• Music files are stored on a Synology NAS (ds920) with read +/- write access depending on user

• On windows I run MM5 and windows seams to like accessing NAS files includig the music files via smb

• Migrating to Linux, and experimenting with ubuntu-25.10 running rhythmbox. NAS music file are mounted in ubuntu

• When running rhythmbox in this environment, rhythmbox appears to like accessing the music via the path smb://ds920home.local/music/

• Use MM5 Tools > Options > Tags & Playlists option to use forward slash Directory separator instead of back slash used in windows

• Use a text editor to replace the leading "//ds920home/music/" with "smb://ds920home.local/music/"

• Play lists exported from rhythmbox also replace spaces the path with %20 but when importing play lists this appears to make no difference.

• Use .pls not .m3u files as a rhythmbox bug prevents it form importing .m3u files generated by rhythmbox

• Import the play list into rhythmbox by; in Ubuntu file manager, right click on a playlist, choose open with other application & choose rhythmbox. Draging the play list on to the rhythmbox window or in rhythmbox choosing to import the play list did not work for me.

• Avoid importing large play list (>1200 songs) as doing so crashes rhythmbox

• Which suggest to me rhythmbox is rather flaky for my set up so I'm looking at other alternatives

patch wrote: ↑Sat Dec 06, 2025 4:00 pm The challenges are

• My playlists have over 200 entries so manual editing is not ideal

• The file path requires replacing spaces with %20 but other entires such as the track name requires spaces as left. Which prevents use of simple search and replace.

Looks like I will need to keep looking for another solution

• My playlists have over 200 entries so manual editing is not ideal

• The file path requires replacing spaces with %20 but other entires such as the track name requires spaces as left. Which prevents use of simple search and replace.

Lowlander wrote: ↑Sat Dec 06, 2025 1:03 pm In what scenario is this needed?

patch wrote: ↑Sat Dec 06, 2025 7:44 am Space character replaced by %20

• Directory separator forward slash not back slash used in windows

• Space character replaced by %20