Playlists

what NAS do you have and which programme are you using? - I use QNAP and run Asset 5.1 which you can do what you are looking to achieve

I don't use playlists myself, but I know the Synology NAS I use supports creating them, in the Audio Station app there is a playlist section, I've never used it, so don't know if the IOS app then picks it up, but can't see why it wouldn't.

Eoink posted:

I don't use playlists myself, but I know the Synology NAS I use supports creating them, in the Audio Station app there is a playlist section, I've never used it, so don't know if the IOS app then picks it up, but can't see why it wouldn't.

Yes, the app picks them up (provided they are created as a shared playlist).

Have a look at this topic: https://forums.naimaudio.com/to...e-and-save-playlists

I started it but haven't yet had time to follow up any of the suggestions.

Wairds posted:

I don't want to use the iOS app for creating playlists as the functionality is transient. I want to be able to create and store playlists on my NAS and access them through the iOS app.

Is this possible and can anybody suggest suitable software I could install on the NAS to accomplish this?

Thanks in anticipation.

You do not need any particular software. Simply put a .m3u file in a folder (for instance, one named "playlists") which is scanned by your UPnP server. In the .m3u file, put the URLs of the files you want to play in the desired sequence. For example, I have made a "test" folder with a "list.m3u" file containing the two lines:

file:///mnt/hdd4/share/audio/data/Yevgeny Sudbin/Scriabin (2006)/01-10-No_3_Nuances-SMR.flac
file:///mnt/hdd4/share/audio/data/Yevgeny Sudbin/Scriabin (2006)/01-13-Waltz_in_A_flat_major_Op_38-SMR.flac

Navigating to "test" in the folder view made available by MinimServer to my control point (I use Linn Kazoo) and selecting "list" shows the content of "list.m3u". You can then select to the whole playlist, single tracks, etc. as for a standard album.

I use by the way the same approach for streaming internet radio stations. I have setup MinimServer to scan two directories: share/audio/data and share/audio/streams. I have all my music files in the first directory and playlists (mainly URLs of internet radio stations) in the second.

MinimServer allows you to browse all your resources seamlessly, no matter whether these are actual music files, playlists, symbolic links, etc. Any decent UPnP server should allow you to do the same.

Thank you all for your many responses. I have decided to use Playlist Creator 3.6.2. to create the playlists on the NAS. It works a treat.

Regards.