How do you export a playlist in Groove Music?

Groove Music seems doesn't appear to be able to save playlists it creates with your Microsoft Account as .wpl files for archive/sharing though it's able to read and play playlists that are stored as .wpl files.

How do you export an online playlist as a .wpl file?

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Tyler Szabo

Posted 2017-10-11T01:08:06.477

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Answers

Groove can add songs to existing playlists including .wpl playlists. So, if you create an empty .wpl file as a text file and save it in Groove's music directory you can add all of the songs from the playlist you're attempting to export and copy the file.

Create a text file with the content below and rename it to Export.wpl (or any other .wpl name you'd like):

<?wpl version="1.0"?>
<smil>
    <head>
      <author/>
      <title>Export</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <seq>
        </seq>
    </body>
</smil>

The title is "Export" by default but this can be changed either by editing the file or renaming it in Groove Music or another music app that can edit .wpl files.

You can also manually edit the .wpl file as a text file if you'd like at any time (including after it's been populated with your selected music).

Tyler Szabo

Posted 2017-10-11T01:08:06.477

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Groove doesn't seem to write to the .WPL file anymore. – Tyler Szabo – 2018-10-03T22:55:25.133

Or - maybe a bit easier for some users - create a playlist with a different program like classic Windows Media Player. If both programs are opened at the same time your new playlist will appear in Groove a few seconds later. Now simply switch to Groove and add (+) your Groove-Playlist into the new one. It will need a few seconds again to synchronize your new playlist into Media Player. Switch back to Windows Media Player and right-click on your new playlist and open it on your local directory - there you´ve got your wpl-file :-)

Patrick

Posted 2017-10-11T01:08:06.477

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