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itisPostMay 31, 2026, 05:01
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Today I downloaded m3u suite and tested the "repair m3u file" action by making a playlist, moving the files & updating the database, then attempting to repair the playlist. It kept giving me this error for each track (even ones that weren't moved):
***** TID () for /Users/me/Music/singlets/songtitle.flac cannot be matched.

I noticed that the playlist made/edited by yate says #YATEID:... while the help page called m3u File Formats mentions #YATETID:...
Then I tried replacing all #YATEID: with #YATETID: in the m3u, and that made the repair action work. So my question is, which parts of the action should I modify to accomodate this so that I don't have to find & replace before using the action? Or is there a better solution? I honestly don't know what's going on inside these more complex actions lol

2MR2PostMay 31, 2026, 07:02
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The big question is "What workflow did you use to create an m3u(8) file which contains #YateID ???

I've tried every method of producing an m3u(8) file and it correctly contains #YATETID

I noticed that the playlist made/edited by yate says #YATEID:..

How did you do it 🙂
itisPostMay 31, 2026, 15:32
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I used the action called "change m3u files to Yate encoding" and it edited the m3u to have
#YATEM3U
#YATEID:B3F9130B-38CC-449E-93D4-9C427727707F...

I just tried it again with a new playlist and it's still using #YATEID

Edit:
line 61 of the change m3u to Yate encoding action does say:
Add string '#YATEID:\<tid>' to the container array at 'playlist.files[\<Line Number>].comments', stop on error

So I've replaced that with #YATETID and it's all good now. Thanks
2MR2PostMay 31, 2026, 18:48
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Yep found the bug. I've updated the suite to work around the issue so that you do not have to reconvert any files. The reader will accept both and if the file is rewritten the tag will be corrected.

I've uploaded v3.4 of the M3U Suite.

You may have to manually download it from the Resources web page (Help menu) if you do not see v3.4 in the Action Updater or Install Yate Resources. I'm working on what looks like a caching issue.

Sorry for the delay.
2MR2PostJune 1, 2026, 10:34
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The Change M3U(8) Files to Yate Encoding action was the culprit. While I use the repair action constantly, I never use the change one. My ad.

Thanks for reporting the issue.

The caching issue has been resolved and the updaters will now work as expected.
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