Importing Playlists

Ok so I want to trade lists with friends via the XML files.
Basically I want to transfer playlists without having the Track ID as you will see in the XML files. Before you look, there are 3 lines with track ID's that I need to get rid of. simply because my friends and i are interested in sharing playlists with each other but how are we suppose to know this number? Thanks a bunch.
Ok so I'm going to display 3 xml files. Unedited - working, edited - working, edited - not working.
Unedited - Working
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Major Version</key><integer>1</integer>
<key>Minor Version</key><integer>1</integer>
<key>Application Version</key><string>7.6</string>
<key>Features</key><integer>5</integer>
<key>Show Content Ratings</key><true/>
<key>Music Folder</key><string></string>
<key>Library Persistent ID</key><string>5AA8414D2EDC6B47</string>
<key>Tracks</key>
<dict>
<key>6159</key>
<dict>
<key>Track ID</key><integer>6159</integer>
<key>Name</key><string>Seven Wonders</string>
<key>Artist</key><string>Nickel Creek</string>
<key>Album</key><string>This Side</string>
<key>Genre</key><string>Bluegrass</string>
<key>Kind</key><string>MPEG audio file</string>
<key>Size</key><integer>4003968</integer>
<key>Total Time</key><integer>250174</integer>
<key>Track Number</key><integer>8</integer>
<key>Date Modified</key><date>2007-12-30T06:00:31Z</date>
<key>Date Added</key><date>2007-12-30T05:59:58Z</date>
<key>Bit Rate</key><integer>128</integer>
<key>Sample Rate</key><integer>44100</integer>
<key>Play Count</key><integer>5</integer>
<key>Play Date</key><integer>3282341320</integer>
<key>Play Date UTC</key><date>2008-01-05T06:28:40Z</date>
<key>Persistent ID</key><string>AAF75B1EBBED5563</string>
<key>Track Type</key><string>File</string>
<key>Location</key><string></string>
<key>File Folder Count</key><integer>-1</integer>
<key>Library Folder Count</key><integer>-1</integer>
</dict>
</dict>
<key>Playlists</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>Name</key><string>sleep</string>
<key>Playlist ID</key><integer>17161</integer>
<key>Playlist Persistent ID</key><string>21D0967BB5243139</string>
<key>All Items</key><true/>
<key>Playlist Items</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>Track ID</key><integer>6159</integer>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
Edited - Working
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Tracks</key>
<dict>
<dict>
<key>Track ID</key><integer>6159</integer>
<key>Name</key><string>Seven Wonders</string>
<key>Artist</key><string>Nickel Creek</string>
</dict>
</dict>
<key>Playlists</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>Name</key><string>sleep</string>
<key>Playlist Items</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>Track ID</key><integer>6159</integer>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
edited - non working
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Tracks</key>
<dict>
<dict>
<key>Name</key><string>Seven Wonders</string>
<key>Artist</key><string>Nickel Creek</string>
</dict>
</dict>
<key>Playlists</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>Name</key><string>sleep</string>
<key>Playlist Items</key>
<array>
<dict>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
Message was edited by: thewood68
Message was edited by: thewood68

Why?
You can try this ->http://lifehacker.com/software/itunes/download-of-the-day-itunes-export-windows- 238178.php
It's create an m3u playlist file.

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