ITunes Playlist Import empty?

Hi Guys,
i wrote a Powershell script that creates several m3u playlists for my mp3s.
I tried to import that playlist in iTunes but it's empty.
Then I tried to create a m3u playlist with exact the same content manually, aaand it worked...
Do you have an idea how to solve my problem?
Thanks in advance.
Danny

I suspect your Powershell script isn't making an m3u file that iTunes is completely happy with. As I recall iTunes wants absolute file paths whatever the m3u specification might say.
See this thread for more: https://discussions.apple.com/message/16489318#16489318
tt2

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