Import iTunes playlists to Spotify
I'd like to migrate from Apple Music to Spotify because:
- iTunes still can't upload more than ~30 seconds of a custom song / music file to iCloud Music Library. Spotify can't upload to a cloud but can upload to other devices (by using the playlist download feature) and actually does so for the entire song.
- Apple Music doesn't integrate with anything properly or at all, last.fm most notably where the iOS app has been massively duplicating Apple Music scrobbles for over a year with no end in sight. Spotify has account-level integration.
- Apple Music still doesn't have a web player.
However, I have 16 playlists with 1,781 songs spread over them and, according to https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Importing-iTunes-playlists/td-p/4392200, Spotify removed the function to import playlists from iTunes around February 2018 to improve it (WTF).
Is there any way around this?
I have tried:
- Using Spotify version 1.0.73.345 (obtained from https://www.filehorse.com/download-spotify/33808/ - digital signature verified) but it (1) imported from the really old file
iTunes Music Library.xmland didn't recognise the new, current fileiTunes Library.xml. - Exporting the playlists from iTunes (tab-delimited TXT files), using Excel to convert those to comma-delimited CSV files, and using Soundiiz's free plan to convert and migrate those to my Spotify account but it matches against Spotify's database, not the local files, so there's a load of obscure songs missing.
- Using TuneMyMusic but it doesn't recognise playlists, only the library.
- Looking into using iTunes2Spotify but I don't trust it and an unlimited version isn't free.
itunes spotify apple-music
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I'd like to migrate from Apple Music to Spotify because:
- iTunes still can't upload more than ~30 seconds of a custom song / music file to iCloud Music Library. Spotify can't upload to a cloud but can upload to other devices (by using the playlist download feature) and actually does so for the entire song.
- Apple Music doesn't integrate with anything properly or at all, last.fm most notably where the iOS app has been massively duplicating Apple Music scrobbles for over a year with no end in sight. Spotify has account-level integration.
- Apple Music still doesn't have a web player.
However, I have 16 playlists with 1,781 songs spread over them and, according to https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Importing-iTunes-playlists/td-p/4392200, Spotify removed the function to import playlists from iTunes around February 2018 to improve it (WTF).
Is there any way around this?
I have tried:
- Using Spotify version 1.0.73.345 (obtained from https://www.filehorse.com/download-spotify/33808/ - digital signature verified) but it (1) imported from the really old file
iTunes Music Library.xmland didn't recognise the new, current fileiTunes Library.xml. - Exporting the playlists from iTunes (tab-delimited TXT files), using Excel to convert those to comma-delimited CSV files, and using Soundiiz's free plan to convert and migrate those to my Spotify account but it matches against Spotify's database, not the local files, so there's a load of obscure songs missing.
- Using TuneMyMusic but it doesn't recognise playlists, only the library.
- Looking into using iTunes2Spotify but I don't trust it and an unlimited version isn't free.
itunes spotify apple-music
asked Dec 4 at 22:40
mythofechelon
3592921
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I'd like to migrate from Apple Music to Spotify because:
- iTunes still can't upload more than ~30 seconds of a custom song / music file to iCloud Music Library. Spotify can't upload to a cloud but can upload to other devices (by using the playlist download feature) and actually does so for the entire song.
- Apple Music doesn't integrate with anything properly or at all, last.fm most notably where the iOS app has been massively duplicating Apple Music scrobbles for over a year with no end in sight. Spotify has account-level integration.
- Apple Music still doesn't have a web player.
However, I have 16 playlists with 1,781 songs spread over them and, according to https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Importing-iTunes-playlists/td-p/4392200, Spotify removed the function to import playlists from iTunes around February 2018 to improve it (WTF).
Is there any way around this?
I have tried:
- Using Spotify version 1.0.73.345 (obtained from https://www.filehorse.com/download-spotify/33808/ - digital signature verified) but it (1) imported from the really old file
iTunes Music Library.xmland didn't recognise the new, current fileiTunes Library.xml. - Exporting the playlists from iTunes (tab-delimited TXT files), using Excel to convert those to comma-delimited CSV files, and using Soundiiz's free plan to convert and migrate those to my Spotify account but it matches against Spotify's database, not the local files, so there's a load of obscure songs missing.
- Using TuneMyMusic but it doesn't recognise playlists, only the library.
