Failure to import files from a M3U playlist on iTunes 11.1.2 on Windows 8.1

Hi All,
I have gone through all the previous discussions and forums, and seen a lot of other people had problems with the previous version of iTunes 10.4 with importing Playlists, and the playlist showing up, but with no content inside.
I am currently having this problem, and am running with the most recent update of iTunes 11.1.2.
I have done 'Home Sharing' and have copied all my songs etc. over onto my new computer. These are all stored on an external hard drive. I can play these songs no problems on my new computer.
I then exported my playlists from my previous computer into M3U files and imported them into my iTunes on my new computer- the playlists show up, but there is no content in them. HELP! All the songs are available for the playlists on the external hard drive, so not sure why they are not being shown in the playlist.
I am just a general user around computers, so don't want to get too involved and probably don't know how to write a script as Ive seen some people suggested previously. Surely there is just something I have missed??? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Thanks so much guys.
Bec.

I fixed it myself everyone!
Instead of exporting the playlists as M3U files- I exported them as XML files. And then simply imported them into my iTunes on my new computer- worked perfectly!!
Hope this helps anyone with similar problems!
Cheers

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