by producer_ben » Fri Dec 10, 2021 2:41 pm
Hi there,
Not sure if you've resolved this yet, however, when a playlist is created by any media player it saves the path relative to the computers drive and file structure it sees.
This definately becomes an issue if you have a NAS with mapped drives and a few DLNA/UPnP players (or renderers).
So, when I have a playlist that I wish to be played in any such device, I edit the M3U file (any notepad app, just right click and choose "open with") with "notepad++" and remove the server name (in my setup for example) and I also need to change the "slashes". See below examples :
ORIGINAL M3U TRACK PATH :
\\myriad\music\Flac\Prince\Ultimate\01 I Wanna Be Your Lover.flac
(for clarity : \\server name\music (folder)\Flac(folder within "music folder)\Prince(artist folder)\Ultimate(album folder)\01 I Wanna Be Your Lover.flac(file name to be played)
MODIFIED M3U TRACK PATH :
../Flac/Prince/Ultimate/01 I Wanna Be Your Lover.flac
This way any DLNA/UPnP device (or renderer) can locate and "play" your playlists.
Hope this helps
Hi there,
Not sure if you've resolved this yet, however, when a playlist is created by any media player it saves the path relative to the computers drive and file structure it sees.
This definately becomes an issue if you have a NAS with mapped drives and a few DLNA/UPnP players (or renderers).
So, when I have a playlist that I wish to be played in any such device, I edit the M3U file (any notepad app, just right click and choose "open with") with "notepad++" and remove the server name (in my setup for example) and I also need to change the "slashes". See below examples :
[u]ORIGINAL M3U TRACK PATH :[/u]
\\myriad\music\Flac\Prince\Ultimate\01 I Wanna Be Your Lover.flac
(for clarity : \\server name\music (folder)\Flac(folder within "music folder)\Prince(artist folder)\Ultimate(album folder)\01 I Wanna Be Your Lover.flac(file name to be played)
[u][b]MODIFIED M3U TRACK PATH :[/b][/u]
../Flac/Prince/Ultimate/01 I Wanna Be Your Lover.flac
This way any DLNA/UPnP device (or renderer) can locate and "play" your playlists.
Hope this helps