Play List not playable

[simoncn]

(16-09-2014 07:40)Bryn46 Wrote:  Hi

I have just installed MinimServer on my NAS (Qnap-TS210) - no problems all music found and playable. However the playlist previously created are not for some reason. The playlists have been extracted from iTunes on a Mac and converted to m3u (Latin-1) stripping any hidden info using Play List Creator (Eric Daugherty) then copied to the NAS. The playlist titles are seen but there is no playable content. These playlist are playable under Twonky V7 (which I wish to move from).

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Bryn

All playlists are filed together in a folder e.i. /Multimedia/Music/AA-Playlists

example
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:194298,Artie Shaw - Begin the Beguine
/Multimedia/Music/The Best of the Big Bands/The Best of the Big Bands/04 Begin the Beguine.mp3
#EXTINF:181133,Benny Goodman - It Had To Be You
/Multimedia/Music/Benny Goodman/Benny Goodman - Collection/02 It Had To Be You.mp3
#EXTINF:44695,Benny Goodman - Let's Dance
/Multimedia/Music/Benny Goodman/Benny Goodman - Collection/13 Let's Dance.mp3
#EXTINF:219167,Benny Goodman - I've Found A New Baby

The paths in this playlist are wrong. The correct Linux path is /share/Multimedia/Music/.... not /Multimedia/Music/....

For some reason, QNAP File Station shows the incorrect /Multimedia/.... path instead of the correct /share/Multimedia/.... path. This is unfortunate and confusing.

You can avoid this problem by using relative playlist paths in this format:

#EXTINF:194298,Artie Shaw - Begin the Beguine
../The Best of the Big Bands/The Best of the Big Bands/04 Begin the Beguine.mp3

There is an option in PlayList Creator to use relative paths. I think this would be the most convenient solution.