Sb42;209582 Wrote: > > While I have seen discussion of doing this I have not seen a step by > step guide. > > Can anyone point me to one? > >
I'll have a go, apologies if any of this is grandmother sucking eggs: The key thing to understand about playlists is that they are nothing more than a text file with links to music. Assuming your files are all mp3, I would suggest an .m3u type playlist which is supported by both Winamp and Slimserver. So, if the path to your music specified by Winamp when it creates the playlist is the same as the way Slimserver sees the music, any playlist created in Winamp and saved in a folder that Slimserver sees as the Playlist folder should work. However, I'm guessing the path may be different for you (you refer to needing to modify the playlist and also that your music is stored on D:/Music, which usually denotes something networked attached). 1. Specify a path in Slimserver for your playlists. I always keep my playlist folder separate from my main music library, on the same box that Slimserver is installed on. 2. Create a playlist file in Slimserver with three tracks in, and save it (call the playlist "test"). 3. Navigate to your playlist folder and open up the playlist file "test" with a text editor. Notepad will work for Windows, but I don't find it particularly user friendly. A better one is EditPad (free to try). 4. Take a note of the path to the music - is it D:/Music/track1 or is it something like //[mediaserver]/music//track1? 5. Create a playlist in Winamp using the same three tracks and save it (probably somewhere different than your Playlist folder, just to avoid confusion. 6. Open up the Winamp playlist with your text editor and take a note of the path. 7. If the paths are different, all you need to do is "find and replace" the bits that are different, so change "D:/Music/" to "//[mediaserver]/music/" in my example above. Then if you save the playlist in the Slimserver playlist folder as an .m3u file, then do a "recan for playlists", Slimserver should pick it up and it should work. For future playlists, repeat steps 5-7 only. There are also small scripts that can semi-automate the process for you. You still need to specify how you want to change the file path, but I have one which I'd be happy to send you. PM me if you want. Does this answer your question? -- Siduhe ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Siduhe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36209 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
