Playlist (.m3u) and fully qualified file names

[DavidHB]

(30-05-2016 07:19)simoncn Wrote:  As part of this conversion, it would be a good idea to change the playlists to use relative paths with forward slashes instead of absolute paths. This enables you to move the library in future without needing to change the playlists.

I agree with this; it is what I do. You do need to be careful that, in the course of any move, the playlist files stay in the same relative position to the music files. I find that the easiest way to do this is to have a separate Playlists folder in my music folder (where MinimServer will scan it); if the structure of the music folder remains constant, the playlist files will continue to work.

If you have a Windows computer and can access the Music folder on the NAS, you can use the Playlist Creator tool, to regenerate your playlist files directly on the NAS. Playlist Creator has options both to use relative rather than absolute paths and to save files with forward rather than backslashes. Playlist Creator does show you when a file path is valid, so you can check the changes you make as you go. What it does not do is search and replace, so (depending on how extensive your playlists are) an initial stage of text editing as recommended by Simon and then running Playlist Creator may provide the easiest means of working.

David