Playlists on squeezeplay and server

[Jarv_77]

Can anyone enlighten me?
How do I create playlists on squeeze player or server? I have the latest pnp versions running.

If its a hassle to do on the joggler, Is there an easy way to create a playlist file in separate software (excel?) And import it?

Thanks

[holmes]

I use Foobar to create playlists and save them using the m3u format.
Since I do this with my Windows laptop, I then have to edit the file to change the file paths to Linux style. Then I place the files into the playlists directory I have chosen with the Squeezebox server web interface.
There are probably simpler ways to do this but it works for me.

A bit off topic, I recommend SQL playlists and Dynamic Playlists plugins. They are great to get really random playing from playlists (the default random feature doesn't randomize enough and often plays tracks from the same album at short intervals).

[Jarv_77]

Holmes.

I then have to edit the file to change the file paths to Linux style.

Is there any chance you can elaborate on that? I'm not overly familiar with linux, if you could give me an example I would be grateful.

Also, does the edit to linux file paths take a long time?


Thanks

[Jarv_77]

I've looked this up a bit on the internet, I think that if you can get your m3u playlist to be created in a 'Relative' manner, i.e. referencing the music files from the same directory as the playlist file itself rather than c:\blah\my music\ , then chaning the file path shouldn't be required other than maybe swapping \ for / to suit the linux?

Bit beyond my understanding, I'm just grasping at straws here and 'what looks right'!

[holmes]

After creation, an entry in the m3u file looks like this:

M:\Musique\Cure, The\Greatest Hits, Disc 1\01 Cure, The - Boys Don't Cry.flac

I edit them (text editor) to be like this:

/media/Musique/Musique/Cure, The/Greatest Hits, Disc 1/01 Cure, The - Boys Don't Cry.flac

It's very fast with a "search and replace" function within a text editor.

"media" is where I have mounted the USB hard drive.
1st "Musique" is the name of the partition where the music is stored.
2nd "Musique" is the name of the directory into which it is stored.

Hope it helps.

[Jarv_77]

Thanks Holmes, I will give it a try..........