# How to Create a Playlist from Local Files?

**URL:** <https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/how-to-create-a-playlist-from-local-files/3629>\
**Category:** Pi MusicBox (archive)\
**Created:** [December 16, 2019, 9:31pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/how-to-create-a-playlist-from-local-files/3629 "2019-12-16T21:31:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Walter\_Holmes](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/walter_holmes/32/1367_2.png) [@Walter\_Holmes](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/Walter_Holmes)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 9:31pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/how-to-create-a-playlist-from-local-files/3629/1 "2019-12-16T21:31:05Z")

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I have been able to see how to create a playlist once I go into a folder of files, but I can’t seem to find a way to add tracks from another folder to that playlist.

Any way to create a large block of tracks to a playlist?

thanks, Walter…

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**Author:** ![jodal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/jodal/32/2564_2.png) [@jodal](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/jodal)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 11:46am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/how-to-create-a-playlist-from-local-files/3629/2 "2026-02-19T11:46:57Z")

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