- Looking into using iTunes2Spotify but I don't trust it and an unlimited version isn't free.
itunes spotify apple-music
asked Dec 4 at 22:40
mythofechelon
3592921
I'd like to migrate from Apple Music to Spotify because:
- iTunes still can't upload more than ~30 seconds of a custom song / music file to iCloud Music Library. Spotify can't upload to a cloud but can upload to other devices (by using the playlist download feature) and actually does so for the entire song.
- Apple Music doesn't integrate with anything properly or at all, last.fm most notably where the iOS app has been massively duplicating Apple Music scrobbles for over a year with no end in sight. Spotify has account-level integration.
- Apple Music still doesn't have a web player.
However, I have 16 playlists with 1,781 songs spread over them and, according to https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Importing-iTunes-playlists/td-p/4392200, Spotify removed the function to import playlists from iTunes around February 2018 to improve it (WTF).
Is there any way around this?
I have tried:
- Using Spotify version 1.0.73.345 (obtained from https://www.filehorse.com/download-spotify/33808/ - digital signature verified) but it (1) imported from the really old file
iTunes Music Library.xmland didn't recognise the new, current fileiTunes Library.xml. - Exporting the playlists from iTunes (tab-delimited TXT files), using Excel to convert those to comma-delimited CSV files, and using Soundiiz's free plan to convert and migrate those to my Spotify account but it matches against Spotify's database, not the local files, so there's a load of obscure songs missing.
- Using TuneMyMusic but it doesn't recognise playlists, only the library.
- Looking into using iTunes2Spotify but I don't trust it and an unlimited version isn't free.
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My name is Nir, I'm from TuneMyMusic team.
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"doesn't recognise playlists, only the library".
Do you mean that the songs are not separated to playlists correctly?
Please note - There is an option to separate to playlists by the containing folder name - See here: Folder name.
If that isn't what you want - Please contact out support (support@tunemymusic.com), attach your iTunes file
answered Dec 6 at 13:09
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I wondered if Spotify was simply looking for a file named iTunes Music Library.xml so I deleted the old one and renamed the new one then, using the old version, I was able to import the iTunes playlists into Spotify.
After I uninstalled the old version and installed the new version, I'm having difficulty getting the local files to re-add but the playlists list all of the songs (just greyed out) so it should be able to map them once I get them re-added. I'll report back.
Edit: 2018/12/07 18:48:
So, even though the above did work, there was a major problem: it entirely referenced local files which rendered the web player entirely useless.
So, I ended up using Soundiiz and, using its error reports of songs that couldn't be found, manually filling in the gaps.
answered Dec 4 at 22:55
mythofechelon
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iTunes Music Library.xmlis a defunct format, no longer used by iTunes itself [it uses the .itl instead] but can be used to support other apps which still rely on it. As such iTunes treats it as 'write only' - make sure it's enabled in Prefs > Advanced > Share iTunes XML with other apps
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My name is Nir, I'm from TuneMyMusic team.
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"doesn't recognise playlists, only the library".
Do you mean that the songs are not separated to playlists correctly?
Please note - There is an option to separate to playlists by the containing folder name - See here: Folder name.
If that isn't what you want - Please contact out support (support@tunemymusic.com), attach your iTunes file
answered Dec 6 at 13:09
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My name is Nir, I'm from TuneMyMusic team.
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"doesn't recognise playlists, only the library".
Do you mean that the songs are not separated to playlists correctly?
Please note - There is an option to separate to playlists by the containing folder name - See here: Folder name.
If that isn't what you want - Please contact out support (support@tunemymusic.com), attach your iTunes file
answered Dec 6 at 13:09
Nir
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My name is Nir, I'm from TuneMyMusic team.
by
"doesn't recognise playlists, only the library".
Do you mean that the songs are not separated to playlists correctly?
Please note - There is an option to separate to playlists by the containing folder name - See here: Folder name.
If that isn't what you want - Please contact out support (support@tunemymusic.com), attach your iTunes file
answered Dec 6 at 13:09
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My name is Nir, I'm from TuneMyMusic team.
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"doesn't recognise playlists, only the library".
Do you mean that the songs are not separated to playlists correctly?
Please note - There is an option to separate to playlists by the containing folder name - See here: Folder name.
If that isn't what you want - Please contact out support (support@tunemymusic.com), attach your iTunes file
answered Dec 6 at 13:09
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I wondered if Spotify was simply looking for a file named iTunes Music Library.xml so I deleted the old one and renamed the new one then, using the old version, I was able to import the iTunes playlists into Spotify.
