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Copy a file from playlist to a removable drive

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kde-deshmukh
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So, a dynamic playlist is playing in the amarok. Also connected to the PC is a removable drive.

Now, I want to copy the music file to a particular folder on the removable drive.

What is the easiest way to do it?


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Sorry, I had to delete the previous answer as it was simply wrong and the guy had also added a link that is not allowed by the forum policy.

Right-click on the track -> Show in Media Sources,

there you also right-click on the track -> Copy to Collection, and select the external drive. Of course this will have to be mounted and marked as a Media Source beforehand


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Mamarok wrote:Sorry, I had to delete the previous answer as it was simply wrong and the guy had also added a link that is not allowed by the forum policy.

Right-click on the track -> Show in Media Sources,

there you also right-click on the track -> Copy to Collection, and select the external drive. Of course this will have to be mounted and marked as a Media Source beforehand


This is quite complicated! For transferring one track, one needs to click four times!! And if one needs to transfer a dozen, that makes about 50 clicks!!!

Is not there a simpler solution? Just right click on the playlist and say 'Copy all these songs to a folder' -> Next dialogue, select the folder.

Then, go to that folder, transfer all files at one go to the removable drive.


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There are scripts if you want to export a complete playlist, please have a look at the available scripts :)


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