Can't import Itunes playlists/library. Windows.

[Bridge412]

I've tried thousand of times "Import Playlists > iTunes" and nothing has ever changed. Also, I'd like to note that "Share iTunes Library XML with other applications" IS checked under my iTunes preferences.

I tried importing a couple of playlist using this post I found on another post:

1. Go to iTunes -> Select playlist -> Go to Archive -> Library -> Export Playlist -> Export in .m3u file
2. Go to http://soundiiz.com/#/converter -> Login the Spotify box with your spotify account -> When login succesfull, drag and drop the m3u file in the pink apple box. Then wait for a while and the playlist will automatically be in your spotify account.

And though It's great having some of my playlists, it does take a LOOONG time to do it individually. Having a curated music collection that goes back at least a decade I have a lot of playlist. 

I also tried this other tip, but couldn't work on my pc: 

Spotify is looking for '~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music Library.xml', however Apple renamed this file to '~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Library.xml'.

I'm using:

Windows 10

iTunes 12.5.5.5

Spotify 1.0.48.103.g15edf1ec

[user-removed]

Hi,

I had this problem. If you open preferences in iTunes and go to >advanced, make sure the "share iTunes library XML with other applications" box is ticked, then click OK.

Quit Spotify & re-open it. Try the import again as per "Import Playlists > iTunes"

Should work fine.

Mike.

[Neilv1]

This is literally the first thing mentioned in his post.

[user-removed]

Thanks Captain Obvious.

The main point here is until you restart Spotify it won't have any effect. 

Maybe pay attention before you wade in next time, Flower.

[Bridge412]

I've tried multiple times. Un-checking it, quiting, re-starting, checking it again and re-starting and it never changes a thing.

[user-removed]

That sucks man. I am on mac so I don't have anything else to offer as I'm not au fait with windows really, sorry.
Good luck dude.

[blackarcanis]

Soundiiz is the best solution if you take time to export each playlist as "txt" (best matching) but yea, that could take a long time if you have lot of tracks per playlist/ or lot of playlists.

[Bridge412]

Thank you! I AM getting bettter results when exporting on TXT. I'm still gonna be here for a while LOL

[Swerfer]

Have you tried the Windows 10 app Playlist Converter?