After I uninstalled the old version and installed the new version, I'm having difficulty getting the local files to re-add but the playlists list all of the songs (just greyed out) so it should be able to map them once I get them re-added. I'll report back.
Edit: 2018/12/07 18:48:
So, even though the above did work, there was a major problem: it entirely referenced local files which rendered the web player entirely useless.
So, I ended up using Soundiiz and, using its error reports of songs that couldn't be found, manually filling in the gaps.
answered Dec 4 at 22:55
mythofechelon
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iTunes Music Library.xmlis a defunct format, no longer used by iTunes itself [it uses the .itl instead] but can be used to support other apps which still rely on it. As such iTunes treats it as 'write only' - make sure it's enabled in Prefs > Advanced > Share iTunes XML with other apps
– Tetsujin
Dec 5 at 7:23
add a comment |
I wondered if Spotify was simply looking for a file named iTunes Music Library.xml so I deleted the old one and renamed the new one then, using the old version, I was able to import the iTunes playlists into Spotify.
After I uninstalled the old version and installed the new version, I'm having difficulty getting the local files to re-add but the playlists list all of the songs (just greyed out) so it should be able to map them once I get them re-added. I'll report back.
Edit: 2018/12/07 18:48:
So, even though the above did work, there was a major problem: it entirely referenced local files which rendered the web player entirely useless.
So, I ended up using Soundiiz and, using its error reports of songs that couldn't be found, manually filling in the gaps.
answered Dec 4 at 22:55
mythofechelon
3592921
iTunes Music Library.xmlis a defunct format, no longer used by iTunes itself [it uses the .itl instead] but can be used to support other apps which still rely on it. As such iTunes treats it as 'write only' - make sure it's enabled in Prefs > Advanced > Share iTunes XML with other apps
– Tetsujin
Dec 5 at 7:23
add a comment |
I wondered if Spotify was simply looking for a file named iTunes Music Library.xml so I deleted the old one and renamed the new one then, using the old version, I was able to import the iTunes playlists into Spotify.
After I uninstalled the old version and installed the new version, I'm having difficulty getting the local files to re-add but the playlists list all of the songs (just greyed out) so it should be able to map them once I get them re-added. I'll report back.
Edit: 2018/12/07 18:48:
So, even though the above did work, there was a major problem: it entirely referenced local files which rendered the web player entirely useless.
So, I ended up using Soundiiz and, using its error reports of songs that couldn't be found, manually filling in the gaps.
answered Dec 4 at 22:55
mythofechelon
3592921
I wondered if Spotify was simply looking for a file named iTunes Music Library.xml so I deleted the old one and renamed the new one then, using the old version, I was able to import the iTunes playlists into Spotify.
After I uninstalled the old version and installed the new version, I'm having difficulty getting the local files to re-add but the playlists list all of the songs (just greyed out) so it should be able to map them once I get them re-added. I'll report back.
Edit: 2018/12/07 18:48:
So, even though the above did work, there was a major problem: it entirely referenced local files which rendered the web player entirely useless.
So, I ended up using Soundiiz and, using its error reports of songs that couldn't be found, manually filling in the gaps.
answered Dec 4 at 22:55
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answered Dec 4 at 22:55
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answered Dec 4 at 22:55
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iTunes Music Library.xmlis a defunct format, no longer used by iTunes itself [it uses the .itl instead] but can be used to support other apps which still rely on it. As such iTunes treats it as 'write only' - make sure it's enabled in Prefs > Advanced > Share iTunes XML with other apps
– Tetsujin
Dec 5 at 7:23
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iTunes Music Library.xmlis a defunct format, no longer used by iTunes itself [it uses the .itl instead] but can be used to support other apps which still rely on it. As such iTunes treats it as 'write only' - make sure it's enabled in Prefs > Advanced > Share iTunes XML with other apps
– Tetsujin
Dec 5 at 7:23
iTunes Music Library.xml is a defunct format, no longer used by iTunes itself [it uses the .itl instead] but can be used to support other apps which still rely on it. As such iTunes treats it as 'write only' - make sure it's enabled in Prefs > Advanced > Share iTunes XML with other apps– Tetsujin
Dec 5 at 7:23
iTunes Music Library.xml is a defunct format, no longer used by iTunes itself [it uses the .itl instead] but can be used to support other apps which still rely on it. As such iTunes treats it as 'write only' - make sure it's enabled in Prefs > Advanced > Share iTunes XML with other apps– Tetsujin
Dec 5 at 7:23
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