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vsolivas:
If it would be possible, the Sony Walkman doesn't recognize playlists with a path before the filename. I've been having to open the m3u extended playlist file in TextEdit (on a Mac) and delete the path. It's annoying, and would be a great feature, as it would make syncing my Walkman that much easier. I'm not talking about a relative path. No path at all. Attached is an example of a playlist of podcasts that works with my Walkman.

This isn't urgent, I can deal with changing the m3u file myself for now. But it would really solve a bugaboo I have with Media Center.

RoderickGI:
That can be done now, by the look. I just had to check.

If your device drive is say "M:\", and you select the "Playlist Path" as M:\, with the "Playlist Format" set as "M3U Extended", then the Playlist will include just the filename.

I did a small test with one file, and it produced the following Playlist file;

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:469,Relax My Dog - Music and Sounds Designed for Puppies
Music and Sounds Designed for Puppies.mp3


Have you tried that combination of settings?

vsolivas:
I'm using the Mac version of the software, so I don't have the drive letter associated with my device. There's just /Volumes/device/. But when I change the path of the playlist to / or leave it blank or change it to just "device", the playlist gets loaded into a seperate folder on the device, still with the path to the filename.
 

RoderickGI:
Sorry, I didn't notice this was the Mac forum. My bad.

If the Device Path is set to /Volumes/device/, which I assume it is because it looks like you are loading all the file into the same directory, and into the root directory of the device, then also set the "Playlist Path" to /Volumes/device/.

Basically, if the file and Playlist paths are the same, your problem may be fixed. But you will have to try that. It's worth a try anyway.

Note that leaving the "Playlist Path" blank in Windows results in no Playlist file being loaded onto the device. So that isn't going to work, assume the Mac version works the same. Setting the "Playlist Path" to "/" would be meaningless on a Mac I would expect, which would mean MC ignores that setting.

vsolivas:
Nope doesn't work. It just puts the playlist in a folder of path /Volumes/device/. But the playlist is the same. Base path appended on the file name.

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