jllaudio;582910 Wrote:
> I don't have consistant results creating playlists from the squeezebox
> server software on the PC. Is there a FAQ on the best way to create
> playlists? Suggestions are always welcome as well.
You don't have consistent results? What does that mean? They don't
play, they're difficult to create, you don't like the playlists
created?
You can create a playlist using most any audio playback software that
lets you create an m3u type playlist. In its most basic form an m3u
playlist is just a text file with a list of file names. For example:
Code:
--------------------
E:\Flac\_Various Artists\Gypsy Fire\03 Jesse Cook - Cascada.flac
E:\Flac\_Various Artists\Gypsy Fire\10 Chuscales - Encuentros Del Alma.flac
E:\Flac\Ray LaMontagne\Gossip in the Grain\03 Sarah.flac
E:\Flac\Ry Cooder\Get Rhythm\07 I Can Tell By The Way You Smell.flac
E:\Flac\Emmylou Harris\Luxury Liner\02 Pancho & Lefty.flac
E:\Flac\Kenny Burrell\All Night Long\06 Tune Up.flac
--------------------
Most playlists created by software will use the extended form of m3u.
Code:
--------------------
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:189,Tommy Dorsey - Autumn In New York
O:\Flac\_Various Artists\Big Band Fever\Disc 3\01 Tommy Dorsey - Autumn In
New York.flac
#EXTINF:123,Merle Haggard - Silverthorn Mountain
O:\Flac\Merle Haggard\A Friend in California\08 Silverthorn Mountain.flac
#EXTINF:261,Marty Robbins - El Paso
O:\Flac\Marty Robbins\Gunfigher Ballads and Trail Songs\10 El Paso.flac
#EXTINF:244,Roy Buchanan - If Six Was Nine
O:\Flac\Roy Buchanan\A Street Called Straight\08 If Six Was Nine.flac
#EXTINF:204,Rodney Crowell - Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight
O:\Flac\Rodney Crowell\The Rodney Crowell Collection\10 Leaving Louisiana In
The Broad Daylight.flac
#EXTINF:232,Robert Cray - Little Birds
O:\Flac\Robert Cray\Sweet Potato Pie\05 Little Birds.flac
--------------------
Either one will work in Squeezebox Server. The EXTINF (extra info)
lines just give the length of the track in seconds, then the TITLE or
ARTIST - TITLE.
To create a playlist using software on another computer on your
network, first share the music library on the server. I have a Windows
sever and share the entire music library drive. Then you can use UNC
paths from the PC, but a mapped drive letter is easier. When you
create a playlist on any other computer other than your Squeezebox
Server the only thing you need to watch out for is that the path to the
files will probably be different. I created the playlist in the second
example above in Winamp on PC where the music library share is mapped
to O:. On the server itself the drive is E:, so to use the playlist
with Squeezebox Server I just do a quick edit and change O: to E: and
copy it to the server's playlists folder. Even easier, if you can do
it, would to map the same drive letter on the PC as is used on the
server, then no editing is necessary.
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