Playlist / M3U

[simoncn]

(18-12-2012 10:34)Macallan Wrote:  Hello Simon,

I'm also looking forward to playlist support. BTW, how does MinimServer handle symbolic links? E.g. could I create a 'playlist' on my NAS by just placing symbolic links to the individual audio files in a separate folder?

Thanks

I'm hoping to provide playlist support in the next release of MinimServer.

You could use symbolic links as an interim workaround. You'll need to arrange your library as follows:

all music
--- playlists
------ playlist 1
---------- link 1
---------- link 2
------ playlist 2
---------- link 1
---------- link 2
------ etc.
--- music files
------ file 1
------ file 2
------ etc.

Your contentDir setting would be 'all music'. To view your playlists, use folder view to select 'playlists' and navigate through subfolders to view your playlists. For normal browsing, use folder view to select 'music files' and then select Tag View.

If you don't separate the playlist links from the music files in this way, all the tracks in your playlists will appear as duplicates when you browse your library, because MinimServer will see the symbolic link and the original file as two separate files.