MediaMonkey Setlist.fm Playlist Creator Script

I’m going to the Forbidden Fruit music festival this weekend and for all gigs I like to do ‘homework’ on the bands and what sets they’re likely to play. That sounds like working to have fun but concerts are always better when you know the songs!

MediaMonkey is my music player of choice; one of the reasons being its powerful scripting functionality. So creating playlists from setlist.fm got boring enough that I decided to hack together a MediaMonkey script, extension, addon, plugin or whatever you want to call it to do it for me. Luckily most of the work was done for me and I just had to adapt the Last.fm Loved Tracks Playlist Creator from psykar so 99% of the code is thanks to him.

Install the MMIP below and go to Tools -> Scripts -> Setlist FM Playlist Creator and enter a setlist URL like this one: http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/cut-copy/2011/the-button-factory-dublin-ireland-13d1b5a1.html. A playlist should be created in this format: [Setlist] ArtistName – CityName (EventDate). A message will pop up if some songs weren’t found. Future upgrades of the script might tell you what album these missing songs are on. Download the MMIP below:

Download MediaMonkey Setlist.fm Playlist Creator 1.0 MMIP

Make sure to have MediaMonkey running in administrator mode or you’ll get a “Product installation error”. For any other errors or feature requests, post as a comment below. If you like this script and it saves you time, please post a comment below telling me you use it. It’s disheartening to bother with something when you think nobody uses it!