Creates .m3u from all mp3 files in the current directory

createM3U.py

# createM3U.py
# Creates .m3u from current directory
# Dependencies: mutagen
# Usage: put this script in a folder that has mp3 files. run in console like so:
# $ python3 createM3U.py
# or
# $ python3 createM3U.py <path to mp3s>

from mutagen.id3 import ID3
from mutagen.mp3 import MP3
import sys, os, codecs, unicodedata

def main():
	if len(sys.argv) > 1:
		try:
			os.chdir(sys.argv[1])
		except Exception as e:
			print("Invalid Folder.")
			raise e
	cwd = os.getcwd()
	m3ufilename = os.path.basename(cwd) #name of folder this script is in
	m3u = codecs.open(m3ufilename+".m3u", "w", "utf-16")
	m3u.write("#EXTM3U\n\n") # m3u header

	for root, dirs, files in os.walk(cwd):
		for name in files:
			name = unicodedata.normalize('NFC', name)
			if name.endswith('.mp3'):
				mp3info = MP3(name)
				id3info = ID3(name)
				d = {
					"length" : str(int(mp3info.info.length)), # length in seconds
					"artist" : id3info.get('TPE1').text[0], # first artist's name
					"title" : id3info.get('TIT2').text[0], # title of song
					"filename" : os.path.join(root.lstrip(cwd), name) # relative path from current directory
				}
				m3u.write("#EXTINF:{length}, {artist} - {title}\n{filename}\n".format(**d))

if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()