Playlist - documentation

[jhdedrick]

I'm happy to say that the user guide has a very extensive page on playlists. It discusses even the most arcane details of how MinimServer scans for information, what it does with illegal characters, and many many other topics.

But unfortunately it has nothing to say about a question that seems (based on the many discussions of it here) to give users a lot of trouble: Understanding how paths, especially relative paths, must be constructed so that MinimServer can find the music files they reference.

How do you configure the root of the relative paths in the playlist? (Just including it as a Content Directory clearly isn't sufficient.)
Can the root of playlist paths be different than the root of the music tree?
Must the root of a relative path be in the absolute path to the music files, or can playlist entries contain "\.."?
Can there be more than one relative path root?
Can there be a mix of relative and absolute paths?
...

Any chance someone knowledgeable could contribute a paragraph or two on this?