m3u music playlists howing up empty on UMS

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veermaharaj
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m3u music playlists howing up empty on UMS

Post by veermaharaj »

I have my music shared over my network and my playlists all used the shared network address of my music folder as shown in my screenshot.

I can access all my music and i can see all my playlists, its just that the playlists are empty...

Shared Music Folder:
\\VM-ENTERPRISE\Users\Veer\Music

Playlist example...

Playlist: Oddballs.m3u
\\VM-ENTERPRISE\Users\Veer\Music\Soundtracks\Baby Driver\Button Down Brass - Tequila.flac
\\VM-ENTERPRISE\Users\Veer\Music\Soundtracks\Baby Driver\Incredible Bongo Band - Bongolia.flac
\\VM-ENTERPRISE\Users\Veer\Music\V.Music 1\The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird.mp3
\\VM-ENTERPRISE\Users\Veer\Music\Soundtracks\Little Big Planet Soundtrack\Ananda Shankar - Dancing Drums.mp3
\\VM-ENTERPRISE\Users\Veer\Music\Soundtracks\It’s Kind Of A Funny Story\Mayer Hawthorne - The Ills.mp3
\\VM-ENTERPRISE\Users\Veer\Music\Soundtracks\Little Big Planet Soundtrack\Kinky - Cornman.mp3
\\VM-ENTERPRISE\Users\Veer\Music\Soundtracks\Top Gear Driving Anthems\15. Alt-J - Breezeblocks.mp3
\\VM-ENTERPRISE\Users\Veer\Music\Soundtracks\Top Gear Driving Anthems\47. Passion Pit - Take a Walk (Radio Edit).mp3
\\VM-ENTERPRISE\Users\Veer\Music\Soundtracks\Trolls\Various Artists - The Sound Of Silence.mp3
\\VM-ENTERPRISE\Users\Veer\Music\Portal 2 Soundtrack\Volume 3\12. Aperture Science Psychoacoustics Laboratory - Cara Mia Addio.mp3

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At this stage I think it may just be a configuration issue, however it could also less likely be a bug.

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UPDATE

So I tried creating a m3u file with relative file paths,

When Your Heart Stops Beating.m3u
..\V.Music 1\+44 - Baby Come On.mp3
..\V.Music 1\+44 - When Your Heart Stops Beating.mp3
..\V.Music 1\+44 - Make You Smile.mp3

AND IT WORKS!!!!

BUT, if i do absolute file paths, be it from the local drive
C:\Users\Veer\Music\V.New Music\Zac Brown Band - Homegrown.mp3

OR network location
\\VM-ENTERPRISE\Users\Veer\Music\V.New Music\Zac Brown Band - Homegrown.mp3

UMS will not see the item in the playlist.

Is there a setting to fix this, or is this something that will need to be fixed on the part of the developers?



Some guidance would be appreciated, thanks and regards.
woollarding
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Joined: Mon Dec 28, 2020 10:01 am

Re: m3u music playlists howing up empty on UMS

Post by woollarding »

i am also confused as to why i cannot make playlists work,,, following this thread in hopes of an answer
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