Why are my music playlists wiped on every boot?

[AK Nator]

(Samsung Galaxy A5 2016)
All of my music is stored on my external SD card. Every time I restart my phone, all of the tracks in my playlists, as well as my Favourites and Most Played, are removed, but the playlists themselves remain. For example, I have a Playlist 001, with 15 tracks. After the phone restarts, Playlist 001 is still there but has 0 tracks. Everything was working perfectly until about 2 weeks ago. I only use the stock Samsung Music Player, but I have also tried this with Google Play Music and the problem is still there. Can someone please help me?

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Where is the playlist file itself located -- internal storage or the SD? Also, can you try a different SD card?

 

[AK Nator]

The playlist file is saved on my internal phone storage, and yes, I have tried with another external SD card (a new one), but the problem is still there. I would like to add that music saved on my internal phone storage is NOT affected by this problem.

 

[B. Diddy]

It could be related to where the playlist file is saved. Can that file be saved to the SD card itself? I never use playlists, so I don't know if this would be a definite solution.

 

[AK Nator]

I'll try it out. Thanks a lot