Manual creation of a m3u playlist

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mgoddard
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Manual creation of a m3u playlist

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Hello, I'm trying to create a playlist to be used with my Yamaha devices and the MusicCast app. I can create a *.m3u file and place it in the /Music DLNA share and the app will see the playlist but when I try to use it I get a message that the playlist is empty. The MusicCast app/device can't find the tracks.
I expect the problem is with the file path, but I can't find any documentation on what this needs to be.

I have tried a few variations but none of them work. For example,
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:200,All Star - Smash Mouth
/Multimedia/Music/Smash Mouth/All Star Smash Hits/01 All Star.m4a

or
#EXTINF:185,Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
/Music/Van Morrison/Bang Masters/01 Brown Eyed Girl.m4a

or
#EXTINF:185,Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
/share/Multimedia/Music/Van Morrison/Bang Masters/01 Brown Eyed Girl.m4a

Does anyone know what the correct path format is?

Thanks
rmigneron
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Re: Manual creation of a m3u playlist

Post by rmigneron »

Hello, have you tried relative path to where the playlist is located ?

for example, on my Synology NAS, the playlists are stored in a "playlists" directory at the root of the shared music directory, the .m3u contains lists of songs all starting with ../ (relative) - in your case, you should have : ../Smash..... as the path.

Hopes this help.

Richard
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avvaVVO
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Re: Manual creation of a m3u playlist

Post by avvaVVO »

mgoddard wrote: Tue May 19, 2020 11:04 am Hello, I'm trying to create a playlist to be used with my Yamaha devices and the MusicCast app. I can create a *.m3u file and place it in the /Music DLNA share and the app will see the playlist but when I try to use it I get a message that the playlist is empty. The MusicCast app/device can't find the tracks.
I expect the problem is with the file path, but I can't find any documentation on what this needs to be.
I guess you using default built-in DLNA server.

I use:
Yamaha R-N402 as network player
QNAP TS-459 as NAS
MinimServer as DLNA (non-default)

MinimServer has menu "Playlists"
MusicCast app able to see playlists - content playback properly.
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