Separators in custom fields

[DavidHB]

(12-03-2023 01:01)lyapounov Wrote:  I have 4 replica of my music, all on synology servers

User requirements vary, but I have always found it best to have the 'master' copy of my music library (that is the copy where I do all ripping, downloading, tagging and playlist generation) on my PC, because the utilities I use are all Windows-based. I almost never use the master copy for actually playing the music; that is done from one or the other of my QNAP NASs. But I do use the Windows instance of MinimServer to test new features (most recently my implementation of index artwork).

For copying files over from the master copy of the library to the NASs, I used to use the Windows SyncToy, but this has been deprecated under Windows 11. I now use the FreeFileSync utility, which does the job just as well.

(12-03-2023 01:01)lyapounov Wrote:  But I get your point; what I may do, as all my music's info are stored in a database on my synology, is create a program to automatically generate the m3u.

Unless the programming aspect is fun for you, I expect that you could find a free or inexpensive utility to do this job. I have certainly seen no point in trying to produce my own version of Playlist Creator. For me, the key thing is to keep the playlist files clean and tidy. I keep all playlists in a single ../Music/Playlists folder, which Playlist Creator is set to use. This makes the playlists very straightforward to generate and amend as necessary.

David