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NewCougar

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Xbmp Playlist
« on: December 26, 2004, 12:26:00 AM »
I would really like to set-up a playlist for XBMP to cycle through.  I have my mp3's/movies set-up in different folders, and use my XBox in my car (with screen).  But I cannot figure out how to configure it to play multiple songs/movies in a playlist.  It just plays one song, then stops.  Then I need to select a new song to play... very frustrating. :wacko:

Is there a way to do this? :uhh:

Thanks,
Darrell.
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lyricis

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« Reply #1 on: December 26, 2004, 11:08:00 AM »
That's better off than I am.  My XBMP 2.4+ won't play any music.  I want it to play songs from soundtracks that I have already downloaded when I had the default dashboard, and I can't seem to access them.
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NewCougar

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« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2004, 07:52:00 PM »
Does XBMC allow playlists to be made?
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WabidWoveren

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« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2005, 07:02:00 PM »
yes
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celinedrules

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« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2005, 07:04:00 PM »
XBMC is way better. XBMP isn't updated anymore.
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NewCougar

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« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2005, 03:21:00 AM »
Thanks!
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eitdhc

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« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2005, 07:20:00 PM »
Playlists and mp3 playback in general is one of the sore spots in XBMC, but progress is coming along, so hang in there.
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i came across this in another post but thought I could toss in my 2 cents -

I use MusicMatch (MM) to manage my MP3 files on my server/pc (over 11,000 tracks and growing!! and yes 95% are from my personal CD's that I owned at one time or another!)  I us MM to build a playlist (really cool AutoDJ functions) then I edit the playlist file in notepad by changing the drive reference (ie - X:\MP3\Rush\Show of Hands to read smb://username:password@servername/shared MP3 foldername/Rush/Show of Hands and save the file with an _xbox.m3u ending.  This file remains inthe Default folder under Playlists of MM.  Then in XBMC I have added the following bookmarks

<bookmark>
            <name>MusicMatch Playlists</name>
            <path>smb://user:password@servername/default</path> (default is a sharename for the default playlist folder)
        </bookmark>
        <bookmark>
            <name>Music (Server)</name>
            <path>smb://user:password@servername/music</path> (music is a sharename for my MP3 files)
        </bookmark>

Under XBMC/My Music the two bookmarks show up and the rest is smooth sailing - it kicks ass to show the thing off to my friends, plus you don't have to rebuild a playlist everytime you want to listen to a mix (ie - 24 hrs of Alternative/Classic Rock with some Metal mixed in).  I even set XBMC to AutoShuffle each time it comes into a playlist.  Anyway, hope this gives some people some ideas.
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