The most common problem with importing playlists created via another app
is that the file paths need to be consistent between the Squeezebox
Server Music Library and the playlist - so if the playlist has as the
path to your music files as "\\mediaserver\site" and Squeezecenter Music
Library is set up to read "C:\site\", the playlist won't work when you
import it.

Squeezebox Server has no way of knowing that the paths are to the same
song that is already in your library with a different file name.

Luckily - there's an easy solution. A playlist is simply a text file
with links to the files. If you open up the playlist in a text editor
like EditPad or Notepad, and find/replace the path in the playlist from
whatever it is to "C:\site\" (in the example above - you will need to
work out what the file path is on your particular setup, and then do a
playlist only rescan.

If you run windows, I have a small script which will semi-automate the
find/replace process for you. 

Another issue is if your playlist is set up with relative paths (i.e.
the file paths start with "~" rather than the full path.  Squeezebox
Server needs absolute paths AFAIK (there is an open bug for this, but
don't think  it's yet implemented).


-- 
Siduhe

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"-Siduhe Loved Tracks radio got the thumbs up. Feedback included: yeah,
it's good... got the odd dodgy track tho...-" (c) 'ModelCitizen'
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