Mediamonkey to tivo playlist

[harks11]

I have searched to see if there is an answer to this to no avail. If there is one could I be pointed in the right direction.

Otherwise.

I have MediaMonkey gold running on my pc and wish to organise and create playlists that I can export to my Tivo. Every appears fine with the playlists coming up on the TV, m3u format. However, trying to play them results in a message " no media at that location" or similar. I assume that the format of the playlist is not quite right for the Tivo. Is there a way I can change this so MM can create the right format. Or is there a plug in that will do the same.
What is format that tivo requires

[windracer]

What do your playlist files look like? What are you using to play them, TiVo Desktop?

You should be able to use just a basic list of your music files (with absolute paths) with a .m3u extension and that should work. I've never used Mediamonkey so I'm not sure what it's producing for you. I've used basic playlists that just look something like this:

C:\Music\Artist\track1.mp3
C:\Music\Artist2\track3.mp3
C:\Music\Artist3\track1.mp3
etc ...

[harks11]

mmm, a little different

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:142,Jack Johnson - Times like these
Q:\Jack Johnson\On and On\Jack Johnson - Times like these.mp3
#EXTINF:170,Jack Johnson - tomorrow morning
Q:\Jack Johnson\On and On\Jack Johnson - tomorrow morning.mp3
#EXTINF:95,Jack Johnson - fall line
Q:\Jack Johnson\On and On\Jack Johnson - fall line.mp3
#EXTINF:177,Jack Johnson - cookie jar
Q:\Jack Johnson\On and On\Jack Johnson - cookie jar.mp3
#EXTINF:158,Jack Johnson - rodeo clowns
Q:\Jack Johnson\On and On\Jack Johnson - rodeo clowns.mp3
#EXTINF:250,Jack Johnson - cocoon
Q:\Jack Johnson\On and On\Jack Johnson - cocoon.mp3
#EXTINF:180,Jack Johnson - mediocre bad guys
Q:\Jack Johnson\On and On\Jack Johnson - mediocre bad guys.mp3
#EXTINF:170,Jack Johnson - symbol in my driveway
Q:\Jack Johnson\On and On\Jack Johnson - symbol in my driveway.mp3
#EXTINF:170,Jack Johnson - traffic in the sky
Q:\Jack Johnson\On and On\Jack Johnson - traffic in the sky.mp3
#EXTINF:239,Jack Johnson - taylor
Q:\Jack Johnson\On and On\Jack Johnson - taylor.mp3
#EXTINF:130,Jack Johnson - gone
Q:\Jack Johnson\On and On\Jack Johnson - gone.mp3
#EXTINF:65,Jack Johnson - cupid
Q:\Jack Johnson\On and On\Jack Johnson - cupid.mp3
#EXTINF:230,Jack Johnson - wasting time
Q:\Jack Johnson\On and On\Jack Johnson - wasting time.mp3
#EXTINF:174,Jack Johnson - holes in heaven
Q:\Jack Johnson\On and On\Jack Johnson - holes in heaven.mp3
#EXTINF:132,Jack Johnson - dreams be dreams
Q:\Jack Johnson\On and On\Jack Johnson - dreams be dreams.mp3
#EXTINF:153,Jack Johnson - the horizon has been defeated
Q:\Jack Johnson\On and On\Jack Johnson - the horizon has been defeated.mp3

[wmcbrine]

Yes, all the lines that start with '#' are just comments to parsers that don't understand the extended format. It doesn't get much simpler than .M3U.

Drive Q?

[windracer]

Yeah, that sample looks fine to me too ... assuming drive Q is properly mapped and TiVo Desktop (assuming that's what you're using) can read it, that should be fine.

[harks11]

yes I am using tivo desktop and q drive is mapped.

music plays fine if I go into a folder.

is there any special place I have to put the playlists... (says he clutching at straws)

[windracer]

It shouldn't matter where the playlists are, as long as TD can access it. Was TD installed as local administrator? Or at least running as one?

[harks11]

Tivo was installed under my account, which is an administrator account in vista. Not sure where to look to find anything else. had a look at the task manager and services to see what was there. all seem to be running ok.

The interesting thing is the format without the "#comments" work fine in tivo.

[windracer]

So you got it working then?

[harks11]

I have now. The clue was you guys saying the format should work straight out of Mediamonkey (which has the # in it). I put the play lists in a folder and published the folder. That does not work. However, if i put the playlists in a folder then when I publish I go to the folder and publish the playlists its perfect. Dont know what the subtle difference is but its not a bother to do it this way, just does not automatically pick up new playlists without tivo publishing them

thanks for the help.