Really Dumb playlist question.

[OneTimeUser]

I want to set up a bunch of playlists, but I am constantly moving things around on my drives, and whenever I do, the playlist is no good because it's pointing to the old location. I have a bunch made by others that work regardless of where the folder is located. I figure if I can figure this out, I can put the m3u in the same folder as the tracks, and then create shortcuts from each folder in my playlists directory. This honestly seems like it should be really easy but I am drawing a complete blank.....

Windows 10 Home X64 if it matters (I suspect not)

Thanks in advance.

[Lotesdelere]

What do you expect ?
VLC can't guess where you have moved your files.

And yes, the best solution is make .M3U files within the same folders as the tracks, with only the tracks names and no absolute paths, and then open them.

[OneTimeUser]

Thanks for the reply. I understand the program doesn't know where I have moved them. I guess I didn't make it clear that I do not know how to create the .m3u the way you have described here.

Thanks

[Lotesdelere]

I do not know how to create the .m3u the way you have described here.

Very simple:

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file1.mp3 file2.mp3 file3.mp3 etc

[OneTimeUser]

Actually, this isn't simple at all, can anyone possibly give me instructions on how to create a playlist that will ignore that the files have been moved? I notice that the playlists generally have the entire path in them, but this restricts them to their current location. I simply want the freedom to move the folders around at will, and still have the playlists work. These instructions really don't tell me anything. Thanks anyway.

[Lotesdelere]

instructions on how to create a playlist that will ignore that the files have been moved

As said before, the only solution is to create an M3U playlist which will remain into the same folder as the files it will play.

You open a text editor (e.g. Notepad), you type in one file name per line

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filename1.mp3 filename2.mp3 filename3.mp3

and you save it as Playlist.m3u, for instance.

Then you can open and play the playlist.

[OneTimeUser]

Thanks for the reply. I already know how to create a playlist. I was hoping to create all the playlists in the current location, and then move the folders to their new, permanent home. But this would invalidate the playlist files. So...... I decided to move them as I work on them, and only when they are ready and in the perm location will I create the playlist.

Thanks

[geray]

Why don't you open the .m3u file with notepad and 'Replace All' of the old location with the new location, i.e.
\\diskstation\music\folder a
with
\\diskstation\music\folder b

then save

[OneTimeUser]

Geray, thanks, that is an option. I appreciate it.