Playlist issue in Music Library

[mrayle]

I have had an issue with playlists for some time and last night decided to work on it to see what is happening. First, I upgraded PVRX2 to 1.1.5.

My music files are stored on a NAS drive and the drive is available by name and mapped (\\NASdrive and X.

In my playlist the music files are something like:
\\NASdrive\music\christmas\various artists\Holly and the Ivy.mp3

If I navigate to the folder in the Music Library, PVRX2 will play the song with no problem.

If I attempt to play the playlist, I get nothing.

I don't have the log file handy, but I noticed a few things in the log file that looked interesting.

1. It appears that the playlist is parsed without error. I has a message about adding the songs to some internal list. The filenames in the list are labelled something like: \\\\NASdrive\\music\\christmas...... Is the extra "\" an escape for the parser? Is this normal?

2. Once the list is parsed, the log file has an entry for each song in the list with a message that the song is complete and it is moving to the next song.

Any ideas on how to make playlists work? I don't think that I have had them work since a couple of revs ago.

Thanks,
Mike

[sub]

Are you talking about the built in Music Library screen? I dont remember there being any support for playlists. Or are you talking about using the 'Play All' button?

[mrayle]

Ummm.... I *think* I remember this working a few revs ago. Besides, the pvrx2.exe.log file shows that it is parsing the playlist file.

I must be going crazy because I just checked the Wiki and see there is no reference to playlists there in the default music player.

Okay, then is there any chance that using a playlist can be added in the future???

[mrayle]

BTW.... the playlist is in m3u format.

WMP11 can save playlists easily in this format.

I would like this feature as a way to shuffle across multiple albums. To me it is something like a makeshift music channel that plays a variety of songs, not just the ones on a particular album.

Thanks,
Mike

[sub]

Can you post one of your .m3u files so I can look at it?

[sub]

I would like this feature as a way to shuffle across multiple albums. To me it is something like a makeshift music channel that plays a variety of songs, not just the ones on a particular album.

You might be interested in this patch: http://forums.gbpvr.com/showpost.php?p=2...ostcount=6

If you press Play on a directory contain mutilple files or even multiple subdirectories then it'll auto queue all the nested files, and shuffle the playback order.

[mrayle]

Can you post one of your .m3u files so I can look at it?

I'll have to get it later tonight from the home system. I'd be happy to upload a snippet.

[mrayle]

I'll try that patch tonight. It is quite possibly very very close to what I'd like.

The thing I don't like about the playlist is that in order to get a different song order, I have to shuffle the list in WMP and save it out again.

Thanks!

[BobAtTorrey]

Sub,
I have a similar problem to mrayle's posting at the top of this thread, in that I can't play m3u playlists. But it's even a bit stranger than that.
My music library directory is F:\My Music. Attached is a snapshot of part of the directory structure. At the top-level, directly in \My Music I put 4 m3u files, as shown. I also put the same 4 m3u files in a folder one down,
\My Music\My Playlists.
If I navigate into \My Music I cannot play any of those 4 playlists. I.e., if I select any of them and then hit Play or OK on the remote, nothing happens.
Now it gets more weird: If I navagate into the folder
\My Music\My Playlists and try to play any of the 4 playlists, one plays, but what always plays is the fourth one in the list! I.e., Harry Chapin.m3u plays even if I've selected Beatles.m3u.
Attached are all the log files, zipped. [In case there is some confusion in looking at the logs, I use PVRX2. I couldn't find any instructions on how to make gbpvr start PVRX2 for each of the MVPs, so I copied PVRX2.exe to GBPVR.exe. {Was there something better or smarter I should have done?}]

Thanks in advance for looking at this.

Cheers .... Bob

[sub]

zip and attach the mp3 files and I'll take a look.