Playlist format

[paulr]

Apologies if I've missed it somewhere (I'm sure I have, just can't see it), I'm trialing Minim on my synology NAS and want to get a few things ironed out, notably the format of the playlist files.
What I can't get my head around is relative paths.
As an example I have a music file in:

/volume1/Music_NAS/Music/FLAC/16/John Hiatt/Slow Turning/12 - Feels Like Rain.flac

I currently have playlist files in
/volume1/Music_NAS/Music/Playlists

Question 1
What location is best for playlist files (m3u)?
Question 2
What path would I use in each line of the playlist file? (relative path).

Many thanks in advance and apologies if I've missed the info in the forum.

[steamfan]

(16-11-2023 21:18)paulr Wrote:  Apologies if I've missed it somewhere (I'm sure I have, just can't see it), I'm trialing Minim on my synology NAS and want to get a few things ironed out, notably the format of the playlist files.
What I can't get my head around is relative paths.
As an example I have a music file in:

/volume1/Music_NAS/Music/FLAC/16/John Hiatt/Slow Turning/12 - Feels Like Rain.flac

I currently have playlist files in
/volume1/Music_NAS/Music/Playlists

Question 1
What location is best for playlist files (m3u)?
Question 2
What path would I use in each line of the playlist file? (relative path).

Many thanks in advance and apologies if I've missed the info in the forum.

The answer to question 1 mainly depends on the configuration of MinimServer. If you have configured /volume1/Music_NAS/Music as content directory your choice is fine. If you have configured /volume1/Music_NAS/Music/FLAC you need to add /volume1/Music_NAS/Music/Playlists also as content directory.

Answer to question 2, refering to your example I would write in a file the is stored in /volume1/Music_NAS/Music/Playlists with music files under /volume1/Music_NAS/Music/FLAC:
../FLAC/16/John Hiatt/Slow Turning/12 - Feels Like Rain.flac

[paulr]

Thank you steamfan, you've explained it very well. I'm borrowing a friends' Naim NDX to A/B compare with my Squeezebox Touch/IRDAC set up.
The Touch (or rather Logitech Media Server (LMS)) is a bit fussy on the format of playlists and I'd got my playlist creation process down to a fine art.
However, to test the NDX I needed a true UPnP server on my NAS - hence dipping my toes in the Minimserver water.
I've achieved what I wanted to short term, which was to be able to play the same songs/playlist into the Touch and NDX at the same time and simply switch inputs on my amp to compare the two bits of kit.
When I do ditch the need for LMS I'll figure out the best folder structure/locations etc and get a new playlist process set up.
Many thanks for your input, certainly helped!