Can I create playlists for uniti?

Posted by: latecomer on 05 November 2011

Hi guys,

I am running a naimuniti direct to speakers, mainly streaming music from my d-link NAS.

Currently most of my music is stored on the NAS by artist folders, I'm wondering if it is possible to create playlists to play selected files in different folders. Anyone does this?

Thanks in advance all!
Posted on: 07 November 2011 by Alamanka

I have used Windows Media Player to create play-lists and then I moved the file corresponding to the play list on the Nas. The files have an extension .Wpl.

 

Here is an example of the syntax from .wpl file.

If you look closely, you will see that it contains a full path to the track, which is necessary to play tracks that are in different folders. You can make a small test by using the syntax below, changing with the correct path to your files and then saving it as .wpl

 

<?wpl version="1.0"?>
<smil>
    <head>
        <title>MyFavoritePlayList</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <seq>
          <media src="\\YourNasName\YourMusicFolder\YourFolderName\YourFavoriteTrack.flac"/>
        </seq>
    </body>
</smil>

Posted on: 07 November 2011 by Sloop John B
........ or download media monkey. Point it at your NAS and make whatever playlist you want and then use the export as m3u option to export playlist to the NAS and hey presto you have a playlist the uniti can see.
Posted on: 08 November 2011 by latecomer
Oooo how exciting, I'm going back to spend lots of time on this, thanks guys!
Posted on: 11 November 2011 by latecomer
Hi Sloop John, I've tried media monkey basic, and created a few playlists. However I can't seem to get them working. After saving them on the NAS, I can browse to the playlist, but the uniti shows it as "empty". I'm able to play the same playlist if I use my pc, but not on the uniti. I wonder what I'm doing wrong?
Posted on: 11 November 2011 by Alamanka

The play list has to contain the correct path pointing to the right folders, so that the system find the files. Open the play list file with a text editor (Notepad) and check the content.

Posted on: 12 November 2011 by latecomer
Hi alamanka, the content of the playlists I've tried look ok (all exported from media monkey as suggested), otherwise i think my pc wouldn't have been able to play them back on my media player (vlc player). Essentially my NAS is mapped as my Z:\ drive. When I open the playlist in notepad, it points to the various folders in which the music files are located, eg Z:\music\artist\abcd.flac. No discrepancy that I can notice there. It's got me stumped. I'm wondering if other uniti users create their own playlists that the uniti can actually play back. I think sloop John does but I've yet to master his secret.
Posted on: 12 November 2011 by Sloop John B
The only time this didn't work for me was when I put "too many" songs in the playlist (without knowing how many is too many). Try a playlist with 10 songs and see if this works. If this doesn't work outline what you've done and I'll try to see if there is any difference to what I do. What does your NAS use to stream the music, mine uses Twonky.
Posted on: 12 November 2011 by Alamanka

Your NAS is mapped as Z:\ on your PC, not on the NaimUniti.

But the Uniti does not know what "Z" is. On the Uniti, your Nas is known by its computer name (or its IP address).

If your Nas is named "Bananas", then the path in the play list should be \\Bananas\music\artist\abcd.flac. 

 

Posted on: 13 November 2011 by Sloop John B

This is what my playlists look like

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:217,U2 - I Will Follow
U2\Boy, Disc 2\U2 - I Will Follow.flac
#EXTINF:264,John Lennon; Yoko Ono; John Lennon & Yoko Ono - (Just Like) Starting Over
John Lennon\Double Fantasy Stripped Down, Disc 1\01 John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over.flac
#EXTINF:206,Leonard Cohen - Bird On The Wire
Leonard Cohen\Songs from a Room\01 Leonard Cohen - Bird On The Wire.flac
#EXTINF:393,Stevie Wonder - Isn't She Lovely
Stevie Wonder\Songs in the Key of Life, Disc 2, Disc 2\01 Stevie Wonder - Isn't She Lovely.flac
etc.



don't ask me what it all means but my Uniqute sees these tracks.

 

 

SJB

Posted on: 16 November 2011 by latecomer
Hi SJB, My playlists look essentially the same as yours. I right click a few files, add to a playlist in MM. After that, I export said playlist to my NAS Music folder. Always less than 10 files, no luck. I'm using a dlink 320, and from the website, it seems to be using a basic UPNP AV client to stream the music. Perhaps that's what's wrong here.
Posted on: 16 November 2011 by latecomer
Hi alamanka, Thanks very much for your suggestion. I tried replacing the paths of the playlists to read "dlink-nas\[file location]". Subsequently my pc was able to read it after my editing and played the correct files, but no luck on the uniti. Going into the playlist still shows "empty". I suspect it's my upnp renderer.