How to load *.m3u playlist into MusicBee?

[pstein]

Assume I have a *.m3u playlist (created with another audioplayer).

When I try to open it with MusicBee then it does not work.

musicbee always opens its previous (internal ?) playlist (not the just passed *.m3u).

How do I tell MusicBee to wipe all currently shown songs and load the opened Playlist?

Peter

[redwing]

Sounds like you already have some tracks in your Now Playing list. If you empty it first (right click> list> clear list), then it might work. Also check your "Play now" action setting under Preferences> Now Playing.

[pstein]

Ok, thank you it works.

However when I right click in WinExplorer on an *.m3u file and select "OpenWith"--->MusicBee then the
Playlist is loaded and the first song starts playing but the playlist is NOT shown in MB main window.

Why not?

The playlist pane remains empty

[Steven]

to permanently add an external playlist to the library (as opposed to loading it into the now playing list which is what you are doing), just drag/ drop it from windows explorer into the Playlists node in the left panel, or include playlists using the file scan function