On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 19:40:35 +0200 Claudius Hubig <debian_1308@chubig.net> wrote: > Dear Sharon, > > Sharon Kimble wrote: > > how can I create a .m3u playlist file with .mp3 and .m4a files in it > > please? > > > > I tried this but the end-result is non-playable 'ls -w 1 *.m4a > > *.mp3> ~/.mpd/playlists/beeb-radio.m3u' . > > > > It lists all the files with the correct extensions but when I try to > > load it in MPD, it says that the song is non-playable. > > This is only a guess: > > ls -w 1 *.m4a *.mp3 > > will only print the actual filename, not the full path to the file. > However, MPD playlists have the following format: > > $ cat /var/lib/mpd2/playlists/Dvorak\:\ 8.\ Symphonie.m3u > antonín_dvořák/dvorak__sym8__1__allegro_con_brio.ogg > antonín_dvořák/dvorak__sym8__2__adagio.ogg > antonín_dvořák/dvorak__sym8__3__allegretto_grazioso.ogg > antonín_dvořák/dvorak__sym8__4__allegro_ma_non_troppo.ogg > > where the folder antonín_dvořák exists in the music root directory of > MPD: > > $ grep ^music_directory /etc/mpd2.conf > music_directory "/datapub/media/audio" > $ ls -d /datapub/media/audio/antonín_dvořák/ > /datapub/media/audio/antonín_dvořák// > music_directory "/home/boudiccas/Music" target directory "/home/boudiccas/Music/beeb-radio" and when I ran 'ls -w 1 *.m4a *.mp3 > ~/.mpd/playlists/beeb-radio.m3u' from the target directory it creates 'beeb-radio.m3u' but it is non-playable. When I try to play it from mpd there is zero sound, although others play okay with mpd, and says 'No such song' Thanks Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk efever = http://www.efever.blogspot.com/ efever = http://sharon04.livejournal.com/ Debian testing, Fluxbox 1.3.5, LibreOffice 4.1.0.4 Registered Linux user 334501
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