Exporting Playlists hangs or crashes/freezes iTunes

This just started happening today. I haven't installed of chnaged any hardware or sofrware.
Basically, I right click > Export Playlist and it will either hang before eventually saving or completely freeze/crash iTunes. The larger the playlsit, the longer it takes to export.
Can anyone help me figure this out?
Thanks.

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