ReadyNAS use Playlists

alokeprasad wrote:
How do you address the location of the files in your playlist? Could you post a snippet of a typical playlist .. first few lines that includes a few songs..? Thanks.

Here is one that definitely works, remember the Playlists directory is in the music directory at the same level as the individual artist directories. Here is the complete .pls file

[playlist]
File1=..\Julian Bream\Rodrigo & Villa-Lobos\04 Julian Bream - Guitar Concerto; I. Allegro preciso.flac
Title1=Rodrigo & Villa-Lobos - 4 - Guitar Concerto: I. Allegro preciso
Length1=328
File2=..\Julian Bream\Rodrigo & Villa-Lobos\05 Julian Bream - Guitar Concerto; II. Andantino e andante.flac
Title2=Rodrigo & Villa-Lobos - 5 - Guitar Concerto: II. Andantino e andante
Length2=501
File3=..\Julian Bream\Rodrigo & Villa-Lobos\06 Julian Bream - Guitar Concerto; III. Allegretto non troppo; Vivo.flac
Title3=Rodrigo & Villa-Lobos - 6 - Guitar Concerto: III. Allegretto non troppo; Vivo
Length3=271
NumberOfEntries=3
Version=2


Perhaps not a good example due to the long file names "04 Julian Bream - Guitar Concerto; I. Allegro preciso.flac" is the file name
Simplifying it the structure is

[playlist]
File1=..\Artist\CD\track
Title1=CD Title - track number - track title
Length1=Track length in seconds
NumberOfEntries=1
Version=2


I have no idea what version number refers to but it can only be 2 see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLS_%28file_format%29

The key point I think is the track addresses the ..\ takes you out of the playlist directory into the next level up, the music directory. ie wherever you put your playlist the address of the file you want to play must be relative to the playlist.

.m3u playlists also work, here is an example that works

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:120,Long Road Out of Eden, Disc 1 - 1 - No More Walks in the Wood
Eagles\Long Road Out of Eden, Disc 1\01 Eagles - No More Walks in the Wood.flac
#EXTINF:196,Long Road Out of Eden, Disc 1 - 2 - How Long
Eagles\Long Road Out of Eden, Disc 1\02 Eagles - How Long.flac
#EXTINF:260,Long Road Out of Eden, Disc 1 - 3 - Busy Being Fabulous
Eagles\Long Road Out of Eden, Disc 1\03 Eagles - Busy Being Fabulous.flac
#EXTINF:234,Long Road Out of Eden, Disc 1 - 4 - What Do I Do with My Heart
Eagles\Long Road Out of Eden, Disc 1\04 Eagles - What Do I Do with My Heart.flac
#EXTINF:223,Long Road Out of Eden, Disc 1 - 5 - Guilty of the Crime
Eagles\Long Road Out of Eden, Disc 1\05 Eagles - Guilty of the Crime.flac
#EXTINF:261,Long Road Out of Eden, Disc 1 - 6 - I Don't Want to Hear Any More
Eagles\Long Road Out of Eden, Disc 1\06 Eagles - I Don't Want to Hear Any More.flac
#EXTINF:466,Long Road Out of Eden, Disc 1 - 7 - Waiting in the Weeds
Eagles\Long Road Out of Eden, Disc 1\07 Eagles - Waiting in the Weeds.flac
#EXTINF:243,Long Road Out of Eden, Disc 1 - 8 - No More Cloudy Days
Eagles\Long Road Out of Eden, Disc 1\08 Eagles - No More Cloudy Days.flac
#EXTINF:240,Long Road Out of Eden, Disc 1 - 9 - Fast Company
Eagles\Long Road Out of Eden, Disc 1\09 Eagles - Fast Company.flac
#EXTINF:312,Long Road Out of Eden, Disc 1 - 10 - Do Something
Eagles\Long Road Out of Eden, Disc 1\10 Eagles - Do Something.flac
#EXTINF:144,Long Road Out of Eden, Disc 1 - 11 - You Are Not Alone
Eagles\Long Road Out of Eden, Disc 1\11 Eagles - You Are Not Alone.flac

Here the address is relative to the directory holding the playlist directory rather than to the playlist directory itself. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3U