• Module name and namespace: foo_pl_push
• Current version: 1.0.0, released on 2024-02-09
• Supported processor architectures: x86 32-bit, x86 64-bit
• Developed and tested on Windows fb2k v2.1.2
• Built with SDK version 2023-09-23

Download

After download follow these "How to install a component" steps:

• Step 1: Open the foobar2000 preferences dialog (click File → Preferences or use the Ctrl + P keyboard shortcut)
• Step 2: Go to the Components page
• Step 3: Click Install button and select the component archive, or simply drag it to the list
• Step 4: Press OK, you will be prompted to restart foobar2000 in order to load the newly installed component
• Step 5: Read help page Configure Preferences

Login to Soundiiz and follow these instructions to create a Soundiiz Auto Sync from a JSON URL:

• Select Synchronize from Tools menu
• In source, select Playlist URL from the list
• Paste your JSON URL link and Confirm
• Select a destination platform and an existing playlist (or choose New Playlist)
• Select a Sync method, options and frequency/date and Save configuration

Alternatively you may simply import a JSON playlist from a Web URL:

• Select Import Playlist from Playlists page
• Select From Web URL as the import method
• Paste your JSON public URL and Submit URL
• Select transfer method e.g. Create a new playlist
• Select options and Save configuration
• Select a destination

To start with you must install the fb2k component and then configure fb2k to automatically save M3U playlists to a shared or network location that is visible to your Sonos system. You don't need to be registered to the web service to make this work.

• You may use any Sonos controller app to do the setup e.g. on your mobile or desktop. Note that the exact navigation and terms used can vary between versions of your Sonos controller or depending on which type of device is being used.
• When you setup your Sonos system you will have added folders (shared from your PC or a networked device such as a NAS drive) to tell Sonos where to find your music files ('My Music Folders on Sonos'). Typically under Settings you will find your Music Library and a list of the folders that are shared. Either make sure that fb2k is exporting playlists to one of these folders or add a share that contains the playlists.
• Sonos will search these folders not just for music files but also any M3U playlists and when found will list them under Imported Playlists in your music library.
• You may update (index) your music library manually so that Sonos finds your playlists. More usefully, given that fb2k will be automatically exporting updates, Sonos should be setup to scan for changes regularly so that new playlists are found. In your Sonos Settings set Library Updates or Schedule Music Index Updates every day at a suitable time.

To start with you must install the fb2k component, register to use this web service and then configure fb2k to publish your playlists as M3U to this web service.

• Use this web site on your smart phone and go to the Playlists page, to check which playlists have been updated, then click on the playlist M3U button and Download M3U playlist.
• Select Open or go to your downloaded files and click on the M3U file to import an external playlist in to Musicolet. See tips below regarding downloading and opening a M3U playlist file.
• Musicolet will provide you with various import options. Typically you will select Add to Musicolet's playlist and create a new playlist.
• You should delete an existing playlist on Musicolet before importing an update. If you try to update an existing playlist, new tracks are added to the end of the playlist, which may not be what you intended since the order is usually important.

Tips for Downloading M3U Playlists

Depending on the OS, browser and configuration of your smartphone, your experience is likely to be different and maybe problematic. Hopefully further advice can be added as experiences are reported. When using Chrome to download a M3U file on Android the following points were noted:

• Chrome may or may not ask where you want to save downloaded M3U files (as there is a toggle option to 'Ask where to save files'). Since Chrome regards M3U files as music files it may put them in your Internal Storage Music/ folder rather than your Downloads/ folder.
• If you click on the Open prompt from Chrome, then Chrome may attempt to play the M3U. You should select Open with... from the 3 dot menu which should then open Musicolet.
• During external playlist import always check for missing tracks i.e. does the number of songs found in your library match the number of tracks in the playlist? Either you have not copied the music files, or Musicolet is having problems matching perhaps due to certain characters in track filenames (see point below).

Tips for Copying Music Files

When copying your music files from the file server or storage used by your fb2k application to the local storage on your smartphone. It is recommended to keep the same structure and filenames. Musicolet matches track pathnames from M3U files to the song library on your phone using a process like this:

• Let's say a track was stored is some folder hierarchy like ../folderX/folderY/filename.ext (e.g. ../artist/album/track)
• When importing an external playlist Musicolet will first try to find a unique match just using the filename.ext in the song library
• If not unique then Musicolet will try folderY/filename.ext and work backwards as necesssary, next trying folderX/folderY/filename.ext until a unique match is found.

One issue to note is the Musicolet does not like matching filenames with certain characters (e.g. accent, dash, apostrophe). We recommend changing the track filename on source and destination if you notice missing tracks when importing playlists.