More > JRiver Media Center 31 for Windows

JRiver for Android synching playlists

<< < (2/4) > >>

Mr Swordfish:

--- Quote from: BryanC on July 30, 2023, 06:48:44 am ---I think Android prefers relative paths with leading dots, see attachment for example playlist entries that work for me on Android.

--- End quote ---

When you say "android prefers" are you talking about other players for android? i.e. are you aware of any that support importing playlists via a .m3u file (or similar format).

BryanC:
Most applications use the built-in android indexing database (MediaProvider), in my experience it works best with m3u relative paths.

Mr Swordfish:

--- Quote from: BryanC on July 31, 2023, 01:34:24 pm ---Most applications use the built-in android indexing database (MediaProvider), in my experience it works best with m3u relative paths.

--- End quote ---

When you say "most applications" does that include JRiver for Android?

And if so, which of the 15 offered output settings will produce the relative paths that work best?

Mr Swordfish:
If I edit the .m3u file to use the ./../ relative path and manage to get JRiver to recognize the new file (some combination of restarting the device, running auto import, navigating around to import the playlist folder, restarting again, crossing my fingers, etc.), JRiver for android can see and display the tracks in the playlist.

But when I try to play them, nothing happens.

Is this because the files are .m4a files?  I've done a bunch of googling and still haven't gotten a straight answer to "Does JRiver for Android play .m4a files?"


And will I need to write a perl script to massage the .m3u files everytime I synch the device, or can Media Center be coaxed into writing .m3u files that JRiver for Android can parse and use?

JimH:
JRiver Media Center plays m4a files, but Android probably doesn't.  You can convert them as you load the device.

You could test what you've done already by substituting an mp3 file.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page