Issues with smb paths in playlist

[atxvfx]

I have a program that is generating playlists for vlc (simple m3u files) using smb paths. The playlist ideally needs to be usable on both windows and mac. On the pc side it works great. For example, all of these work fine...

//networkdrive/jobs/submissions/movie.mov
\\networkdrive\jobs\submissions\movie.mov
smb://networkdrive/jobs/submissions/movie.mov

any of those links will play fine with vlc on windows. When it comes to mac, none of them work. The only way I can get it to work is to use the mounted drive path...

Volumes/jobs/submissions/movie.mov

obviously this will not work on the pc side. Anyway to get it to use a normal samba path? or is this a problem with osx itself?