m3uForge

m3uForge is a small audio application developed specifically for helping you create M3U playlists. The tool can be deployed on all Windows versions out there.

You can take advantage of m3uForge’s portability status and run it without administrative privileges. Plus, you may save it on USB flash drives or other portable devices so you can carry it with you all the time. The utility can be opened straight from the storage device.

It does not populate your Windows registry with extra entries so you can get rid of it with a simple deletion task of the files that you have downloaded from the Internet. Gaining access to its GUI can be done by running the executable file.

m3uForge sports a clean and intuitive layout that gathers all configuration settings into a single panel. A help manual is not included in the package. However, you can quickly get an idea about how to tweak the dedicated parameters because they look easy to work with.

The application offers you the possibility to pick the directories that contain multiple audio files. You are allowed to select the saving folder and specify the filename of the output M3U playlist.

A few configuration settings are hidden under the hood for helping you sort items in the playlist by album, artist, song title, year, or genre.

A progress bar is shown in the main window so you can quickly keep an eye on the time needed to finish the current task. Directories can be imported in the working environment using only the built-in browse button (the drag-and-drop support is not on the feature list).

Tests have pointed out that m3uForge carries out a task quickly and without errors. It is quite friendly with system resources so the overall performance of the computer is not hampered.

To sum things up, m3uForge comes packed with several simple and handy features for helping you create M3U playlists, and can be configured by rookies and professionals alike.