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Handling playlist XML files - jellyfin - 2025-09-14
Now, on my Mac, the playlist XML files are located at ~/Library/Application Support/jellyfin/data/playlists
There is a folder for each playlist and a file "playlist.xml"
So far so good.
One would assume that those files are used to defined the playlists!
But this is not true.
Jellyfin seems to have the playlist in some internal database or whatever.
Regardless of what I tried, my modifications to the XML files are not honoured.
I wanted to just replace the XML files with my modified versions (fixed the list of movies in them, renamed the playlist), but any7 such changes are not working!
When I delete a playlist within Jellyfin, the folder and file do not get deleted!
Also, after stopping Jellyfin, deleting the folder myself, restarting Jellyfin to let it know that the folder got deleted and then stopping again, putting my modified playlist and restarting Jellyfin does NOT let this playlist appear again!
So those folders and XML files are ... useless?
How can I modify the files and let Jelly know?
What is the purpose of using XML files that invite to be modified when Jellyfin seemingly just creates the files at some point but does not use them anymore afterwards?
Finally I want to rename some of my playlists and expand or fix the sequence of movies within such a playlist - by editing the XML file, not by endless clicking in the web interface.
Also, I wanted to export those files and import them on a remote Jellyfin installation, but as I said, adding a folder and XML file does not let the playlist appear at all!
What can I do, please?
RE: Handling playlist XML files - jellyfin - 2025-09-14
I found this:
https://forum.jellyfin.org/t-can-playlist-files-be-edited-directly
That did not really work.
The renamings do not work and also not changes to the movies in the playlist.