RE: [slim] Support for iTunes Smart playlists?

2005-10-07 Thread Craig, James (IT)
it works very well, but you should note that the playlists are no longer'smart' when they're in SlimServer. They are just a snapshot of the contents of the playlist at the time SS scanned the iTunes library. But you can run this scan as often as you want ( well, depending on the size of

RE: [slim] Support for iTunes Smart playlists?

2005-10-07 Thread Craig, James (IT)
I agree if you are exporting the iTunes playlists as m3u files. I dissagree if you have SS pointed at the iTunes xml file. By pointing SS at the iTunes xml file you do get dynamic changes - as long as you use iTunes to manage your mp3 library. Only after an iTunesrescan. That's far from

[slim] Support for iTunes Smart playlists?

2005-10-06 Thread Lumsmore
Here is what it says on thier website... iTunes (Mac or Windows)—Use iTunes to add and manage music files and your library automatically available to SlimServer—no more rescan! SlimServer also streams iTunes' powerful Smart Playlists. Does this really work? How does it work? Do I need to export

Re: [slim] Support for iTunes Smart playlists?

2005-10-06 Thread Roy Owen
Back when my SlimServer ran on Windows I used the iTunes feature and was quite happy with it. In the server setup screen just provide the path to the iTunes folder(s) and the smart playlists should show up under the playlists menu in SlimServer.On 10/6/05, Lumsmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Here is