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Well my method is to watch them on the WII and if I like them to save the link after playing them. I really don’t want to have to use Youtube onthe PC to find what I want. This puts the links in a savedlinks.xml which I can leave there or copy into a folder within onlinemedia.xml, and if I save those folders on the PC this editing can be done on the PC without having to transfer the files from the WII.

The other method is just to search for the videos I want eg: “Sesame Street” and then AutoPlay Next YouTube. This plays a consecutive string of matching videos and I just press home to skip any that I don’t want to watch. This is the more flexible way that requires no playlist building or editing. The prior link I provided allows more focused searches and that too can be further improved using the YouTube API.

I was not aware of any video shuffle option with video .m3u playlists. How do you make that work?

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Some videos are not indexed for effecient fast forwarding and a long jump forward will take almost as long as playing it. Short jumps of 15 seconds though should work fine.

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http://www.wiimc.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=926

Also I just add my links toa folder in onlinemedia.xml which is now loaded from my PC.

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Silly way to shut it off because your WIIMC final settings are not saved.

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Here is a free up-to-date utility that will generate either .m3u or .pls playlists with Extended information in your format, and with relative references (..) compatible with WIIMC playlist processing. It can be used to generate playlists within a folder containing the music, within a folder that contains music and music folders and within a folder (typically a playlist only folder) that is within a folder containing music and music folders. http://www.oddgravity.de/app-opc.php

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Hi Greg: Based on what you have just posted your playlist was at:
smb:iTunesplaylistsplaylist.m3u
and in your original note the entry that did not work was:
“..iTunes MediaMusicJohnny CashThe Man Comes Around1 The Man Comes Around.mp3”

Because of the .., WIIMC should drop “playlists” from the playlist.m3u path and then add the entry resulting in:
smb:iTunesiTunes MediaMusicJohnny CashThe Man Comes Around1 The Man Comes Around.mp3 which is where you say the music is, so it should play.

I know you have the enhancement pack so I would suggest the following:
1. put your playlist back in smb:iTunesplaylistsplaylist.m3u with the ..
2. add the playlist to the WIIMC playlist using the enhanced version.
3. save the playlist using the enhanced version feature.
4. use wordpad to edit the saved playlist file and see what the constructed path is. It should look like the above path but perhaps there is an extra / or something. Anyway that will show what is broken.

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Agree.. I now see that WINAMP is using the to denote the root directory because its in front of the first level sub and that it always designates the root directory when the playlist is saved in a subdirectory other than the one containing the files in its tree. That means that WINAMP cannot be used to generate playlists that can be saved in a Playlist only subdirectory which is beside the subs containing the music. Can any one advise on how to generate playlists that will correctly contain “..” entries that will allow a playlist only sub to be used?

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I suspect the problem lies in where his playlist is located. In your example

A playlist contained at:
sd:/Music/Playlists/test.m3u and containing an entry of ..song.mp3 Should correctly assemble a path of: sd:/Music/song.mp3 and let you then play this file.

But if the playlist is located in sd:/Music/test.m3u ..song.mp3 WIIMC will assemble a path of sd:/song.mp3 which does not exist and will not play.

If his “iTunes MediaMusicJohnny CashThe Man Comes Around1 The Man Comes Around.mp3” is in a playlist at sd:/Folder/playlist.m3u which also contains the “iTunes Media” subdirectory it will resolve as sd:/Folder/iTunes Media/Music/Johnny Cash/The Man Comes Around/01 The Man Comes Around.mp3 and play but “../ITunes MediaMusicJohnny CashThe Man Comes Around1 The Man Comes Around.mp3” in that playlist would resolve as sd:/iTunes MediaMusicJohnny CashThe Man Comes Around1 The Man Comes Around.mp3 which does not exist and will not play.

For ..iTunes MediaMusicJohnny CashThe Man Comes Around1 The Man Comes Around.mp3 to be played it must be in a playlist at sd:/Folder/Itunes Media/playlist.m3u which will resolve as sd:/Folder/iTunes Media/Music/Johnny Cash/The Man Comes Around/01 The Man Comes Around.mp3 and play.

Given that the new playlist code does handle .. this way, the good news is that it is possible to have a playlist containing “..” or just “” prepended entries which then allows the playlists to be created in a “playlist only ” subdirectory of the directory containing the music files, which then allows WIIMC to access a playlist only menu list.

I am unable to verify this however since I currently have no Wii access, and my poor readind of the “Cleanup Path” code seems to show that .. entries are simply removed.

Winamp when saving playlists to such a subdirectory ie: smb1:My MusicPlaylistsplaylist.m3u will create “MyMusic” playlist entries with the “” denoting up one level rather than “..” whereas it will create “MyMusic” play list entries without the prepended “” if the playlist is saved in the same or super directory containing the the music files. This means that WIIMC also need to treat “” prepended playlist entries in the same way that it treats “..” playlist entries.

