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+# This file is part of beets.
+# Copyright 2012, Adrian Sampson.
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+# a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+# "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+# without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+# distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+# permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+# the following conditions:
+# 
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+# included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+"""Write paths of imported files in a m3u file to ease later import in a music
+player.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import with_statement 
+import os
+
+from beets import ui
+from beets.plugins import BeetsPlugin
+from beets.util import normpath
+
+class m3uPlugin(BeetsPlugin):
+    def configure(self, config):
+        global M3U_FILENAME
+        M3U_FILENAME = ui.config_val(config, 'm3uupdate', 'm3u', None)
+
+        if not M3U_FILENAME:
+            M3U_FILENAME = os.path.join(
+                           ui.config_val(config, 'beets', 'directory', '.'),
+                           'imported.m3u')
+        M3U_FILENAME = normpath(M3U_FILENAME)
+        m3u_dir = os.path.dirname(M3U_FILENAME)
+        if not os.path.exists(m3u_dir):
+            os.makedirs(m3u_dir)
+
+@m3uPlugin.listen('album_imported')
+def album_imported(lib, album, config): 
+    with open(M3U_FILENAME, 'a') as f:
+        for item in album.items():  
+            f.write(os.path.relpath(item.path, 
+                                    os.path.dirname(M3U_FILENAME)) + '\n')
+
+@m3uPlugin.listen('item_imported')
+def item_imported(lib, item, config):
+    with open(M3U_FILENAME, 'a') as f:
+            f.write(os.path.relpath(item.path, 
+                                    os.path.dirname(M3U_FILENAME)) + '\n')
+