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Shared playlist on NAS? - ils1974 - 04-19-2025
Hi,
How can I create a playlist on my NAS so it's visible/can be used by all moOde instances in my house?
Tx
RE: Shared playlist on NAS? - TheOldPresbyope - 04-19-2025
(04-19-2025, 06:35 PM)ils1974 Wrote: Hi,
How can I create a playlist on my NAS so it's visible/can be used by all moOde instances in my house?
Tx
Did you see the note up under the SMB file sharing setting (m > Configure > System)
Code:
Server Message Block (SMB) allows files to be shared over a network with Windows, Mac and Linux clients.
Shares: NAS, NVMe, SATA, SDCard, Playlists and USB drives (by label).Regards,
Kent
RE: Shared playlist on NAS? - Tim Curtis - 04-19-2025
I think he means store the Playlist file(s) on the NAS and reference them from the Pi. The default location is local on the Pi in /var/lib/mpd/playlists
Maybe a symlink that points /var/lib/mpd/playlists to the remote playlist directory on the NAS?
RE: Shared playlist on NAS? - TheOldPresbyope - 04-19-2025
Lemme see.
- modify every player to point to the NAS (from the terminal), or
- turn on the SMB file sharing feature in one player and point the other players to the share all within the webUI)
Call me crazy---or just lazy---but I'd try the second option first
Regards,
Kent
RE: Shared playlist on NAS? - Tim Curtis - 04-19-2025
(04-19-2025, 08:26 PM)TheOldPresbyope Wrote: Lemme see.
- modify every player to point to the NAS (from the terminal), or
- turn on the SMB file sharing feature in one player and point the other players to the share all within the webUI)
Call me crazy---or just lazy---but I'd try the second option first
Regards,
Kent
But MPD only knows about /var/lib/mpd/playlists
RE: Shared playlist on NAS? - ils1974 - 04-19-2025
"But MPD only knows about /var/lib/mpd/playlists" ->This may indeed be the challenge.
Never came across this challenge, till today, as I wanted to take my playlist with me from one room to another.
RE: Shared playlist on NAS? - ils1974 - 04-19-2025
(04-19-2025, 07:52 PM)Tim Curtis Wrote: I think he means store the Playlist file(s) on the NAS and reference them from the Pi. The default location is local on the Pi in /var/lib/mpd/playlists
Maybe a symlink that points /var/lib/mpd/playlists to the remote playlist directory on the NAS?
I created a symlink to the playlist on the NAS in /var/lib/mpd/playlists, and a symlink to the coverfile on the NAS in /var/local/www/imagesw/playlist-covers.
This does the trick, but when I update the "Genre" field, moOde doesn't take that change.
RE: Shared playlist on NAS? - ils1974 - 04-19-2025
Ok. Fixed the Genre update thing. This was due to the fact that moOde mounts the NAS in ro mode. Setting to "rw" in the Advanced Settings of the mount options, does the magic.
It's some manual work, but I can live with it.
@Tim Curtis, thanks for the symlink hint!
RE: Shared playlist on NAS? - ils1974 - 04-20-2025
Although one thing: when I backup the playlists and restore them, it re-creates it as a normal file, and not a symlink. This brakes the story. :-(
RE: Shared playlist on NAS? - Tim Curtis - 04-20-2025
(04-20-2025, 12:09 AM)ils1974 Wrote: Although one thing: when I backup the playlists and restore them, it re-creates it as a normal file, and not a symlink. This brakes the story. :-(
It was worth a try but if you are storing all the playlists on the NAS anyway then you could exclude them from moode backup and do a manual file copy from the NAS location to a backup disk.