Bottom line playlists must be located in the same subdirectory in which they were created so that their entries properly reflect the relation of the files to that directory location, and that subdirectory must be accessable by name to WIIMC as a subdirectory of a device or smb: so it can build the correct reference to the files using the playlist subdirectory path and the playlist entries.

I’m unable to test this until after the New Year, but I hope that WIIMC also treats a “music” playlist entry as an up-one-level entry the same as “..music” and remove the last subdirectory in the playlist path before appending the playlist entry, whereas a “music” playlist entry will simply be appended to the playlist path. This will allow Winamp to be used to create/convert playlists in/to the correct format for the playlist locations you use with WIIMC.

One other note about WINAMP..the #EXTINF: entries with the artist and song name for each entry need to be generated by WINAMP from the song files when saving the playlist. This takes time and if you exit WINAMP before the process is completed the #EXTINF entries will be missing from final playlist entries. The options for controlling the reading of this metadata and the format of the #EXTINF are in Winamp/preferences/Titles/Metadata Reading.

It would be helpful if others would document the method for generating compliant playlists with other applications.

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I stayed with green check marks to retain compatibility with WIIMC. As you have probably noticed, I have made an effort not to modify WIIMC but to only build upon what is there. I hope you used the “Autoplay next YouTube” option and sorted them by “name” which usually creates a logical sequence before starting the sesame playback?

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Yes, I believe that is so. The .m3u playlist entries must all refer to directories that are subdirectories of the directory containing the .m3u playlist file. ie: smb1:musicplaylist.m3u can only contain entries such as jazzsong1.mp3 and jazzhancocksong2.mp3 where jazz is a subdirectory of music. WIIMC builds the file reference for playing the file or adding it to the WIIMC playlist by prepending the directory of the currently displayed file listing to the playlist entries. Hence smb1:musicjazzhancocksong2.mp3 These playlists are easy to create in Winamp by loading the current playlist and saving it in the directory that contains all directories referred to by the playlist entries, and then setting that directory as an smb, where WIIMC can access the playlist and play all the songs.

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Thanks for the positive feedback from everyone.

wasabisun : I’m glad to hear that it merges and compiles correctly under SVN753 (not 573). I have only tested up to SVN742 which is the level I released.

mylbee : If you followed the instructions and copied the apps/wiimc directory to apps/wiimc-plus, then it will contain the subfont.ttf file required for the subtitles. If you chose instead to keep the compiled dol in another subdirectory and the required application files (setup.xml, onlinemedia.xml etc) in apps/wiimc-plus where they are now required to be then the subfont.ttf file must be there as well. See the instructions: “In order to keep the WIIMC+ Enhanced Version separate I have hardcoded it to use the subdirectory “appwiimc-plus” so if you are upgrading from WIIMC or if you are not currently using appswiimc-plus for WIIMC+ files, you must copy your latest application files (settings.xml, onlinemedia.xml, savedlinks.xml, restore_points, SUBFONT.TTF, the css directory, and the music playlists (see next point)) to “appswiimc-plus” so they will be available to WIIMC+ once compiled and installed.”

boondoklife: I should modify 39) in the instructions to state “The current Audio Delay will be reset to zero each time Audio Delay mode is entered by toggling the B button. This allows any adjusted Audio Delay to remain in effect when you click the B-Button again to return to normal mode for ff/rew or when resuming a video after terminating play with the “Home” button and when playing consecutive videos such as You Tube which exhibit similar de-sync, but reset to zero on demand by clicking the B-button twice. If the standard WIImote Rumble option is set to “ON”, the Wiimote will also rumble when entering Audio Delay mode and when the Audio Delayis adjusted back back to 0. Note that the rumble will continue until the Wiimote points at the screen and the progress bar displays.”

— So if we dropped out automatically after a few seconds, the ability to further fine tune the Audio Delay setting will be lost. And an OSD would require another button to turn OSD off and on. Seems to me easy to remember that you requested and are in “Audio Delay” mode, especially when it rumbled. If you have trouble remembering then always click B to return to normal mode yourself immediately after adjusting the Audio Delay. And if you are in Audio Delay Mode but really wanted to skip, then click the left button after the right button did not skip and then toggle the B button to return to normal mode.

— Lastly the (<-B) is meant to emulate the normal browser left arrow back button and to indicate that B will take you back <- otherwise there is no indication of what "B" is for.

— Also the AutoPlay Next Video is a standard feature and I would expect it to work on any drive listing including Data DVD.

One final note.. I am sure there will be crashes with these mods since some are getting to be complex. The only solution is to shut down and restart but if you can create repeatable error sequences and I will attempt to repair them.

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So again, once you can save and load playlists, just load deathrow and add them.

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Once you can save and load WIIMC playlists, this is easy..Load the MyFavorites playlist, delete songs on the playlist, or add new songs you like as they are played by ckecking the boxes and save then save the playlist. Reload it and select the shuffle mode whenever you want to play them.

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Bingo!

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I looked at this but it is impractical without a pop up OSD. In the absence of that I used rumble when audio delay changed to zero.

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