Using playlists with BubbleUpnp

[ste]

I want to store some playlists on my server. I use
bubbleupnp as player. The only way whitch works until now is this kind
of path:

http://x.x.x.x:yyyy/minimserver/*/data/Musik/Jazz/abc/Coltrane,*20John/A*20Love*20Supreme/01*20part*201*20-*20acknowledgement.flac

When I omit the http part, bubble shows an empty folder and minimserver
writes an error to the log (Error: playlist Musik/Playlists/test.m3u8:
no content directory for /data/Musik...). When I omit the blank masking,
bubble shows an error (wrong character) and minimserver is ok.

What's my mistake?

[simbun]

If you have a Linux environment available I have a script that converts BubbleUPnP's export to clean (removes http elements and encoding and converts it to a relative path) playlists for hosting in MinimServer.

I wrote it some time ago when I found out that my dad had created vast quantities of playlists in BubbleUPnP, and wasn't backing them up. I've since moved him to another system so I haven't run it for a while, so if you're interested, let me know and I'll dig it out and make sure nothing has changed from the BubbleUPnP export side of things.

[ste]

(03-02-2025 09:27)simbun Wrote:  If you have a Linux environment available I have a script that converts BubbleUPnP's export to clean (removes http elements and encoding and converts it to a relative path) playlists for hosting in MinimServer.

I wrote it some time ago when I found out that my dad had created vast quantities of playlists in BubbleUPnP, and wasn't backing them up. I've since moved him to another system so I haven't run it for a while, so if you're interested, let me know and I'll dig it out and make sure nothing has changed from the BubbleUPnP export side of things.

[ste]

My problem is that the relative path doesn't work (see the error above) and I don't know why. I will write my own playlist, store it on the server and play it via minimserver and bubbleUpnp.

[ste]

my environment ist a linux armbian on a banana pi

[simoncn]

(03-02-2025 16:50)ste Wrote:  My problem is that the relative path doesn't work (see the error above) and I don't know why. I will write my own playlist, store it on the server and play it via minimserver and bubbleUpnp.

The relative path doesn't start with /data. It depends on where the playlist file is located. In the example you posted, the relative path would be this:

../Jazz/abc/Coltrane, John/A Love Supreme/01 part 1 - acknowledgement.flac

[simbun]

(03-02-2025 16:50)ste Wrote:  My problem is that the relative path doesn't work (see the error above) and I don't know why.

From your earlier message we have the MinimServer URL, but where are your playlists stored?

(03-02-2025 07:17)ste Wrote:  http://x.x.x.x:yyyy/minimserver/*/data/Musik/Jazz/abc/Coltrane,*20John/A*20Love*20Supreme/01*20part*201*20-*20acknowledgement.flac

If your playlists are stored in a dedicated playlist folder in the root of Musik (Musik/Playlists), then the path to use in the m3u8 file becomes:

Code:

../Jazz/abc/Coltrane,*20John/A*20Love*20Supreme/01*20part*201*20-*20acknowledgement.flac

The next problem is that the MinimServer scanning engine doesn't understand url encoding in playlist paths, so you'll need to decode that to the actual path:

Code:

../Jazz/abc/Coltrane, John/A Love Supreme/01 part 1 - acknowledgement.flac

I've just tested the script and it works well, so it might be easier to use the script :-)
If it doesn't make any sense I can walk you through it.

EDIT: I had to change the script extension to txt, otherwise the forum software blocked it.

[ste]

I think I was quite stupid. With your path it works well here too. Thanks a lot.