") & """>" & song & "</a>"   
   
   next
response.write "</ul>" 
fname.Close
else
response.write "You did not post any data yet<br>"
end if
set fname=nothing
set fs=nothing

function makeSongName(song)
	 p = InStrRev(song,"\",-1)
     makeSongName = mid(song,p,len(song)-p)
end function


%>
<input type="button" value="BACK!"onClick="history.back();">
<button value="Playlist" onclick="window.location = '<%=pathToPlayList%>'"> Playlist </button>

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Scott we are so close

Do you really man this #EXTING ? all doc I found is #EXTINF

I changed it to #EXTINF

here is the output

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:000, \01-Billboard Top 100 - 1971-56 Beginnings.mp
http://www.tomsmp3.com/mp3/MP3MusicAlbums/Chicago/Billboard%20Top%20100%20-%201971/01-Billboard%20Top%20100%20-%201971-56%20Beginnings.mp3
#EXTINF:000, \02-Billboard Top 100 - 1971-57 Color My World.mp
http://www.tomsmp3.com%20/mp3/MP3MusicAlbums/Chicago/Billboard%20Top%20100%20-%201971/02-Billboard%20Top%20100%20-%201971-57%20Color%20My%20World.mp3
#EXTINF:000, \01-Billboard Top 100 - 1972-77 Saturday In The Park.mp
http://www.tomsmp3.com%20/mp3/MP3MusicAlbums/Chicago/Billboard%20Top%20100%20-%201972/01-Billboard%20Top%20100%20-%201972-77%20Saturday%20In%20The%20Park.mp3
#EXTINF:000, \01-Billboard Top 100 - 1973-54 Feelin' Stronger Every Day.mp
http://www.tomsmp3.com%20/mp3/MP3MusicAlbums/Chicago/Billboard%20Top%20100%20-%201973/01-Billboard%20Top%20100%20-%201973-54%20Feelin'%20Stronger%20Every%20Day.mp3


Still playing only the first song

Try changing line 31

   fname.WriteLine	"http://www.tomsmp3.com"&replace(replace(replace(song,"M:\Music","/mp3"),"\","/")," ","%20")

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to below.  try and keep just one space between writeline and "htt..

fname.WriteLine "http://www.tomsmp3.com"&trim(replace(replace(replace(trim(song,"M:\Music","/mp3")),"\","/")," ","%20"))

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Also replace the function to fix the name.

function makeSongName(song)
	 p = InStrRev(song,"\",-1)
     makeSongName = mid(song,p,len(song)-p)
end function

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to below. That will take out the front slash from the name and add back the 3 at the end.

function makeSongName(song)
	 p = InStrRev(song,"\",-1)
     makeSongName = mid(song,p+1,len(song)-p)
end function

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If it were me, I would probably have mass updated all my file names and get rid of any spaces by possibly closing the gap or replace with hyphens.  I would also remove any single or double quotes that may be in the file names. I saw single quotes in some.

Actually, I would probably store each song as a number that perhaps matches an id number in the database.  Then leave the title etc in the db.

See if this update works.

Scott,

Thanks
I test this tonight.

Yes quotes spaces make database files hard to work with.

Are you talking about just the file name or the folders also?

Folder

Led Zeppelin
   Houses of The Holy
      01-Houses of The Holy-Song One.mp3
      02-Houses of The Holy-Song Two.mp3
      03-Houses of The Holy-Song Three is' test.mp3


Led Zeppelin
   Houses_of_The_Holy
      01-Houses_of_The_Holy-Song_One.mp3
      02-Houses_of_The_Holy-Song_Two.mp3
      03-Houses_of_The Holy-Song_Three is test.mp3


I would use underscores in place of the spaces
I like the dashes for between the track number and song

No spaces in folder or file names.  I don't like underscores for things you need to see in a browser because it is too hard to tell if it is there or not.

Scott will look into changing the folder names and file names

Updated my code with your recent changes above

got this error:

Microsoft VBScript runtime  error '800a01c2'

Wrong number of arguments or invalid property assignment: 'trim'

/music3.asp, line 16

My current code:

<%
if request.form<>"" then
dim fs,fname, pathToPlayList
set fs=Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
set fname=fs.CreateTextFile("m:\playlist\myplaylist_"&Session.SessionID&".m3u",true)

pathToPlayList="/playlist/myplaylist_"&Session.SessionID&".m3u"

strSongs=request.form("selectItem")
arraySongs=split(strSongs,",")
response.write "<ul>"
fname.WriteLine "#EXTM3U" '** M3U'
for each song in arraySongs
   response.write "<li><a href=""" & replace(song,"M:\Music","/mp3") & """>" & song & "</a></li>" 
   fname.WriteLine "#EXTINF:000, "& makeSongName(song)
   fname.WriteLine "http://www.tomsmp3.com"&trim(replace(replace(replace(trim(song,"M:\Music","/mp3")),"\","/")," ","%20"))
   next
response.write "</ul>" 
fname.Close
else
response.write "You did not post any data yet<br>"
end if
set fname=nothing
set fs=nothing

function makeSongName(song)
	 p = InStrRev(song,"\",-1)
     makeSongName = mid(song,p+1,len(song)-p)
end function
%>
<input type="button" value="BACK!"onClick="history.back();">
<button value="Playlist" onclick="window.location = '<%=pathToPlayList%>'"> Playlist </button>

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Try this

   fname.WriteLine "http://www.tomsmp3.com"&trim(replace(replace(trim(song,"M:\Music","/mp3"),"\","/")," ","%20"))

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Scott

Thanks

changed the code to the above

Microsoft VBScript runtime  error '800a01c2'

Wrong number of arguments or invalid property assignment: 'trim'

/music3.asp, line 16

Scott,

Your the best.

Now working.

Going to work on the file and folder renames soon. Found a free program that will do massive folders at once.

Thanks again

'Sounds' good!  The next step is cleaning up the front end.  At least you have it working.