At this point I am updating this to let others know what I found.

• On the Netgear router the playlists are visible regardless of where I put them.

• On the old TP-link router they are not visible to MMA or BubbleUPnP regardless of where I put them.

• On either router the playlists are found by Windows Media Player.

So, I think this is an issue of with the very old version of the media server I have on the TP-link router and that WMP is doing something else to find the playlists.

I deleted the original content of this post as I think I was incorrect...

Hi,
I tested on my 2 ASUS routers (both ASUS and Merlin Firmware) wonder if you maybe have case of non relative paths in playlist?

I tested by Saving/Exporting playlist using relative path (eg. "\Music\1.mp3" instead of default "f:\Music\1.mp3") and all worked as a charm.

Could this be related to both MMA and BubbleUPnP being the free versions? I just started Windows Media Player and the playlist were already there. I ran Media Player Classic and I could navigate to the playlists and run them.

I might just upgrade MMA (and Bubble) over the weekend and see what happens.

It sounds like the issue is on the server end. You may need to check its documentation if this is supported and how it works.

The DLNA server I am trying today is built into a TP-Link wireless router. BubbleUPnP doesn't see the playlists either (but also sees MP3 files if I put them in that playlist directory I created).

Over the weekend I can try this with a server built into a NetGear R7800 router. I can probably run something on a Windows machine. All of this is just for my learning about of of DLNA. I would be open to other server options down the road.

Update: On the server I added dummy files ending with .m3u, .m3u8, .asx, and .fpl and I don't see any from either of the apps I am using.

Which DLNA Server? Do other Apps see the Playlists or also fail to show them?

I put the playlist on the DLNA server where the music is -- which I thought you were referring to above. MMA is on my phone and it sees the playlist folder, but not the playlists.

And, thanks for this help, I appreciate it.

Are you referring to on the phone itself?

Thanks. I created a playlist folder and put an m3u, txt and mp3 file in there. MMA only sees the mp3 file. Should I be accessing it differently or putting it in a different place? Is there some documentation or a tutorial on this?

You'd generally access a DLNA Server. It would have the Playlists and serve them to the client on your phone. MediaMonkey for Windows can act as a DLNA Server on your network.

It will depend on the DLNA Server what Playlist formats it supports. MediaMonkey for Windows works with both.

I am a new user of MM and I am interested in using it to access music on any of multiple SMB shares and UPnP/DLNA servers via my existing playlists. I am willing to change the playlists as needed (absolute or relative paths, etc) to make this happen.

Do most people put a version of their playlist (absolute or relative paths) where the music is (SMB or server) and access that via their phone? Or is there a way to put the playlists on the phone and use different versions of them to access the music from what ever source? I would think the best case is that I could select a playlists and have it work regardless of which source I have selected.

I am in the learning and experimentation phase so I have the same music directory structure and playlists as both SMB and UPnP sources. Also, I am assuming this question/problem applies to all players/controllers such as something like BubbleUPnP.